I would compare age, size, and price together before deciding
If you are weighing older homes in Seattle, WA against newer ones, I would not reduce the decision to age alone. The recent closed examples ranged from homes built in 1904 to 2021, and I would compare size, price, and square-foot cost together before deciding what is actually worth pursuing.
Recent closings shown in Seattle, WA included homes built in 1904, 1925, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1979, 2016, and 2021, with closed prices ranging from $437,500 to $1,619,000 among the listed examples. That spread tells me age alone does not decide value. What matters more is how the home is positioned against other recent sales. A newer property at $622,500 closed at $643 per square foot, while an older home at $1,619,000 closed at $548 per square foot, so I would not assume newer automatically means better value in Seattle, WA. Compare year built only after you compare total price and square-foot cost. Walk into showings with a renovation threshold already in mind. Buy the tradeoff you can live with, not the story you prefer.
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