This month eight homes and one condo sold in the Leavenworth area.

915 Pine Street, Leavenworth

List price: $325,000.  Sold price: $200,000.

Days on Market: 364

3 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1552 sqft | .45 acres

This is a multi-building property that included a 3 bedroom home and a former church all on 5 1/2 city lots.  It will be interesting to see what happens with this property.

12774 Wilson Street, Leavenworth

List price: $209,800.  Sold price: $220,000.

Days on Market: 60

3 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1384 sqft | 1.06 acres

This house was a foreclosure with multiple offers.  This house last sold in Jan 2007 for $300,000.  The new owner then put it back on the market two months later in March for $439,900.

8449 Mountain Home Road, Leavenworth

List price: $310,000.  Sold price: $310,000.

Days on Market: 60

2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1152 sqft |  7.27 acres

Cute cabin in the woods.  In the winter, the house does not have road access.  It is snowmobile or ski in.

23095 Lake Wenatchee Highway

List price: $450,000.  Sold price: $407,500.

Days on Market: 77

3 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1822 sqft | .45 acres

Great cabin across North Shore Dr from Lake Wenatchee.  Lake and beach access are across the street.  The house had a large basement with another family room for entertaining.

12275 Village View Drive, Leavenworth

List price: $699,000.  Sold price: $495,000.

Days on Market: 617

4 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 2635 sqft | .57 acres

New construction home on Ski Hill outside the city limits.  Nice view of Wedge Mountain.  The house was on the market during construction.

14132 Idlewild Road, Leavenworth

List price: $549,000.  Sold price: $745,000.

Days on Market: 244

2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 2232 sqft | .31 acres

This cabin is on Fish Lake.  The house was sold with an adjoining waterfront lot, which is why the sales price is higher than the asking price.  Originally the house was listed for $875,000 which included the lot.

6310 Campbell Road, Peshastin

List price: $685,000.  Sold price: $540,000.

Days on Market: 1317

3 bedrooms | 2 bath | 2103 sqft | 40 acres

This house has been on the market since October 2006.  The whole property consisted of 100 acres, in five 20 acre parcels and was listed for $1,600,000.  Over the years they have tried to sell the property a variety of ways; the house plus 20 acres for $775,000 & again at $499,000, the remaining lots separately for around $225,000, the house plus 40 acres, etc.  It is a very private setting on the Peshastin side of Mountain Home ridge.

8156 Icicle Road, Leavenworth

List price: $799,000.  Sold price: $742,000.

Days on Market: 55

4 bedrooms | 3.5 bath | 4168 sqft | 1.01 acres

Custom home out Icicle Road on an acre.  The apartment above the garage had a view of Wedge Mountain.  A buyer was waiting in the wings for this house and it was under contract quickly.

Leavenworth Sold Condos

900 Main Street #303, Leavenworth

List price: $400,000.  Sold price: $245,000.

Days on Market: 1124

2 bedrooms | 1.75 bath | 1096 sqft |

One of the last remaining condos in the building still with developer.  This is an interior condo on the third floor.

More Leavenworth Real Estate Info

• Click Here to See Leavenworth Sold Homes for May 2010
• Click Here to See Cashmere Sold Homes for June 2010
• Click Here to Search for Leavenworth Homes for Sale

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Required Disclaimer

NOTE: This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the North Central Washington Association of Realtors or its Multiple Listing Service. Neither the Association nor its MLS guarantees or are in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the Market.

Before we get to May, there was one additional house that closed in April but was not reported as sold until May.

20689 Miracle Mile, Leavenworth

List price: $698,800.  Sold price: $480,000.

Days on Market: 818

4 bedrooms | 4.25 bath | 3128 sqft | .39 acres

This is a large home in Kahler Glen that backs to the 18th fairway and a pond.  It was used as a nightly rental and could accommodate a large number of guest and as set up to be business retreat.  The sellers were a non-profit organization who were gifted the house when the previous owners couldn’t sell it.

May Sold Homes in Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee: 

This month 5 homes and 1 condo sold.

8475 Lake Street, Peshastin

List price: $135,000.  Sold price: $135,000.

Days on Market: 38

3 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1452 sqft | .11 acres

This starter home in Peshastin went pending the first day it was on the market.

