Washington State Licensed and Certified Appraisers serving the greater Puget Sound area.
AppraisalMS appraises Kirkland homes for purchases, refinances, estates, divorces and property tax appeals, working from our office in Lynnwood. Type the Kirkland address into the box at the top of this page for a quote, or phone (425) 967-3498.
The 2020 Census counted 92,175 residents, up from 48,787 in 2010. Most of that jump came on June 1, 2011, when Kirkland annexed Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate (Wikipedia), so permits for homes there before that date are King County records.
Downtown faces the lake on Moss Bay, where Peter Kirk's company bought land in 1888 for a steel town. Waterfront condos and houses up the hill trade as separate markets, so a downtown condo is compared with other downtown condos.
A town from 1948 until the 1968 merger, Houghton is mostly single family homes overlooking the lake, per Wikipedia, with Carillon Point on the old shipyard site. How much lake a house sees usually drives the biggest adjustment.
Juanita wraps Juanita Bay, which shrank when the lake was lowered in 1917. It joined the city in pieces: 1967, 1988 and 2011. Juanita Bay Park, the city's largest at 110 acres, holds wetland, so we check buffers on nearby lots.
Annexed in 2011, Finn Hill had 8,553 housing units in 2010 as a census place, and Saint Edward State Park lies partly in Kirkland. Slope, trees and view change lot to lot, so site photos weigh as much as size.
Totem Lake Mall opened in 1973 on reclaimed wetland, the city annexed the area in 1974, and rebuilding as The Village at Totem Lake began in 2016. Newer townhomes and condos by the village are compared with each other first.
Lake Washington comes first: private frontage, a shared beach or dock, a full or partial view, or none, confirmed on site. Wet ground is next. Per Wikipedia, the Forbes Creek basin covers a quarter of the city with 22 wetlands. Then freeway noise, slope and condition.
Kirkland lenders send us purchase, refinance and FHA appraisals, while homeowners, executors and attorneys bring us estate, divorce, pre listing and relocation work. Contesting a King County assessment? Start with our property tax appeal guide for Kirkland parcels.
Expect the report on the date we give, updates along the way and a person on the phone. Gerry wrote Washington State real estate and appraisal continuing education curriculum, so our reports explain each adjustment in plain terms: a reader can see why a frontage home and a view home were treated differently.
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