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10 Questions: An interview with mortgage lender Darel ...
This post orginally was published on my Active Rain Blog. It is the first in a series of interviews I call 10 Questions. Here Darel Ansley a Real Estate Lender with Peoples Bank takes the hot seat. 1. What questions aren’t consumers asking their mortgage lender? There is an important question, but more important is who do you ask the question of? I suggest …
Stevens Pass Leavenworth Litter Clean Up
It’s Adopt a Highway time! As many folks know I sponsor a section of Highway 2 near Coles Corner through the Washington State Dept. of Transportation. This section is 2 miles long and starts near the Coles Corner rest area. This …
Wenatchee- It’s not easy being green
Thanks to Andy Dappen of WenatcheeOutdoors.org for letting me post this great article. When I read the front page news about a “Green Wenatchee” I too was a little disturbed. Ten Reasons We’re Not No. Five Andy Dappen If only it were true. Unfortunately, all I can say about the March 2007 issue of Country Home magazine that ranked Wenatchee as the fifth greenest …
A good cause
I was looking for blogs on log homes and log cabins so I can provide some more details for home buyers to look at. I ended up at this site. The owner is in the process of building a log home and is going to blog about his/her trials and tribulations. The site owner is trying to get bloggers to donate money to a …
New Swicki for Leavenworth Real Estate
To the right of this post in my sidebar you will find something new. This is a Swicki. You can learn all about it here. Basically it is a tool for you to search for articles and info that you are looking for. This Swicki searches all the web, but it highlights info found on sites I like – my website, my blog and …
Two Years of Blogging
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been blogging about real estate now for two years. In the beginning it was just a few statistics (market updates) but mostly it was another venue for me to talk about my listings. Obviously that wasn’t particularly exciting or engaging – not for me or for my readers. As I learn more about the blogosphere and about real …
North Road Auction
Many of you know that I am the listing agent for the spectacular brick rambler on North Road in Leavenworth. This great home was listed for $1,000,000.00 and we had a lot of interest in it. The home is under contract and we expect it to close shortly. This home was the home of Ruby Smith and her estate will be auctioning all the …
500 Real Estate Blogs to Watch
Thanks to Pittsburgh Homes Daily for adding this blog to the list of 500 blogs to watch. I hope to continue to make this blog a source of information and education for buyers and sellers in the Leavenworth Washington real estate market.
Fiber Optics Coming Soon?
We had a client call and ask about the availability of fiber optics. As many of you know, Chelan County PUD has an ambitious goal to make fiber available to its residents. The PUD hopes to get fiber to 75% of residents by 2008 and the entire county by 2012. To learn more, or see if a particular address has fiber available check here.
Spokesman Review Blogspotter
Thanks to Frank Sennett of the Spokane Spokesman Review for including me in his review of Washington State real estate blogs. The mention is enouraging. I think blogs are a great resource for both consumers and industry insiders. When I’m not out selling homes or blogging here, I’m over at Rain City Guide peeking in at the Seattle real estate market.