21829 Pinto Lane, Leavenworth

List price: $354,500.  Sold price: $275,000.

Days on Market: 211

2 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1200 sqft | .26 acres

New construction home in the Ponderosa Neighborhood near Plain.

12790 Pobst Place, Leavenworth

List price: $439,000.  Sold price: $360,000.

Days on Market: 261

0 bedrooms | 1 bath | 500 sqft | 5.01 acres

This house was a converted garage with a loft.  The acreage was nicely forested, backed to Forest Service property, and had a small creek.

12789 Spring Street, Leavenworth

List price: $699,000.  Sold price: $419,000.

Days on Market: 1175

3 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 2096 sqft | 1.0 acres

This house has interesting design with three different levels of living space.  It also has a two car garage and accessory dwelling unit that was used as a rental.  Sellers went through three different agents and ended up chasing the market down.

17801 North Shore Drive, Leavenworth

List price: $750,000.  Sold price: $522,000.

Days on Market: 546

2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 840 sqft | .34 acres

Older cabin on the lake with 75′ of waterfront and a dock.  The lot didn’t really have a driveway down to the house and most of the value was in the lot.

Leavenworth Condos

138 West Whitman Street #2, Leavenworth

List price: $215,000.  Sold price: $133,000.

Days on Market: 271

2 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 1066 sqft

This is a non-nightly rental condo in the residential part of Leavenworth.  Two of its sister condos sold in Feb 2010 for $129,000.  There is currently still one condo similar to this one on the market.

More Leavenworth Real Estate Info

• Click Here to See Leavenworth Sold Homes for April 2010
• Click Here to See Cashmere Sold Homes for May 2010
• Click Here to Search for Leavenworth Homes for Sale

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Required Disclaimer

NOTE: This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the North Central Washington Association of Realtors or its Multiple Listing Service. Neither the Association nor its MLS guarantees or are in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the Market.

I am sending you this email to alert you of recent break-ins that have occurred on vacation rentals in the Lake Wenatchee and Plain area. There have been several break-ins on vacation rentals since March 2010.

The specific areas that have been hit are as follows – Pine Tree Rd (off of Chiwawa Loop), Beaver Valley Rd and Telemark (off of North Shore Rd.) There have been a total of 5 break-ins according to Deputy Brad Norton of Chelan County Sheriff’s Office.

It appears they are targeting vacation rentals and at this time they do not have any suspects and are urging vacation rental owners and 2nd home owners take measured precautions and do frequent checks on their vacation rentals / 2nd homes. It is hard for them to figure out when the break-ins are accruing when the home was last cleaned or inspected days or even weeks before the break-in was discovered.

After speaking with Deputy Norton it is obvious there is a need for security patrol with all the 2nd homes and vacation rentals in the area but unfortunately there are currently no affordable security patrol options in the area. There are a couple of security companies out of Wenatchee but because of the commute the patrol costs don’t make since for owners.

Leavenworth Property Services, LLC offers $25.00 courtesy checks for the accounts they service but since they are primarily a vacation rental service company that offers services such as Hot tub service, Maid Service, Window Cleaning and Concierge services they can only offer courtesy patrol checks to their direct owners who use their services because of Washington State security patrol license requirements. We also offer a monthly program that offers biweekly checks and weekly checks and include security warning signs we place on the rental. In the future we plan on retaining our security patrol license so we can help protect your homes but at this time we can’t offer it to everyone.

In the mean time we have taken the time to work with some owners and with discussions with Deputy Norton we concluded that owners can benefit a lot from do the following to protect there homes -

1) Make sure you don’t have your address on your website. (NOT even your street name). Criminals can take just the street name with a photo of your house and drive the street looking for it. Now we know that using the availability calendars is a must but with your street name, address and knowing when your rental is vacant by looking at your online calendar is a recipe for disaster.

2) Invest in warning security signs. You can buy them off the internet for cheap and they will deter the bad guys. Criminals want easy targets and if they think there is even the slightest chance you have a security system or surveillance cameras they will skip your house and move to the next. Make sure you buy big visible signs not just the little ADT security signs. Get a big warning sign. If you need help finding a good sign just give us a call and we will give you options. For as small fee we can even take it out and hang it up for you if you need us to.

