Queen Anne homes & Ship Canal houseboats.

Most brokers can show you a Queen Anne four-square; very few have also closed on the houseboats at the hill’s waterline. Special Agents Realty has done both — including the charming houseboat at 1080 W Ewing Street on the Ship Canal and a luxury condo at the Gallery in Belltown, at the hill’s downtown edge. That range matters here, because Queen Anne buyers are usually choosing between property types, not just addresses.

What is the housing stock on Queen Anne actually like?

The crown of the hill carries the classics — boxy early-1900s four-squares, craftsman bungalows, and brick Tudors on tree-lined streets around the top of Queen Anne Avenue. The slopes are where views enter the equation: south toward downtown and the Space Needle, east over Lake Union, west to the Sound. Two houses a block apart can be priced a world apart based on nothing but sightlines, which is why comparable-sale judgment matters more on this hill than almost anywhere in the city.

Wait — Queen Anne has houseboats?

It does, quietly. At the hill’s north foot, along West Ewing Street where the Lake Washington Ship Canal runs toward the Fremont Bridge, sit small moorage communities like the Ewing Street Moorings. We’ve sold there more than once — homes with unobstructed water views toward Lake Union, rooftop decks, and front-row seats to the bridge opening for ship traffic. Canal moorage has its own personality: calmer than the open lake, with the parade of boats as daily theater. If the idea intrigues you, start with our houseboats & floating homes overview.

What should sellers on Queen Anne know before listing?

That this market rewards preparation and punishes guesswork. View homes photograph either brilliantly or terribly; pricing against the right comparables — same slope, same view plane, same era of construction — is the difference between a clean two-week sale and a stale listing. Our guide to getting the highest price in the shortest time lays out the sequence we use; the free pricing opinion below is where we apply it to your exact block.

How do I take the next step on Queen Anne?

Browse current listings, read how we approach residential & luxury representation, and call Linda M. Bagley at (206) 419-0065. Whether it’s a crown classic, a slope view home, or a canal houseboat, she’s transacted the type — and she’ll tell you which one actually fits how you live.