Seattle City Properties by Stephen Morrissey
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Seattle real estate broker specializing in Queen Anne, Ballard, Fremont & greater Seattle. Windermere broker. Buyer + seller strategy. Local roots & relationships
Seattle is one of the most competitive real estate markets in the country and navigating it takes time, effort, trust and proper education. I'm Stephen Morrissey, a Windermere real estate broker and founder of Seattle City Properties. I work with buyers and sellers across Queen Anne, Ballard, Fremont, Magnolia and the greater Seattle area. I pride myself in helping people make smart, confident mov
When your seller wants to list 20% over your CMA.
I get it. It’s your home. You raised your kids here, you redid the kitchen, you have a number in your head.
But here’s what actually happens when a home is priced above what the market will bear.
It sits. And the longer it sits, the more buyers start asking what’s wrong with it before they’ve even looked at the price.
A home’s first two weeks on market are everything. That’s when buyer interest peaks. Overpricing burns that window on people who were never going to pay the number.
Then there’s the search problem. Most buyers search by price range. If you’re priced above their max, they never even see the home. You’ve made yourself invisible to the exact people who could afford it.
Then come the price drops. Each one signals to buyers that you’re getting desperate. By the time you reach the right number, the listing is stale, and stale listings attract a different crowd: investors, bargain hunters, hard negotiators looking for a deal.
And if a buyer does come in over-financed at the inflated price? The appraisal still has to support it. If it doesn’t, the deal falls apart and you’re back to square one with even more days on market.
Here’s the part that surprises people. Pricing at the low end of a fair CMA often does the opposite. It creates competition. Multiple buyers, multiple offers, and in a lot of cases the home sells at or above where you hoped to land on the high end anyway.
The market decides what your home is worth. My job is to read it correctly and price you to win.
Relocating to Seattle or thinking about selling? DM me or comment CMA and I’ll walk you through what your home could actually list for.
Who’s gonna have your back when it’s all done, Seattle? 😎😇
50 guys and gals showed up and showed out!
Last week the Windermere Midtown team spent a day at the Phinney Neighborhood Association for their annual Day of Service. Graffiti scrubbed off the 63rd Street Mural under the 99. Kitchens cleaned for the Hot Meal Program and summer camp. Parking lot cleared just in time for opening day of the Farmers Market. Signal boxes polished. Sidewalks rainbow-ified for Pride. Two-plus van loads hauled from the attic. A-boards built and delivered.
The PNA has been doing this kind of quiet, consistent work for North Seattle since 1980. Hot meals. Summer camps. Community events. A tool library. A memory loss program. It felt great to glow up a place that does the same for so many.
Grateful to be a part of it.
If you want to get involved with the PNA, they’re always looking for people: solo, as a group, or weekly. Drop a comment or reach out and I’ll connect you.
05/26/2026
We listed our 1956 mid-century modern in Queen Anne at $1,229,950 and ended up with a signed offer at $1,523,000 — nine offers, in under a week. We honestly couldn’t believe it, and Stephen deserves much of the credit.
He had a great eye for what the house needed and I always felt like he was as invested in the outcome as I was. When I mentioned wanting to build a new deck in the backyard, he gave me the green light, trusting that I would nail it. He also recommended a fantastic stager and connected me with affordable painters and hardwood floor finishers who all did excellent work. By the time it hit the market, the place looked better than it ever had.
I live in Oakland and was only back in Seattle for the ~10 days I was building the deck, so I was leaning on Stephen heavily the whole time. He handled whatever came up without complaint, kept everything moving, and made sure title was clean well before we listed. I never once felt like things were slipping — which, managing a sale remotely, is saying a lot.
The broker preview dinner he hosted at the house was a masterstroke. Around 10-15 agents came through and gave informal valuations, which gave us the confidence to price where we did. We had no idea we’d end up with nine offers and sell that far over ask, but having that validation going in made all the difference.
If you’re selling in Seattle, call Stephen. We couldn’t be happier with how things ended up.
05/20/2026
Took a minute to look back at the last few months and honestly, I've been blessed with some incredible clients.
Four stories completely different than the last!
A couple who found their home in West Seattle after meeting me at an open house, we beat out a developer for a backyard oasis with views of the Cascades, Mount Rainier, and the Port of Seattle. Less than 1% over ask.
Sellers on Queen Anne who needed a clean, fast exit to go launch something new in Oregon. Two weeks to pending on a condo in a neighborhood where condos typically sit for 60 days. Their relief at closing said everything.
Buyers who had been searching for nearly a year before we locked in on a stunning western slope Queen Anne home and won it at 7.5% over ask in a very competitive situation after carefully crafting a winning offer.
And the Queen Anne listing that took on a life of its own! 6 days on market, 8 offers, $300K over asking, and 3 of those offers came directly from Instagram. That one still makes me smile.
New Washington residents. Out-of-state sellers. People starting over somewhere new. People planting roots here for the first time.
This is the work. I'm grateful for every single one of them.
If you're thinking about buying or selling in Seattle this year, reach out. I'd love to add your story to the list.
📍Seattle City Properties | Windermere Real Estate
05/13/2026
Six weeks out and I’m still thinking about this one.
Queen Anne. Closed $300K over asking. Six days on market. Eight offers on review day, three of which came directly from Instagram views after hitting over 100K across my network of agent-influencers.
My sellers trusted the process completely, and that made all the difference. The prep, the staging, the marketing strategy… they didn’t flinch once. That kind of trust is rare and I don’t take it lightly.
To the buyer brokers who brought serious, well-crafted offers - thank you. That review day was exactly what this process is supposed to look like when everyone does their job well. You could tell nearly every buyer was educated, ready and experienced.
And to the winning buyers – congratulations again. You got yourselves a really special home.
If you’re thinking about buying or selling and want to know what a strategy like this actually looks like in practice, reach out. This is the kind of work I love doing.
📍Queen Anne, Seattle
05/12/2026
If you made it to bio post two, swipe for some goodies & wildly different beard cuts.
I grew up on San Juan Island, which meant boats, mountains, and ferry schedules were just part of the deal. I didn’t really understand how unusual that was until I started traveling. 65 countries later, I still think the Pacific Northwest is genuinely one of the most special places on earth.
Also - I wear a Zag shirt wherever I go, what about it!?
I started Seattle City Properties because I wanted to do real estate the way I’d want it done for me. Show up, know the market, tell the truth, actually care about the outcome. The relationship matters more than the transaction every time (detailed contract negotiations excluded from that statement).
If buying or selling in Seattle is on your radar, you know where to find me!
📍PNW | Seattle Real Estate | Always outside or globetrotting
05/16/2025
🚨 BIG MOMENT ALERT 🚨
My first ever listing just hit the market — and it’s a good one.
1915 Dexter Ave N | Seattle
📍 Queen Anne meets Westlake
🌊 Lake Union views
🏡 Zoned LR3 w/ big lot potential
Whether you’re a dream-home buyer, an investor, or just a sucker for Seattle charm, you’ve gotta see this one.
🕛 I’ll be hosting TWO open houses:
Sat 5/17 + Sun 5/18 from 12–3PM
Come say hi, bring your questions (and your clients 👀), and help me kick off this new chapter right!
📲 Link in bio or DM me for the full tour.
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