2009 Seattle Real Estate in Review: The 25 Biggest Sales
The Seattle real estate market may have been down in 2009, but a few buyers were still willing to shell out big bucks for homes. An Estately analysis of the most expensive sales in Seattle real estate showed that 36 Seattle residential properties sold for more than $2M.
Among the twenty-five homes that cost the most, three each are in the small but exclusive Windermere and Washington Park enclaves. Four were downtown condo units–two in the same building, the award-winning Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue.
Here are all of the top 25 sales in Seattle from 2009 according to the NWMLS, sorted by price.
1. 5025 NE Laurelcrest Ln, Laurelhurst, $11.5M
Seattle's Most Expensive 2009 Home Sales by Neighborhood
2. Undisclosed address, Madison Park, $10.6M
3. 2033 1st Ave (condo unit), Downtown, $9.75M
4. Home on Federal Ave., Capitol Hill, $4.7M
5. 417 W Prospect St., Queen Anne, $4.3M
6. 1000 1st Ave (condo unit), Downtown, $4.2M
7. 9343 Fauntleroy Way SW, West Seattle, $3.85M
8. 5227 55th Ave NE, Windermere, $3.51M
9. 1521 2nd Ave (condo unit), Downtown, $3.46M
10. 524 W Highland Dr, Queen Anne, $3.2M
11. 904 16th Ave E, Capitol Hill, $3.15M
12. 508 Hillside Dr E, Washington Park, $2.85M
13. 1114 Sunset Ave SW, West Seattle, $2.8M
14. 1108 McGilvra Blvd E, Washington Park, $2.8M
15. 1515 Federal Ave E, Capitol Hill, $2.75M
16. 333 37th Ave E, Denny Blaine, $2.7M
17. 3417 E Shore Dr, Broadmoor, $2.69M
18. 800 Lakeside Ave S, Leschi, $2.65M
19. 1500 42nd Ave E, Washington Park, $2.64M
20. 5427 NE Penrith Rd, Windermere, $2.6M
21. 1701 Bigelow Ave N, Queen Anne, $2.51M
22. 6669 M NE Windermere Rd, Windermere, $2.5M
23. 1521 2nd Ave #2703, Downtown, $2.40M
24. 917 Harvard Ave E, Capitol Hill, $2.4M
25. 1929 10th Ave E, Capitol Hill, $2.375M
Listings From: 
NWMLS. Disclaimer.
(required disclosure by NWMLS: Stats are not compiled, verified or posted by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service)