Where to Live Now

The Top 25 Neighborhoods in Seattle: 2018 Edition

From Greenwood to Beacon Hill, here are the places Seattleites want to live most.

02/27/2018 By Seattle Met Staff Edited by Darren Davis

The Women's Issue

Maiko Winkler-Chin on Preserving the International District's Old Charms

“There’s always room for development, but how do we make sure that development benefits the community?”

01/31/2018 By Rosin Saez

Neighborhood Guide

Neighborhood Guide: Ballard/Fremont

Where to eat, drink, shop, and play in these neighboring 'hoods.

11/13/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Essay

What My Garage Sale Taught Me About the New Seattle

And why navigating neighborhood negotiations makes us better citizens.

05/15/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Where to Live Now

The 10 Hottest Neighborhoods in Seattle in 2017

A peek into the statistics, stories, and local history of the city’s most desirable locales for homebuyers.

04/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Caffeinate Yourself

12 Great Neighborhood Coffee Shops

Because the best coffee shop is the one closest to you.

08/23/2016 By Darren Davis and Allecia Vermillion

Real Estate

The 10 Best Neighborhoods in Seattle

The current state of the city’s (sometimes crazy) housing market.

04/24/2015 By Darren Davis

Article

Seattle Neighborhoods and Suburbs By the Numbers

05/18/2012

Article

One Woman’s Quest to Solarize Magnolia

01/25/2012 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Pioneer Square on the Rise

07/29/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Article

Beacon Hill Unplugged

Frustrated Seattle webizens are hoping their fight for Internet equality goes viral.

04/28/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Feature

Best Places to Live 2011

An insider’s guide to Seattle’s top neighborhoods.

03/15/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Feature

5 Places to Live Next: Where You’ll Want to Be In 2016

We asked five real estate experts to identify the next hot neighborhoods. With the recession (almost) behind us, these emerging spots are on the brink of discovery and development.

03/15/2011 By Rachel Sturtz

Article

What You Can 
Get For…$525,000

In January, we looked at what was available for a little more than half a mil on the Eastside. This month, we dug up a handful of listings for that same price on the other side of Lake Washington.

01/19/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Article

What You Can 
Get For…$525,000

As of October, the average sale price of a single-family home on the Eastside was $523,000. Here’s a snapshot of what was available near that price point in late November.

12/15/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Hot ’Hoods: Capitol Hill

Home prices are down throughout Seattle, but it probably shouldn’t come as any surprise that sellers in Capitol Hill are still getting more than list price, particularly in the Stevens microneighborhood.

10/13/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Hot ’Hoods: Queen Anne

The extended first-time homebuyer credit helped buoy business into the early summer months, but sales slowed after that. Queen Anne is part of only one area in Seattle that didn’t slow down from June to July.

09/15/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Hot Hoods: Wallingford

Seattle doesn't require chicken owners to register their little cluckers, so it’s anyone’s guess which nabe has the largest poultry population. But as the home of Seattle Tilth, Wallingford is plenty fowl-friendly.

08/18/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Slideshow

Slide Show: Best Places to Live 2010

04/19/2010

Article

Best Places to Live 2010

04/19/2010 By Matthew Halverson