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Leavenworth House For under $100,000
Yep, some things are too good to be true. There have been a handful of properties over the years that would loosely fit that definition, but I have never seen a house that is inhabitable and that a bank would loan money on, for under $100,000 in Leavenworth WA. Most consumers start their home search these days on the internet. It’s pretty common to think that …
Leavenworth 3 Bedroom Home Prices
After a recent post David wrote: Hi Geordie. Always enjoy reading your blog. I was curious what the median/mean numbers were looking like for the year in the Leavenworth area, so was interested in this post. But I also wonder if you have data over the past 3-4 years on average “3 bedroom sales price” as a means of comparing apples to apples? I …
Shopping for Leavenworth Insurance: Tips from a Pro
The following is a guest post from Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance Home insurance pricing is affected by a number of factors; I will try to discuss in order of importance, with those factors that affect the rate the most listed 1st. Credit Score: a good credit score will give you up to a 50% discount because it is the single biggest statistical determinate …
Zillow Brings Zestimates to Leavenworth
{EAV_BLOG_VER:1f532b9928c58084} Last week Zillow, the online real estate portal, announced that they had done some big changes to their database. We added Zestimates to more than 25 million new homes, bringing the number of homes on Zillow with data, Zestimates and Rent Zestimates to approximately 100 million. That’s more than three-quarters of all homes in the country. We improved the algorithm models that better incorporate …
Previewing Leavenworth Houses: The Life of a Leavenwor...
I thought it would be fun to start a new series of posts I’m tentatively calling The Life of a Leavenworth Real Estate Agent. I realize that most folks don’t see a lot of the behind the scenes work that we do throughout the week, so here’s a peek. Previewing Houses We don’t make it every week, but Allyson and I try to go …
Canadian Buying US Real Estate : 5 Things You Need to ...
International buyers are hot for US real estate these days; and one group is simply sizzling: Canadian buyers. In fact, the 2010 National Association of Realtors (NAR) Profile of International Home Buying Activity Report found that foreign real estate buyers comprised 4% of the US real estate market. Amazingly, Canadians accounted for 23% of the purchasers. The majority of Canadian buyers staked claims in …
Water Damage From Leaks Is 7 Times More Likely Than Fi...
The following is a Guest Post from Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance. Most people believe that fire damage is the most likely cause of loss to their home but the data proves homes are much more likely to be damaged by water than by fire. Travelers Insurance analyzed its homeowner’s insurance claims in one state, excluding claims related to catastrophes or weather, and found …
Leavenworth Home Prices 1st Quarter 2011
How’s the Leavenworth real estate market doing? Is the market picking up? Don’t worry you’re not alone in asking those questions. I get asked those questions everywhere I go – at Safeway, at church, at the Wenatchee Wild hockey games. Local media outlets and other real estate bloggers tend to rely on Pacific Appraisal’s “Real Estate Snapshot” which they produce quarterly for the Leavenworth …
Windermere’s Leavenworth Team Still Dominant
In 2009 Windermere closed the doors of our Leavenworth branch and consolidated all our agents and office staff in Wenatchee. Our competitors have tried to tell their clients that we are out of business and it’s a question we get asked often when folks interview us to list their Leavenworth home. While our support staff is located in Wenatchee, we do maintain a conference …
2011 Mortgage Rates: Analysis From Darel Ansley
This is a Guest Post from Darel Ansley of Peoples Bank in Wenatchee Executive Summary Mortgage rates finished last week around 4.75%. I think for the 2011 selling season we will remain in a range with 5.5% being an extreme high and maybe 4.25% as an extreme low with 4.5-5.25% being more likely. I was expecting some good growth this year in sales volume …