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Neighborhood guides
These guides cover what each place is actually like to live in, what your money buys, and what to know before you commit.
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The Best Neighborhoods in Southeast Seattle: Mt. Baker to Rainier Beach, Compared
If you are searching for the best neighborhoods in Southeast Seattle, here is the honest answer: it depends on what you refuse to give up. The seven neighborhoods below share the same backbone (the 1 Line light rail, Lake Washington, and...
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Mt. Baker
Lake parks, light rail, and grand historic homes.
If you are thinking about living in Mt. Baker, Seattle, here is the short version: it is one of the few neighborhoods in the city where you can have a lakefront park, a light-rail commute,...
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- $900K
- Transit
- Light rail at Mount Baker
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Columbia City
A walkable landmark main street with a train downtown.
If you are researching Columbia City, here is the short version: it is one of the most walkable, most characterful neighborhoods in South Seattle, with a light-rail line straight to...
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- $800K
- Transit
- Light rail at Columbia City
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Beacon Hill
The value play, with a tunnel ride downtown.
If you are weighing Beacon Hill Seattle real estate against the pricier neighborhoods up north, here is the short version: you get a downtown light-rail commute, the largest Olmsted-designed...
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- $655K
- Transit
- Light rail at Beacon Hill
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Seward Park
Lakefront living without the Madison Park price.
If you love the idea of Madison Park (lake access, mature trees, a slower pace) but not the price tag, Seward Park is worth a real look. It sits on a stretch of land along Lake Washington,...
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- $1.05M
- Transit
- Light rail at Columbia City, a short drive
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Hillman City
Quieter value next door to Columbia City.
Ask ten Seattle buyers about Hillman City and eight will say “you mean Columbia City?” That mix-up is exactly why this pocket of Southeast Seattle is worth your attention. Hillman City...
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- $756K
- Transit
- Light rail at Columbia City; Graham St due 2031
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Rainier Beach
Best value near the train, big lots, lakefront parks.
If you have watched prices climb in Columbia City and Seward Park and wondered whether any close-in lakefront neighborhood is still attainable, Rainier Beach Seattle homes are the answer...
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- $732K
- Transit
- Light rail at Rainier Beach
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Othello
Newer homes around the station, big parks, serious food.
Othello, Seattle is the neighborhood the official maps cannot quite agree on and the one everybody riding the 1 Line knows on sight. The blocks around Othello Station in the heart of the...
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- $660K
- Transit
- Light rail at Othello
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Delridge
Creek trails, greenbelts, and the H Line through West Seattle.
Delridge is the neighborhood most West Seattle house hunters drive through rather than to, and that is exactly why it deserves a closer look. The valley that carries Delridge Way SW from the...
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- $674K
- Transit
- RapidRide H Line
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Greenwood
A real main street, four frequent bus lines, and new townhomes.
Greenwood is the North Seattle neighborhood that behaves like a small town with a big city attached. It has a proper main street on Greenwood Avenue N, the kind with a library, a theatre and...
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- $780K
- Transit
- Route 5 and the RapidRide E Line
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Seahurst
A beach park, Sound views and big lots, just south in Burien.
Seahurst is what people mean when they say they want to live near Seattle without feeling like they live in it. Tucked into Burien's Puget Sound shoreline, it pairs one of the region's best...
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- $769K
- Transit
- RapidRide H and F Lines
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Rose Hill
One neighborhood across two cities, split at 132nd Avenue NE.
Rose Hill is one of the more confusing addresses on the Eastside, and not because the neighborhood is complicated. It is because the name belongs to two cities. Drive east on NE 85th Street...
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- I-405 buses; Stride BRT at NE 85th in 2029