Moving to Bellevue condo worth it?

I have a home in North Seattle and have about 115k mortgage left and it’s around 1 million (neighbors sold for more recently though with similar specs ). Few reasons is that the I did lot of maintenance already (roof, deck, plumbing and electrical panel). And yard is pretty big and thought I was gonna have like backyard bbq etc . But it turns out leaves just keep growing and got but tired doing it consistently. Home is also bit old so who knows what’s next.

I do coding/graphics and goal is to work in Bellevue also so the distance will be nice but have some questions regarding condos.

I’m guessing I wanna make a decision in 1-2 years.

Questions I have are:

1. Condos in Bellevue rise in value similar to single family homes due to location ?

2. What will be a good size condo for myself and my finance and a good location. Is downtown a good place or more suburbs. I know it’s preference but maybe residents know few things we don’t .

3. Anyone who lives in condo right now who moved from a single family home what are some pros and cons.

I do have some core memories in Bellevue though. When I was in High school we used to drive there every weekend to meet up with some friends who left so I do like it a lot.