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MERCER ISLAND IS MESMERIZING & INTEREST RATES ARE SO LOW!!

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

 

Mercer Island is blooming with the most amazing floral fantasia!  Wow, it’s pretty here, gazing at the lake, the gorgeous array of flowers, and the beautiful greenery!  And speaking of beautiful sylvan views, my new listing at “Island Court” Condominiums is great!  This is the lowest priced, largest 2 bedroom, 2 full bath unit on Mercer Island, and this bright cheerful unit, with great storage, is in the best location on a quiet residential street just an easy stroll to Mercerdale Park with its play equipment, walking path, and summer “Concerts In The Park” & Sunday “Farmer’s Market”.  You can walk from here to shopping, restaurants, an art gallery, ice cream, the Post Office, or just to enjoy the fresh air and beautiful scenery with friendly neighbors.  This small, well kept, complex has only 14 units.  Are you ready for this price?  Just $258,000 and the low Homeowner Dues are just $285 per month.  Please call (or text) me to see it at your convenience. 

 As you may have noticed, the market is starting to rebound from the doldrums of the last year or so, and we’re now actually seeing new construction, and “sold” signs – a welcome sign long awaited.  Are you thinking you would like to move?  This is the ideal time to do so.  Please call me so we can get together and discuss an action plan for you.  Interest rates are at an all time low, but they’re unlikely to remain there for long.  Please CALL/TEXT/EMAIL me.  And speaking of great homes on the market, my new listing with the most amazing gorgeous yard will soon be on market – I’ll keep you posted.  Hope you have a wonderful summer! 

Best regards,

Natalie

NEW MERCER ISLAND CONDO LISTING + ENJOY A CHARITABLE/FUN EVENING OUT FOR WOMEN!

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

I’m excited that my great new condo listing is finally on the market!  I should have a video of it ready soon.  It’s a large light & bright 2 bedroom, 2 full bath unit in desirable “Island Court” Condominiums at 3239 – 80th Ave. SE, #203 on Mercer Island.  I’ll be holding it open for Realtors and the public on this Wednesday, ‘Cinco de Mayo’ from 11:30 to 1:30.  Please come by for a treat and see this wonderful condo.

I have other great listings that will be coming on the market soon also.  I’ll give you advance notice as soon as they are ready.  In the meantime, please support our great Mercer Island Youth & Family Services!  This fun event is one excellent way to do so:

Event Date(s):
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Department: Youth & Family Services
Event Type: Community Event
Details: An event for you and your girlfriends!

Mercer Wellness is hosting a Ladies Night of Indulgence on Thursday, May 13th from 5 to 9 p.m.

This event features complimentary age-slowing and hormone balancing nutrition consultations, posture evaluations, free exercise advice too.  We will have experts on hand for jewelry advice, best hairstyle advice, and free hand and neck massages.  If you love to laugh, mingle and get spoiled…  this is the event for you!

Please bring a $5 donation for the YFS Food Pantry OR a donation of non-perishable foods or toiletry products.

Ladies Night of Indulgence – benefiting YFS Food Pantry

77th Central building

2630 – 77th Ave SE, Mercer Island

Starts: 5:00 PM
Ends: 9:00 PM
Location:
77 Central Building
2630 – 77th Ave SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Sponsor: Mercer Wellness
Contact: Kim Richards by phone at 206-275-7754.

Thanks & Best Regards,   Natalie

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Event Date(s):

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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Department:

Youth & Family Services

Event Type:

Community Event

Details:

An event for you and your girlfriends!

Mercer Wellness is hosting a Ladies Night of Indulgence on Thursday, May 13th from 5 to 9 p.m.

This event features complimentary age-slowing and hormone balancing nutrition consultations, posture evaluations, free exercise advice too.  We will have experts on hand for jewelry advice, best hairstyle advice, and free hand and neck massages.  If you love to laugh, mingle and get spoiled…  this is the event for you!

Please bring a $5 donation for the YFS Food Pantry OR a donation of non-perishable foods or toiletry products.

Ladies Night of Indulgence – benefiting YFS Food Pantry

77th Central building

2630 – 77th Ave SE, Mercer Island

Starts:

5:00 PM

Ends:

9:00 PM

Location:

77 Central Building
2630 – 77th Ave SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040

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Sponsor:

Mercer Wellness

Contact:

Kim Richards by phone at 206-275-7754.

WOW! MERCER ISLAND REAL ESTATE IS AMAZING!

