The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – January 2010
Happy New Year Everyone!
This month I will keep this waterfront real estate information quick and to the point so…….. here are the current waterfront home statistics for Lake Tapps:
Active Listings: Under One Million Dollars = 39 Over One Million Dollars = 12
Lowest Price = $329,900 Highest Price = $2,800,000
Pending: 18 (One is over one million dollars)
Sold Houses: 3 12/23/09 3309 Deer Island Dr E $700,000
12/29/09 2311 Sumner-Tapps Hwy $675,000
01/12/10 2506 Tacoma Pt Dr E $449,888
More homes available. Let’s go look at some!
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate, 206-910-8807
January 20, 2010
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – December 2009
Just a reminder for those qualified for the Homebuyer Tax credit: You must be in a deal by April 30th, 2010. That deadline is approaching sooner than you think, so please call me and I will start researching homes for you immediately. And remember, it is available to current home owners as well as new buyers. Here is a link to the FAQ: http://www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com/
Now for the latest real estate statistics for waterfront homes at Lake Tapps:
Active: Under 1 Million Dollars = 35 Over 1 Million Dollars = 16
Lowest Price: $329,900 Highest Price: $2,800,000
Pending: 16 (One over 1 Million Dollars)
Sold: 3 11/23/09 1122 184th Ct E $561,000
12/02/09 4517 Lakeridge Dr E $610,000
12/17/09 3319 204th Ct E $1,350,000
Let me know if you have any questions or are interested in buying a new home. I can be reached at karenwa@johnlscott.com or at 206-910-8807.
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate
December 20, 2009
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report November 2009
In case you did not know, the Homebuyer Tax Credit now applies to existing homeowners as well as first time buyers. There is still $8,000 available to the first time buyer and now $6,500 is also available to the current homeowner who has lived in their home 5 consecutive years out of the last 8. To see if you might qualify, please check out the FAQ at this website: http://www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com/
Now onto the latest real estate statistics for waterfront houses at Lake Tapps:
Active Listings: Under 1 Million Dollars = 36 Over 1 Million Dollars = 15
Lowest Price = $329,900 Highest Price = $4,100,000
Pending Sales: 16 ( 2 are over 1 Million Dollars )
Sold Homes: 2 11/02/09 5333 193rd Ave Ct E $509,900
11/02/09 20902 Church Lake Dr E $600,000
That’s it for now. Please call me if I can assist you any way in finding your new home.
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate, 206-910-8807
November 20, 2009
New Price on Pretty Lake Tapps Waterfront Home (Video)
The new price on my Lakeridge neighborhood listing on Lake Tapps is now only $624,878. This waterfront home is very pretty and the neighborhood is great because it belongs to 3 parks and has quick access to the freeways. The parks include tennis, a boat launch, and picnic areas. One park is even a private, quiet peninsula that is great for walking the dog.
For those who want an option for commuting into Seattle, the Sumner Sounder Train Station is real close too.
Please use this link to check out additional pictures and information from the John L Scott website: http://www.johnlscott.com/20946
Here is a Youtube video to watch too!
Please call me with questions or if you would like a showing.
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate, 206-910-8807
October 24, 2009
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – October 2009
Wow, check out these current waterfront home prices on Lake Tapps. One is priced as low as $329,900, 5 are in the $400k range, and 6 are in the $500k range. Living on waterfront this close to Seattle and Bellevue does not get any better than this! Get ‘em while they’re hot!!
Here are the latest waterfront real estate statistics for Lake Tapps:
Active: Under 1 Million$$ = 35 Over 1 Million $$ = 17
Lowest price = $329,900 Highest price = $4,100,000
Pending: 19 (one over 1 Million $$)
Sold: 4 09/25/09 $650,000 6364 S Island Dr E
09/29/09 $998,000 2906 202nd Ave Ct E
10/02/09 $370,000 6701 W Tapps
10/15/09 $585,000 20416 Church Lake Dr E
What are you waiting for? Interest rates are still low and you’re only getting older. Come have some fun!
Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate, 206-910-8807
October 20, 2009
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – September 2009
The housing market on Lake Tapps still seems somewhat busy but many sales that are pending are taking some time to close. Only two deals managed to close during the past month with 18 still pending. It will be nice to see all of those actually close and clear out of the way.
Here are the latest waterfront home real estate statistics for Lake Tapps:
Active: Under 1 Million Dollars = 43 Over 1 Million Dollars = 20
Lowest Price = $349,850 Highest Price = $4,100,000
Pending: 18 All under 1 Million Dollars
Sold: 2 08/21/09 $425,000 17810 17th St E
08/28/09 $501,000 2005 Summer-Tapps Hwy E
Call me if I can help you with your real estate needs.
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate, 206-910-8807
Add comment September 20, 2009
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – July 2009
It has been a great summer to live on Lake Tapps. There have been a lot of interesting things to watch from my deck including 4th of July parties, kids learning to wakeboard, a custom pirate pontoon float, fire fighting helicopters, and a wedding where the groom and groomsmen arrived by boat. My binoculars have come in very handy!
