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1st Quarter Leavenworth Home Prices
The Leavenworth real estate market continued a trend in the first months of 2012 which we’ve seen for some time now. Prices continue to be a little lower and the number of home sales continues to climb. 1st Quarter Leavenworth Home Prices Median Leavenworth Home Price: 1st Quarter 2012: $273,000 down from $338,000 in 2011. (-19%) Average Leavenworth Home Price: 1st Quarter 2012: $326,000 down …
Quiz Your Leavenworth Real Estate Expert
A tear comes to our eye every time we hear that someone is buying a house in Leavenworth using a Seattle area real estate agent. Sure, as a licensed real estate broker I can help you buy a house in Seattle, Forks, Mount Vernon, Olympia or even Rockport. I’ve even lived in each of these places at one point in my life. But having lived …
Mystery Leavenworth Real Estate Listings
Admit it, when it comes to looking at online real estate, you are a bit of a geek. It’s ok, you’re not alone. Hardly. Ever notice that sometimes a house that was on the market a few months ago, comes back on the internet, only to disappear again the next day? Here’s the likely scenario, which usually happens in the spring. Every fall and …
Buying Land in Leavenworth | Waiting for Spring Thaw
Starting in December of every year we get buyers who tell us that they have decided to start shopping for a parcel in Leavenworth or Lake Wenatchee to build a cabin or dream home on. Unfortunately, we get a bunch of snow in Leavenworth and winter isn’t a great time to look at land. It’s hard to find boundary markers and surveyor’s pins under …
Overpriced Leavenworth Homes For Sale
Nothing is more frustrating to Leavenworth home buyers and real estate agents than a new listing that comes on the market in the spring at a price high above market value. I understand the motivation of the seller to get as much out of their property as possible, but their real estate agent should know better. It is not always done on purpose, but sometimes …
Mitt Romney Doesn’t Buy His Home Insurance at Wa...
The following is a Guest Post by Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance Eric Kossian, Leavenworth Insurance When an affluent person buys homeowner’s insurance their lifestyle demands that they have home insurance that matches their lifestyle. For starters, an affluent client has a larger more expensive home ($400K market value+) that should be insured with no cap on replacement cost instead of limited “extended replacement” on 95% …
Leavenworth Home Prices for 2011
Home sales in Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee continued to chug along in the 4th quarter of 2011 and I don’t think anyone was particularly surprised with the results. All in all, 2011 looked a lot like 2010. The median home price in Leavenworth fell from $310,000 to $307,000. This is down 12% from a peak of $349,000 in 2008 Average home prices in Leavenworth …
Leavenworth Foreclosure Report 2011
Foreclosures, short sales, bank owned properties (REOs) and distressed sellers continued to be an important part of the national real estate landscape in 2011. However, despite all the press, these distressed sales had very little effect on the Leavenworth real estate market. Photo courtesy of Jeff Turner aka @respres How little? Of the 98 single family homes and condominiums that sold in 2011 in …
Will Your Leavenworth Home Insurance Go Down?
State Agency Grants Some In Leavenworth New Lower Fire Insurance Rating (The following is a guest post by Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance) Some Leavenworth area residents will benefit from Fire Chief Kelly O’Brien’s successful effort to have the rating agency for fire protection classifications reevaluate Fire District #3. Chief O’Brien was able to prove that those county residents that reside …
Leavenworth Home Prices | 3rd Quarter 2011
What a difference a year or even a few months can make! We’re certainly not out of the woods, but there is a lot of good news to report after the 3rd quarter of 2011. Last year, we saw a summer driven by sales of distressed homes (short sales and foreclosures ) which really depressed the average and median prices. This year, only 1 …