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Property Tracker Notification for New Listings

Courtesy of Cyndi Carver, Realtor 8 New Listings from 09/28/2013 to 10/04/2013 match your saved search criteria: Downtown Bellevue condominiums Please let me know if you would like to schedule an appointment or request more information about a property.  Contact Me | Cell: (206) 818-3287 | Visit My Website View Details  Active  $1,289,000  Bellevue, WA Downtown Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1.75 Square Feet: 2030 Lot Size: 0.35 MLS#: 550282 MLS: NWMLS View Details  Active  $625,000  Bellevue, WA Downtown Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1.50 Square Feet: 1387 Lot Size: 0.00 MLS#: 551325 MLS: NWMLS View Details  Active  $468,888  Bellevue, WA Downtown Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2.00 Square Feet: 1236 Lot Size: 0.00 MLS#: 551073 MLS: NWMLS  Open: 10/5 1:00PM - 3:00PM View Details  Active  $449,000  Bellevue, WA Downtown Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2.00 Square Feet: 950 Lot Size: 0.64 MLS#: 550066 MLS: NWMLS View Details  Active  $385,000  Bellevue, WA Downtown Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1.00 Square Feet: 926 Lot Size: 0.00 MLS#: 551554 MLS: NWMLS  Open: 10/5 1:00PM - 4:00PM View Details  Active  $325,000  Bellevue, WA Downtown Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1.00 Square Feet: 723 Lot Size: 0.00 MLS#: 549451 MLS: NWMLS View Details  Active  $239,000  Mercer Island, WA Mercer Island Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1.00 Square Feet: 672 Lot Size: 0.00 MLS#: 551582 MLS: NWMLS View Details Active  $174,900  Bellevue, WA Bellevue Style: 1 story Bedrooms: 0 Bathrooms: 1.00 Square Feet: 308 Lot Size: 0.00 MLS#: 550453 MLS: NWMLS Bank Owned

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Monsters of the Housing Market: Vampire REOs and Zombie Foreclosures

By Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac Vice President

Report on how vacant "zombie" foreclosures and owner-occupied "vampire" bank-owned homes are both a challenge to the housing market and bargain-buying opportunities for pro-active buyers and investors. Complete Story

RealtyTrac and RentRange Release Top 25 Hidden Gem Single Family Rental Markets

By RealtyTrac Staff

RealtyTrac and RentRange today released a list of the Top 25 Hidden Gem Single Family Rental Markets nationwide based on gross rental yield, the expected return on investment before accounting for taxes, maintenance fees and other costs. The Top 25 Hidden Gem Single Family Markets were determined by evaluating gross rental yield data provided by RentRange, institutional investor sales data provided by RealtyTrac, and unemployment data for more than 450 nationwide counties with populations of 100,000 or more. The analysis was limited to single family homes with three bedrooms.Complete Story

Foreclosure Market Trends

More Equity Foreshadows More For-Sale Inventory

Inventory of homes for sale is low across the country, but rapidly rising home prices in some markets over the past year has left many homeowners flush with equity and primed to sell. See the Top 20 Equity-Rich Markets listed below. Rising home prices also means more distressed homeowners now have positive equity and may be able to avoid foreclosure without resorting to a short sale. See the Top 20 Foreclosure Equity Markets listed below.Complete Story