Back to real estate business. We did not have as many waterfront solds as last month but last month must have been a record of some sort. We did have 5 which, I think, is still very good.
Here are the current Lake Tapps real estate statistics for the past month:
Active: Under 1 Million Dollars = 51 Over 1 Million Dollars = 19
Lowest Price = $349,850 Highest Price = $2,500,000
Pending: Under 1 Million $$ = 14 Over 1 Million $$ = 1 (That’s a total of 15 again – interesting!)
Sold: 5 06/19/09 905 187th Ave E $470,000
07/01/09 2106 186th Ave E. $560,000
07/09/09 4413 185th Ave E $565,000
07/10/09 21612 Snag Island $530,000
07/13/09 2507 185th Ave E $470,000
If you have any questions or would like to go see some homes, please email me at karenwa@johnlscott.com or call me at 206.910.8807.
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate
P.S. The photo was take by a good friend of mine B.H.
Add comment July 20, 2009
Fire Fighting Helicopters at Lake Tapps
Today there was a fire on Highway 410 between Sumner and Bonney Lake. The terrain where the fire was burning is so steep that two fire fighting helicopters were called in to help.
I did not know anything about a fire burning until it sounded like a helicopter was landing in the yard across the street. Turns out that the helicopter and another were scooping up lake water from the cove behind me. Locals call that cove “the old party cove” and it is over by the boat store.
I grabbed my camera, hopped on my bicycle and followed the helicopters over to another refilling spot next to the bridge on Sumner-Tapps Highway. It was quite a spectacular sight and many others stopped to watch. This is the footage that I got. It is a little rough but still fun to share.
Add comment July 15, 2009
The Temperature of Lake Tapps July 12th
Many times when I look at the search criteria in the statistics for this site, there is someone wanting to know the water temperature of Lake Tapps. My neighbor has a pool thermometer hanging off of the dock in the first 6 inches of water, so today I went and looked. The water temperature read 70 degrees- nice! That is even with the weather being quite a bit cooler than yesterday’s upper 80’s.
In another type of lake temperature, last weekend was the 4th of July. Independence Day usually happens to be one big party on the lake. This year was no exception. There was a lot going on in my cove so I decided at the last minute to experiment with shooting some video footage with a borrowed camera. The camera has a telephoto zoom lens. Here’s some fun, test footage that I shot and then edited.
Add comment July 12, 2009
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – June 2009
I am happy to report that the general real estate market has seen quite an increase in homes sales that are below the median price. Home buyers are jumping on historically low interest rates before those rates go up again and new home buyers are taking advantage of the $8,000 tax credit before it expires.
And now back to Lake Tapps. Drum roll please …………………..
TEN CLOSINGS TO REPORT ON LAKE TAPPS THIS MONTH!!!
Remember last month when we had 15 pending sales? Well, ten waterfront homes actually closed. This is a very good percentage because in this market, many deals fail for different reasons. In fact, I know of one pending deal that failed to close with an extremely well financed buyer. I feel sorry for the two agents who worked so hard for months to then have the deal fail at the last moment. Better luck next time you two!
Here are the current Lake Tapps waterfront statistics:
Active: Under 1 Million Dollars = 53 Over 1 Million Dollars = 21
Lowest price = $359,800 Highest Price = $2,450,000
Pending = 14 ( all under 1 Million Dollars)
Sold = 10 5/19/09 $670,000 2702 202nd Ave Ct E
5/21/09 $800,000 21123 Church Lake Dr E
5/28/09 $415,000 20914 Church Lake Dr E
6/02/09 $542,500 2925 196th Ave Ct E
6/02/09 $424,000 6610 Vandermark Rd E
6/04/09 $715,000 1411 Tacoma Pt E
6/10/09 $405,000 3007 196th Ave Ct E
6/10/09 $540,000 4410 185th Ave E
6/16/09 $545,000 6116 207th Ave E
6/20/09 $570,000 4605 N Island Dr E
Interested in buying a home? Contact me any time.
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate (206)910-8807 karenwa@johnlscott.com
Add comment June 20, 2009
The Twenty on the Twentieth Report – May 2009
Two exciting things to share this month in regards to Lake Tapps waterfront. The first thing is that there are actually two homes currently priced in the $300k range = crazy! The second thing is that there are really 15 pending sales right now so it will be interesting to see what actually closes by next month’s report.
Here are the current waterfront real estate statistics for Lake Tapps:
Active: Under $1 Million = 61 Over $1 Million = 20
Lowest Price = $372,000 Highest Price = $2,650,000
Pending: 15 all under $1 Million
Sold: 1 05/08/09 3808 214th E $1.1 Million
If you have any questions or would like to start your home search, please email me at karenwa@johnlscott.com or call me at (206) 910-8807 .
Sincerely, Karen Wallace, John L Scott Real Estate
Add comment May 20, 2009
