Condos Are A Steal Right Now

That gorgeous $800,000 condo you thought you could never afford might be on a "this-recession-only" 50-percent discount sale, like this one in the Queen Anne High School building that just sold at auction for $350,000. Yikes. Too bad Seattlest still can't afford to buy, because we've been in one of those Queen Anne units and they're really nice. Very solid, and it's an old building populated, we're told, mostly by retirees who are gone a good chunk of the year, so it's also quiet. Ideal for, say, a writer. Who wants to buy us a condo? Half off!