See more information on each property by visiting the following links:

2325 N 190th Street - Shoreline, WA 98133

2129 N 155th Street - Shoreline, WA 98133

Well…all of us here at Chuck Cady & Associates are NOT fans of the Packers but we sure as heck don’t want to see the Steelers win so we are going with the lesser of two evils…

GO PACKERS!

Attention Haller Lake Neighbors!

Tonight there is a Community Meeting at 7:00pm at the Haller Lake Community Club located at 12579 Densmore Ave N.

The guest speaker will be the principal of Northgate Elementary, Stan Jaskot.

Get involved in your local community…we hope to see you there!

Read the rest of the article on PR Newswire by clicking the following link:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zillow-and-yahoo-real-estate-launch-largest-real-estate-network-on-the-web-115185489.html

We will be posting a regular Word Search Puzzle for our blog.  Today's puzzle is real estate themed.  Going forward we will be doing Neighborhood/City/Local Event themed puzzles.

Have Fun! Click Here to Download the pdf file for easier printing.

The Northgate Rose Garden is a local business at 11018 Meridian Ave North at the Southern end of the Haller Lake neighborhood in Seattle.  Chuck Cady and Associates uses The Northgate Rose Garden for our client appreciation promotions of Poinsettias in December and Roses in February.  We have been coming back to them for our floral needs for the past twenty-five years.  We love their friendly service and stunning arrangements.  If you need some flowers this Valentines day, please consider supporting this local business!   The Northgate Rose Garden can be reached at (206) 363-0229.
Attention past clients – Keep your eyes open for your Free Rose Bouquet postcard in the mail this week!

The above picture is taken from the City of Seattle Linden Ave N Street project page, please click on the picture to go there now.

I wanted to add a blog about the Linden Avenue North Complete Street Project.  The project proposes to construct continuous sidewalks, curbs and curb ramps, and tree planting on both sides of the street, buffered bicycle lanes, new street lighting, pavement, and street markings on Linden Ave N from 128th St to 145th St.  The project will create a seventeen block corridor to complete the missing link for the Interurban Trail.  The current trail in Seattle ends in Seattle at 128th St, and starts again in Shoreline.  

The Seattle City Council adopted the Mayor's budget to fund the full Linden Ave N Complete Street project in late December of 2010!  Originally the project was to be completed in phases, but with the entire project fully funded, the city will now be advertising bids for the entire corridor in July of 2011.  Construction is planned to begin in October, 2011.   

More information about the project can be found Here!

We were calculating some absorption rates for the following North Seattle neighborhoods, Haller Lake, Broadview, and Maple Leaf.  We figured these rates would be a good blog post.  

The absorption rate for an area is an estimate of how much inventory is currently available.  It is expressed as the time period that it would take to absorb all of the currently available inventory of homes if the sales rate were to stay constant and no new listings were to come on the market.  Here is the formula we used to calculate the absorption rates:

Absorption Rate (weeks) = Current Available Inventory/(Annual Sales/52 Weeks)

Haller Lake had the highest absorption rate of the three neighborhoods  at around 21 weeks, compared to Broadview and Maple Leaf neighborhoods which were both around 14 weeks of inventory.  The City of Seattle as a whole had an absorption rate of around 18 weeks, and I included Washington state's absorption rate to show how "good" we have it in Seattle.

These statistics are gathered from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, and are considered reliable, but are not guaranteed.

The picture above is of the current Northacres wading pool.  It is a linked photo from one of Seattle Parks and Recreation webpages, click on the photo to go to there.  

We wanted to provide an update on the Northacres Park Renovation.  Chuck Cady and Associates called the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department to ask about how the project was going, and if there were any updates.  Originally the plan was to start construction in Winter 2010 to early Spring 2011 and finish in Spring of 2011.  There has been an update to the design that has pushed out this plan to start construction by early Spring, and complete in early Summer of 2011.

The original design of the Northacres spray park was for a flow-through water system.  Flow-through designs are cheaper to build, but end up using more energy and wasting water over time.  It was decided to use a recirculating water system instead.  A recirculating water system, costs more initially and is more complex to build, but is cheaper over time.  Also the water pressure is much better in a recirculating system, and ends up being more fun for the kids.  The plans are currently 95% complete, and the city will be asking for bids shortly.

Here are some links to the City of Seattle web pages for Northacres Park and the renovation.

Northacres Park Page

Northacres Park Renovation Page

Northacres Park Original Proposed Concept

Northacres Latest Published Plans (November 2010)