3) For owners who use Leavenworth Property Services, LLC services you can put language on your site stating that we do frequent patrols to the units. Now only the owners who actually use our courtesy check services should do this because you don’t want to put this on your site if you don’t actually have this service. This will deter the bad guys from putting you on their hit list. It will also deter your guest from getting to crazy if they think there is a chance we may drive by and catch them in the act;)

Well that’s it for now. I will keep you posted with any updates in regards to the break-ins. Feel free to give me a call if you have any questions.

John Burpee

Owner/Operation Manager

Leavenworth Vacation Property Services, LLC Phone – 509-293-9587

Email – Info@LeavenworthPropertyServices.com

In April 2010, 2 condos and 7 homes sold in the Leavenworth area.

131 Benton Street, Leavenworth

List price: $299,900.  Sold price: $280,000.

Days on Market: 168

3 bedrooms | 1.75 bath | 1260 sqft | .17 acres

This home is a 1980’s rambler within short walking distance of downtown.

2102 Chiwawa Court, Leavenworth

List price: $349,000.  Sold price: $305,000.

Days on Market: 122

2 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 2052 sqft | .55 acres

A foreclosure in Chiwawa River Pines, this home was on the corner of Chiwawa Loop Rd and Chiwawa Ct.  The home may have needed some updates but was a great deal.

22518 Alpine Hills Road, Leavenworth

List price: $389,000.  Sold price: $313,000.

Days on Market: 370

3 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1392 sqft | .45 acres

Cute cabin in the Alpine Tracts neighborhood.  It backed to Forest Service land and was built  in 2006.  

21805 Colt Road, Leavenworth

List price: $369,000.  Sold price: $333,000.

Days on Market: 228

2 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1600 sqft | .30 acres

New construction home in the Ponderosa Estates neighborhood.  It was on the market while still in the construction phase.

16099 Cedar Brae Road, Leavenworth

List price: $385,000.  Sold price: $360,000.

Days on Market: 174

2 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1777 sqft | .45 acres

Nice Lake Wenatchee cabin across the street from the lake.  House had a nice open floor plan with great deck and views of the lake.

9215 Icicle Road, Leavenworth

List price: $445,000.  Sold price: $365,000.

Days on Market: 209

3 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 1890 sqft | .8 acres

Large ramber on a big lot that backs to the Leavenworth Golf Course.  This house was on the market for 152 days as a short sale, then on for 57 days as a foreclosure.  It last sold in Aug 2007 for $646,500.

10310 Ski Hill Drive, Leavenworth

List price: $599,000.  Sold price: $599,000.

Days on Market: 77

5 bedrooms | 3.5 bath | 1932 sqft | 1.21 acres

This is a large home up Ski Hill just outside of Leavenworth.  The home was on the market in Fall 2009 for the same list price.

Leavenworth Condos

100 Ski Blick D-206, Leavenworth

List price: $299,000.  Sold price: $199,000.

Days on Market: 1086

2 bedrooms | 2 bath | 862 sqft |

New construction condo off of Titus on the east end of Ski Hill.  This condo was on the market during construction.

20701 Clubhouse Drive, Leavenworth

List price: $359,000.  Sold price: $320,000.

Days on Market: 42

3 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 1548 sqft |

Rare two story, 3 bedroom Natapoc condo.  It has a nice view of the 18th green and the surrounding forest.  It was not on the market long before it was under contract.

More Leavenworth Real Estate Info

• Click Here to See Leavenworth Sold Homes for March 2010
• Click Here to See Cashmere Sold Homes for April 2010
• Click Here to Search for Leavenworth Homes for Sale

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Required Disclaimer

NOTE: This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the North Central Washington Association of Realtors or its Multiple Listing Service. Neither the Association nor its MLS guarantees or are in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the Market.

Real Estate yard signs are starting to pop up around the neighborhood too.  There certainly are more listings coming on the market every day.

But wait… haven’t I seen some of these listings before?

Yep, you sure have. (Some keep turning up like a bad penny.)

Bad Penny photo by Aaron Escobar

83 homes have come on the market in March or April this year. 49 of them have been on the market recently, some are listed with a new agent, some with a new price tag.

It boils down to this…. only 41% of the NEW listings… are really new.