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Leavenworth Home Sales Quarter 3 2010
In our most recent post we tackled current Leavenworth home prices. Today we are going to look at the number of homes that have sold in Leavenworth this quarter and so far this year in 2010. We’re still working out the bugs, so I apologize for the fuzzy chart. The good news is that you can get an interactive chart by clicking on the …
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 …
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: …
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 …
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 …
Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes July 2010
This month three homes sold in the Cashmere area. 108 River Street, Cashmere List price: $159,000. Sold price: $112,600. Days on Market: 581 3 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1692 sqft | .17 acres This is an old home, built in 1898, that was used as a duplex at one time. The sellers also paid $2300 of buyer’s closing costs. 9015 …
Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes June 2010
In June, five homes in the Cashmere area sold. 305 Cottage Avenue, Cashmere List price: $259,000. Sold price: $156,000. Days on Market: 820 3 bedrooms | 2 bath | 1744 sqft | .21 acres Classic Cashmere home on Cottage Ave, this home was on the market a LONG time and finally sold in a short sale situation. House has a nice backyard with alley access but …
Leavenworth Home Prices Spring 2010
Reporting about Leavenworth home prices usually starts with a great image of a half filled cup. It’s rarely a simple story and there is both good news and bad depending on whether you are buying or selling a home. Let’s start with a chart comparing Q2 of 2010 to previous years. Leavenworth Real Estate 2010 So what does this tell us? The number of sales …
Leavenworth Neighborhoods: Buyer’s or SellerR...
With a record number of homes for sale in Leavenworth, we generally are telling folks it’s not the best time to put your house on the market. The corollary of that, of course, is that it is a great time to be a buyer. But even our small market in Leavenworth is made of a number of different sub-markets and neighborhoods and while we …
Buying FHA after a Short Sale
This just came in my email from Darel Ansley at Peoples Bank in Wenatchee: Maybe everyone else already knows this, but I just learned this week, that a person can actually sell their home through a short-sale and immediately buy a new home with FHA financing !! I was shocked. Here are the general limitations: 1) The client must stay current on their payments …