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

There are just a few days left to take advantage of the tax credit, which ends on April 30th. Please call me to buy

your dream home with that added advantage (if you and your ideal home qualify—call or text me to find out). We have fantastic Mercer Island homes at amazing prices just waiting for you. Waterfront, panoramic views, large level lots, great neighborhoods where kids can walk to school; the home you have always dreamed of owning may well be within your reach now. This is the best possible time to buy before interest rates go up. Since Mercer Island homes are selling readily again, you will want to purchase now before the law of “supply and demand” brings back the higher prices typical of our beautiful Island. Concerned about selling your current home? As I have mentioned, homes throughout the region are selling again. According to several articles I’ve read by “the powers that be”, home prices are stabilizing now with the Spring market.

Speaking of great properties, I have some wonderful new Mercer Island listings I am working on currently that will be on the market soon! I hope you’re enjoying the beautiful flowers in bloom now, and if you don’t live on the Island now, call me for a tour of our spectacular Island.

Best regards,
Natalie

Now is the Time to Buy a House on Mercer Island!

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

I’M TOLD THAT INTEREST RATES ARE THE LOWEST THEY’VE BEEN IN 70 YEARS!

MERCER ISLAND PROPERTIES ARE SELLING NOW, SOME AFTER BEING ON THE MARKET FOR OVER A YEAR WITH AMAZING PRICES YOU COULDN’T HAVE IMAGINED A FEW YEARS AGO!  BUY NOW!!!

I just attended a most interesting seminar in which it was stated that our current interest rates are the lowest rates we’ve had in 70 years.  I don’t know about you, but I was certainly impressed as to what a wonderful time it is to buy now.  Home, Condo, and Vacant Land prices have hit rock bottom in my opinion and that of my fellow Realtors.  Years from now you may well be saying: “I wish I would have bought back in the last months of 2009 when prices and interest rates were so very low-we’ll never see the likes of that again!”  I’m here to keep you from making that mistake.

Here’s your chance to accumulate “instant” equity with a low monthly mortgage payment.  Prices may not go all the way back (to where they were in the past few years) for three years or so–at least that seems to be the conventional wisdom at this point.  However, rest assured they will go up again as soon as the inventory sells off.  It’s a case of “supply and demand”.  And our beautiful Mercer Island properties are selling readily now, some of them after having been on the market for well over a year.  If you are financially able to buy property now, and if you have been hoping for a better lifestyle-one more in keeping with your interests and talents and those of your family…take my advice and buy now.  You’ll be glad you did.  An opportunity like this may not present itself again during your lifetime, and I hope that’s a very long time.  Don’t forget, for those of you (or your “adult children”) who qualify and take advantage of it, the $8,000 tax credit is a great “gift” that will expire soon.  Please call/text/email me to get started.  Remember:  “The thousand mile journey begins with the first step!”

Note:  The brand new kitchen at the beautiful 2 bedroom Mercer Island condo I have listed will be complete by this week end and there will be an Open House this Sunday October 18th: 2500 – 81st Ave. SE #337 at our desirable “Mercer Isle” condominiums; it’s in the building toward the rear of the park-like grounds on the south side.

Now is the Best Time to Buy a Home on Mercer Island

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Unless it’s extended, the deadline for taking advantage of the $8,000 tax credit expires on November 30th-which is fast approaching.  The time to buy is NOW before prices go up/interest rates go up/the 1st time buyer credit disappears.

Speaking of that, I have a great opportunity for a 1st time buyer to own a superb two bedroom Mercer Island condo at the unbelievable price of $219,000.  It features a brand new kitchen with lovely new cabinets, new stainless steel appliances, solid granite countertops with desirable “bull nose” finish, and a new stainless steel undermount sink.  The bedrooms and the formal areas are spacious.  It is light and bright with west facing window walls to the tranquil sylvan view.  It is located on the secure 3rd floor of our delightful “Mercer Isle” Condominiums.  It is ideally sited, an easy stroll to the beach and parks, to our great new Community Center with local art exhibits and activities for everyone, to Mercer Island’s wonderful shops and restaurants, and to the covered bus stop to Seattle or Bellevue.  The huge separate storage room has ample room for your out-of-season décor, your bikes, sports gear, and inherited furniture, etc.  And there is a Club House with meeting rooms and a kitchen.  You won’t find a better buy on Mercer Island! Please call/text/email me for a private showing at your convenience.  What a great way to start out on our wonderful Mercer Island!

A Fantastic Opportunity Awaits You on Mercer Island!

