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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 …
I received the following email from John Burpee of Leavenworth Property Services who let me share it with you: I am sending you this email to alert you of recent break-ins that have occurred on vacation rentals in the Lake Wenatchee and Plain area. There have been several break-ins on vacation rentals since March 2010. The specific areas that have been hit are as follows …
It’s spring in Leavenworth and the birds are making nests, the glacier lillies and trillium are starting to bloom and people have put away their skis and dusted off their bicycles. Real Estate yard signs are starting to pop up around the neighborhood too. There certainly are more listings coming on the market every day. But wait… haven’t I seen some of these listings …
The Following is a Guest Post Allow me to introduce myself and steal a moment of your time. My name is Tabatha Hargis, I own a property over in the Lake Wenatchee area which we spend time at regularly with family and friends. We come into the Leavenworth Village often and love all the wonderful shops and eateries. In addition to enjoying our cabins …
The Chiwawa River Pines neighborhood‘s discussion about prohibiting vacation rentals has been a hot topic on this blog and a heated discussion at the association meeting has recently turned into a lawsuit. It seems that the Ponderosa Estates neighborhood aka the Ponderosa Community Club is considering doing the same. Bill Griffin, current President of the Ponderosa Community Club writes in the September issue of …
The Chiwawa River Pines neighborhood in Plain had a lengthy debate in 2008 about permitting vacation rentals in their neighborhood. At the time, I took the position that I thought that enforcing the existing (but unenforced) prohibition on short term (nightly / weekly) rentals would be bad for home values. My experience tells me that vacation home buyers (who drive the Leavenworth and Lake …
It’s no news that the real estate market is quieter now than it was in 2007 or 2008. Luckily (for home sellers) home prices have not really fallen in Leavenworth like they have in places like Seattle or worse, Detroit. A quiet market can be a great opportunity for a savvy real estate buyer, so with that in mind, here are my thoughts on …
Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth residents need to be extra careful about black bears this fall according to a recent article in the Wenatchee World. More bears are being seen in the local area this year and it appears it is due to a lack of huckleberries in the mountains. Each summer in the Cascades, bears go through a period of hyperphagia starting in August …
Where has the summer gone? Allyson and I have been really busy this summer with all sorts of exciting projects. I’ll try to highlight some of them here, but I’ve also added a widget on the sidebar for anyone who wants a play by play of what I’m up to. If you have a Twitter account, you can follow me here. The latest project …
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 …
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