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Don’t mess with the Chumstick!
Last weekend a couple of the dumber inhabitants of Western Washington came to visit our sleepy berg. These hoodlums attempted an armed home invasion on the Chumstick Highway north of Leavenworth and got an education about rural living. The homeowner grabbed one of the robber’s pistol and shot him. Both robbers fled and gave themselves up to local sheriff’s deputies. You can …
Cashmere Real Estate Update
Cashmere real estate has picked up since I wrote about it in March for my last Cashmere real estate market update. The number of houses sold in the first half of 2007 is up 35% from the same time last year. The sales volume is up 53%!! This year 5.5 million dollars worth of homes have been sold in Cashmere in the first …
Buying a Leavenworth Condo?
Buying a condo in Leavenworth this year? Here are 5 things to consider: Do you want to use your condo as a vacation rental? In the city limits and the Urban Growth Boundary of Leavenworth this means the condo needs to be zoned for commercial use. Condominiums in residential areas may be rented on a monthly basis, but not nightly or weekly. …
Insurance for Vacant Land?
This is a guest post by Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance While vacant land doesn’t have any structures that could burn down, the landowner is still subject to liability lawsuits, so it is advisable to have liability insurance coverage. To obtain insurance for vacant land inexpensively the first choice is to simply have your agent extend liability from an existing homeowners policy and/or excess liability …
Leavenworth Home Tour – This Weekend!
Windermere Real Estate in Leavenworth is holding an open house event with about a dozen homes throughout the Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee area. Homes on the tour range from small cabins to larger homes on the Wenatchee River. Prices range from under $200,000 to over $800,000. We will be hosting this event from 12-3 on Saturday. Maps will be available at …
Leavenworth Horse Property
Horse property in Leavenworth WA is hard to find. There are two obvious reasons for this. First of all, land here is becoming more valuable every day – larger parcels continue to be split up into smaller ones that aren’t roomy enough for horses. Secondly, we are on the slopes of the Cascade Mountains. We have a lot of hill country and not the …
Helping the kids get their First Home
Guest Post by Darel Ansley of Peoples Bank in Wenatchee Many homeowners I talk to are excited about all the appreciation they have gained over the last few years, but for us Baby Boomers, the conversation often turns to : how are my kids ever going to get into a home? This has been an issue in the Puget Sound region for some time, …
Leavenworth Real Estate Market Update
The Leavenworth real estate market is made up of a number of different sectors that always seem to be moving in slightly different directions. The majority of consumers, whether they are local homeowners looking at an increased tax bill or out of town investors, look to the growth of prices to gauge the strength of the market. Home prices in Leavenworth WA …
Leavenworth Insurance – An Interview with Eric K...
Here is my second installment of my “10 Questions” series. Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance is a insurance broker in Leavenworth, WA. He is located on Highway 2 in Leavenworth next to Napa Auto Parts. He can be reached at [email protected] or 509-548-5488 What does an insurance broker do? Geordie, an insurance broker locates and shops insurance products to protect clients from the financial risk …
10 Questions: An interview with mortgage lender Darel ...
This post orginally was published on my Active Rain Blog. It is the first in a series of interviews I call 10 Questions. Here Darel Ansley a Real Estate Lender with Peoples Bank takes the hot seat. 1. What questions aren’t consumers asking their mortgage lender? There is an important question, but more important is who do you ask the question of? I suggest …