Tag: transit
Sound Transit needs your input!
Last fall I was saddened to learn that the greater Puget Sound region voted down the mass transit package that had been put forward for the Pierce, King and Snohomish County areas. While that put a bump in the highway, so to speak, for the transit people it didn’t stop them from moving forward [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under General Real Estate.
Tags: puget-sound, puget-sound-real-estate, puget-sound-real-estate-market, transit, Transportation, values
Comments: 12
Transit on my mind…
So, we’ve all been inundated by WSDOT telling us to stay off the highways during the shut down on I-5 and today’s Seattle Times shows that they’ve done such a good job of convincing us about it that traffic has been better than the past 15 year’s time (my personal opinion on that timeline) because [...]
Posted: August 14th, 2007 under Buyer Information, Community, Eastside, General Real Estate, Local information, Moving to Seattle, News, Real Estate Search, Seattle, Seller Information.
Tags: property, puget-sound, puget-sound-real-estate, Seattle-Area-Real-Estate, seattle-real-estate-market, seattle-times, traffic, transit, Transportation, vote
Comments: 4
Neighborhood Roundup: Breaking the Espresso Rut
Creating the list of active neighborhood blogs was only the first step in my grand vision… (or is it Greg that has the grand neighborhood vision?) Okay… Maybe there is no grand plan, but I thought it would be fun to give a roundup of recent neighborhood posts…
The West Seattle Blog has turned [...]
Posted: March 25th, 2007 under Local information.
Tags: espresso, highlights, Kirkland, Lake-City, list, neighborhood, Neighborhood-Round-up, neighborhood-roundup, scam, Seattle, skatepark, transit, West-Seattle
Comments: 18
How Does Mass Transit Affect Property Values?
I’ve been at a couple of gatherings lately with Microsoft employees and other tech folk who have some money to invest and are considering investing in real estate. I’ve recommended that they consider buying along future transit lines like the green line (monorail) or the lightrail route. (If they’re feeling adventurous, I also mention the [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2005 under Buyer Information, General Real Estate, Seattle.
Tags: bus, Buyer-Information, Investment, mass-transit, property, rail, Seattle, transit, value
Comments: 14