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Leavenworth Home Prices, Quarter 3 2010

What are Leavenworth home prices doing?  The easy answer is that they are dropping, but not nearly as dramatically as elsewhere in the country, or even Washington State. The chart below  has 4 metrics measured from 2004-2010. The first two are the average home price and the median home price for the 3rd Quarter. The second pair are the Year to Date average and …

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Leavenworth Real Estate Auctions

Foreclosures and short sales have been the number one topic of real estate in the past 6 months. We haven’t been immune in Leavenworth, but we certainly have seen much less distressed sales here than in other parts of the country. Many of you are already subscribing to our Leavenworth Foreclosure and Short Sale List so you received an email about this news already. (It’s …

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Ponderosa Estates Allows Vacation Rentals

Originally posted October 19, 2010 Over the last few years there has been much debate about whether or not allowing vacation rentals makes for a healthy community or if banning them might have a negative effect on home prices in a certain neighborhood. Chiwawa River Pines, after much debate and legal wrangling, decided earlier that vacation rentals are not to be allowed in their …

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Leavenworth Real Estate | Sold Homes September 2010

In September, 4 condos and 8 homes sold in the Leavenworth area. 9957 Riverview Road, Peshastin List price: $145,000.  Sold price: $145,000. Days on Market: 112 1 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1078 sqft | .26 acres This house is a small cottage in Peshastin that has one bedroom on the main floor and a large open upstairs space. 2477 Salal Drive, Leavenworth List price: $467,900.  Sold price: …

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Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes September 2010

  Two homes sold in Cashmere in the month of September.   7045 School Street, Dryden List price: $199,000.  Sold price: $175,000. Days on Market: 135 2 bedrooms | 1.75 bath | 1884 sqft | .32 acres A 1920’s home in the Dryden area, this house has a large shop/garage.       127 White Birch Place, Cashmere List price: $239,900.  Sold price: $177,000. Days on Market: …

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Stevens Pass Tenants 4 Turns Seasonal Housing

Have an extra room in your home or don’t plan to use your vacation home this winter?  Stevens Pass Ski Resort is once again doing their Tenants 4 Turns program allowing you to get some ski tickets or seasons pass in exchange for affordable rent. “Two years ago Stevens Pass introduced the Tenants 4 Turns housing program to great success and is making it …

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We’re on Facebook – Come Join Us

Most of our regular readers already know that Icicle Creek Homes has a Facebook page, but now you ALL know. What happens on Facebook that doesn’t happen here on the blog you ask? First of all, our Facebook fans and friends get the first notice on anything new. It’s our way of saying thanks. If we have a new listing – we’ll put a …

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Leavenworth Real Estate | Sold Homes August 2010

Nine homes sold in Leavenworth in the month of August.  There were no condo sales.   24406 Saddle Street, Leavenworth List price: $229,000.  Sold price: $160,000. Days on Market: 420 1 bedrooms | 1 bath | 880 sqft | .37 acres Small, one bedroom cabin in the Ponderosa neighborhood.             2319 Pine Tree Road, Leavenworth List price: $249,000.  Sold price: $189,000. Days …

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Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes August 2010

  In August, only one home sold in Cashmere.   508 Cottage Avenue, Cashmere List price: $219,900.  Sold price: $200,000. Days on Market: 83 3 bedrooms | 2 bath | 2058 sqft | .19 acres 1920’s craftsman style home, this house was a foreclosure property.  It last sold in 2006 for $239,000 and the owners tried to sell it themselves before it went to the bank.  The …

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Lake Wenatchee State Park Emergency Closure

Thanks to www.LakeWenatcheeInfo.com for the heads up. Effective late afternoon Wednesday, August 25th, Lake Wenatchee State Park is closed to camping and day use.  This was deemed necessary to accommodate a team of arborists currently in the park trying to asses the risk to public safety from root-rot disease which is causing trees to fall.  At this time the the boat launch is open. …

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