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Fall is in the air, the days are already shorter, school is back in session and Real Estate is picking up.  Island homes are selling, and there is renewed interest on the part of 1st time Buyers to take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit (which may be used as part of the down payment) before it expires and while interest rates remain low.  It’s a great time to buy on Mercer Island!  Prices are still quite low for fantastic properties, but that won’t be true for much longer.   Once the inventory starts to sell off, prices will slowly wend their way upward again.

The good news is that if you are fortunate enough to live on Mercer Island so that you will be both selling and buying here, although you will receive less for your current home, you will pay that much less for your ideal home here (it’s proportional), and with low interest rates your mortgage payment may well be considerably less than what you have been paying for your less-than-ideal home.  I would love to show you some of the amazing opportunities awaiting those of you who are ready to take advantage of this incredible market.   Waterfront at previously unheard of prices; breathtaking views; great locations near parks, schools, and beaches!  Your Mercer Island dream home can be yours at an affordable price!  Call/text/email me to see for yourself.

Incidentally, our wonderful Mercer Island Women’s Club (open to all women who live on Mercer Island) is resuming activities after the summer with great fun for everyone.  We have luncheons, art activities, hiking/biking, interior design, three book clubs, Scrabble, Bunco, ethnic dinners, salad & socializing, coffee get-togethers…you name it.  If you are concerned that you will be leaving your network of friends to live here on our beautiful Island-rest assured that a great network of fun-loving, charitable, bright and interesting women will become your good friends in no time.   Call me, I’ll be happy to get you all of the information.

WOW! MERCER ISLAND WON THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TITLE TO REPRESENT THE NORTHWEST REGION IN THE WORLD SERIES!

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

We enjoyed watching–on national television, televised live on ESPN– the Regional Little League Championship Tournament play off game, which Mercer Island won in San Bernardino, California!  Mercer Island will now advance to represent the entire Northwest Region at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.  What a talented and well mannered group of guys we have!  We should all be so proud of how they represented us.  That was quite an experience.  Of course we have always had our share of talented athletes on the Island.  Along that line, Ed Pepple, our amazing renown and highly esteemed Mercer Island Basketball Coach has recently retired after coaching all of our sons from “Little Dribblers” all the way to the High School team for 42 years.  It was a thrill years ago when my son was young when his Mercer Island “Little Dribblers” team got to go to Lubbock, Texas for the play offs.  As I’ve mentioned often, Mercer Island is such a wonderful place to grow up, with great activities and opportunities for all ages.

And, as I’ve mentioned, this is the ideal time to buy on Mercer Island with the most amazing values in some incredible properties.  And if you live here and are planning to sell, the good news is that our homes are selling again now-some after being on the market for quite some time.  I hope you are able to take advantage of the situation.  I’m here to help you every step of the way.  I’ve been helping fellow Islanders for 30 years now and I would love to help you as well.  I was reminded of how long it has been when our exceptionally beautiful, gifted neighbor– with a gorgeous voice–Paget Knebel, sang the National Anthem so beautifully at the Mariner’s Game last week.  We are all so very proud of her!  I sold her parents their lovely home here on Mercer Island when she was just a little girl.

Ready to sell or buy?  Just starting to think about it?  Please call, text, or email me – you’ll be glad you did!  Incidentally, ask me about my great new listings coming on.

Mercer Island is So Special!

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

As always, we enjoyed our wonderful “Mostly Music In The Park” with “World Music” by “Maya Soleil” yesterday, where it was cool, with a great crowd of Islanders including little ones dancing to the music. And during the day, we had a close-up view of the Blue Angels directly over our deck-how thrilling! Also the Hydroplane races brought back memories of being young-just across the lake-when the “Gold Cup” Hydroplane Races were so exciting. We could hear them roaring by from our home and how we loved that sound. I’ve enjoyed the races ever since the first race here in 1950. An ideal Mercer Island vantage point, in addition to being on a boat on the “log boom”, is our I-90 floating bridge, which was packed with viewers on Sunday.

Speaking of Real Estate here on our beautiful Island, I am about to list a great condominium that I’ll be telling you about soon. I’m also working on a listing in Bellevue, a bright and spacious home overlooking a beautiful golf course. If you have been waiting for the ideal time to buy here, this is it. And that $8,000 tax credit that can be used toward a down payment for first time buyers, or for those who haven’t owned a home in the last 3 years, is such a huge advantage that will expire at the end of the year. This is the best possible time to buy. Please call/text/email me so that I can let you know about all the great buys available here. Thanks–I look forward to hearing from you and helping you find the ideal home for you and your lifestyle!



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  • Avg. Days on Market: 160

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