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Stevens Pass Leavenworth Litter Clean Up
It’s Adopt a Highway time! As many folks know I sponsor a section of Highway 2 near Coles Corner through the Washington State Dept. of Transportation. This section is 2 miles long and starts near the Coles Corner rest area. This …
Fish Lake Real Estate
In an earlier post on Active Rain, I introduced you to Fish Lake just outside of Plain and Leavenworth, WA. This post is specifically about the real estate opportunities that can be found on Fish Lake. Fish Lake is a smaller and more intimate lake than Lake Wenatchee. It is also mostly bordered by U.S. Forest Service land. The amount of private waterfront …
Wenatchee- It’s not easy being green
Thanks to Andy Dappen of WenatcheeOutdoors.org for letting me post this great article. When I read the front page news about a “Green Wenatchee” I too was a little disturbed. Ten Reasons We’re Not No. Five Andy Dappen If only it were true. Unfortunately, all I can say about the March 2007 issue of Country Home magazine that ranked Wenatchee as the fifth greenest …
Why aren’t homes in Cashmere Selling? (It’...
Allyson got this bit of fan mail today… “So what is up with the blog? I notice that the frequency of postings has decreased–I rely on it to keep up to date on the greater Leavenworth real estate market–I am starting to get the shakes–when will we get a new post?” This is for you Holly…. I have been a little surprised that there …
A good cause
I was looking for blogs on log homes and log cabins so I can provide some more details for home buyers to look at. I ended up at this site. The owner is in the process of building a log home and is going to blog about his/her trials and tribulations. The site owner is trying to get bloggers to donate money to a …
Insurance Rates and Credit Scores
This is a guest post from Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance What do Insurance Rates and Credit Scores have in common? Your good credit score can save you up to 50% off home insurance! I know a lot of people don’t like this (the ones with bad credit) and I agree that it is not fair for those otherwise credit upstanding citizens who, due to …
Low Inventory in Leavenworth Homes Market
Moderately priced home sales have really taken off in the Leavenworth Washington real estate market. Today there are only 16 homes under $300,000 and 26 under $400,000. Scarier yet, many of these are small (under 1000 square feet, some under 500) or have other issues that may make them difficult to get a loan for. (Lack of septic and electricity, half interest in …
New Swicki for Leavenworth Real Estate
To the right of this post in my sidebar you will find something new. This is a Swicki. You can learn all about it here. Basically it is a tool for you to search for articles and info that you are looking for. This Swicki searches all the web, but it highlights info found on sites I like – my website, my blog and …
Why Electric Heat in Leavenworth?
As you walk through homes around Leavenworth, you may notice that most people have baseboard electric heat, electric furnaces or heat pumps, and electric stoves. In fact the only gas you may see is a gas fireplace. Why do most Leavenworth residents have electric heat and appliances? The answer: Chelan Co. has one of the lowest electric rates in the state. The Chelan Co. …
Leavenworth 3 bedroom home prices explode!
I was running some numbers today for a Windermere publication that comes out quarterly. It uses average prices of sold 3 bedroom homes as a gauge of the market. For the first half of 2006, the average 3 bedroom home in the Leavenworth area. (including Plain and Lake Wenatchee) was $375,000. For the second half it is up to $458,000. I double checked. Those …