BUYER’S GUIDE
If you’re planning to buy a home in this area, the best place to start is with the Leavenworth Home Buyer’s Guide.
Advanced Search
Your search results
Category Archives: Articles for Sellers
Leavenworth Home Sales Question
Mark wrote in with a question about Homes Sales Data Hey, Geordie – Here’s a question I’ve been wondering for a while. This might also be something that many other of your customers wonder about, so might be a good blog article topic, unless this is a big can of worms (or just a plain silly question). Here’s the question: Why is home sales …
Leavenworth 1031 Tips
Guest Author Michelle Rojas, Esq. VP & Northern Region Manager of LandAmerica 1031 Exchange Services Most investors understand the tax benefit of structuring a 1031 exchange, whereby an investor trades one property for another without having to pay capital gains taxes. In an ordinary sale transaction, the investor is taxed on any gain realized by the sale of the property. But in an exchange, …
Lake Wenatchee Leased Property Owners Take Note
Owners of cabins at Lake Wenatchee that sit on U.S. Forest Service leased land might want to pay attention to current action that the National Park Service is considering at Lake Roosevelt. The NPS is studying whether or not to terminate leases on 26 vacation cabins on government land at the lake. As many folks have heard, the USFS is expected to raise the …
Leavenworth Real Estate Update – Spring 2008
Leavenworth home sales have finally begun to become affected by the economic realities that surround us. Readers of this blog have no doubt seen the dollar tanking, oil prices surging and the stock market diving – even a little more so as the second quarter of 2008 came to a halt. While the beginning of the year was kind to Leavenworth home sales, …
Course of Construction Insurance
Submitted by Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance We’ll assume you’ve purchased your dream lot and have hired a contractor. Prior to this point, you should have liability coverage either extending from another home policy or have a vacant lot liability policy. Once you start building you still need liability insurance (your vacant land liability policy is now void once construction starts) and you will …
Leavenworth Real Estate Stats for Q1 2008
Leavenworth real estate prices for both houses and condos have continued their upward trend in the first quarter of 2008. This includes the area from Peshastin to Stevens Pass including Lake Wenatchee, Fish Lake and Plain. In the past, I have focused on comparing year to year trends, but this quarter I decided to compare 2008 to the past few years. As you …
Leavenworth FSBO (For Sale By Owner)
Leavenworth real estate searches can be tricky in this day and age. As a consumer you have a multitude of choices – The Big Boys – Remax.com, Windermere.com, Johnlscott.com, or Realtor.com You can use any number of newer online tools like Roost, Zillow, Estately, Craiglist or Trulia or you can search local newspapers like the Wenatchee World and the Leavenworth Echo. …
Leavenworth Vacation Homes and 1031 Exchanges
This article about using your vacation home or Leavenworth condo in 1031 tax exchange was provided by Ann Mclaren of LandAmerica 1031 Exchange Services. I have been fortunate to take a 1031 class from Ann in the past and I welcome anyone to contact her directly for more details on 1031 exchanges. She can be reached at (866) 962-1031. I hope to have more …
Buyer for Lake Wenatchee Cabin
Do you own a cabin on Lake Wenatchee near Leavenworth? It doesn’t matter if your home is on North Shore or Cedar Brae, demand for lakefront homes on Lake Wenatchee (or Fish Lake) remains at an all time high. There is only one home for sale on Lake Wenatchee today. Even if you don’t want to list your home, but may be interested in …
Top 5 Ways to Shoot Your Leavenworth Condo Project in ...
1. Price it high You are not the first builder or developer to build condos in Leavenworth. Lots of price data exists, the closer you pay attention to that data, the quicker your project will sell. You’re right “no one has built 10,000 square foot uber – condos made of gold” in Leavenworth, but that doesn’t make it a viable niche. 2. …