By LYNN STEINBERG
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

Housing prices are skyrocketing, just as they are elsewhere in the region. But it is still possible to get a starter home at a reasonable cost. You've just got to move fast. Harry Cummings, managing broker of Windermere's Northwest office, says well-priced homes in good condition draw multiple offers and generally sell in 24 hours.

The cost of houses now on the market range from $110,000 for a one-bedroom, one-bath starter to $335,000 for a four-bedroom with lush gardens and 1940s charm.

At the corner of Third Avenue Northwest and Northwest 87th, just a few blocks from the low-income housing complex, is a new, luxurious 4,000-square-foot house with four bedrooms and five baths that the builder, Senger Construction, estimates is worth $750,000. It was designed for a couple who said they planned to have lots of company.