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Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes April 2011
This month in Cashmere three homes sold. . 320 Peshastin Street, Cashmere List price: $174,900. Sold price: $155,500. Days on Market: 111 2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1164 sqft | .32 acre A 1970’s rambler on a nice sized lot. The sellers did some interior upgrades and put a new roof on. The house was on the market in December 2010 for $179,000. . . . 5079 Harnden …
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 …
Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes March 2011
In March, one home sold in Cashmere. 5652 Weatherend Drive, Cashmere List price: $235,000. Sold price: $110,000. Days on Market: 277 3 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 1750 sqft | 1 acre An interesting property with two homes on one acre just outside the city limits of Cashmere. The second home is a small one bedroom, one bath house that could be used as a rental. …
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 …
Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes February 2011
Only one home sold in Cashmere this month, but it was a doozie. 1165 Willems Road, Cashmere List price: $1,950,000. Sold price: $1,650,000. Days on Market: 148 3 bedrooms | 2.5 bath | 1494 sqft | 719 acres No, that is not a typo. The property is 719 acres in three parcels. The property has a modest cabin with large garage, additional bunk house, and LOTS …
Technical Difficulties – Sorry!
Our apologies! Someone brought to our attention that the “home search” portion of our website is a little glitchy today. Photo Courtesy of Zack Klein We are on the phone with the engineers and they are looking into the problem as we speak. It sounds like the most recent update to the software is working well with Internet Explorer 8. We appreciate your understanding …
My Metrics – Leavenworth Real Estate Edition
Despite the so called “death of print media” we still subscribe to a number of magazines in our household. I enjoy Fortune magazine and one of the regular columns they have is called “My Metrics”. Each issue, some analyst or economist shares a hidden secret about some number that they use to determine how the economy is doing or how a specific business is doing. …