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Category Archives: Leavenworth Real Estate Market
Leavenworth Housing Shortage in 2013?
Two big questions I get asked all the time now by home buyers – “Are there more houses coming on the market soon?” “Is there a Leavenworth housing shortage?” People who have been watching the Seattle area real estate market know that Seattle hasn’t had much in the way of inventory in 2012 or 2013 and that shortage of inventory has turned Seattle into …
Leavenworth Homes Sales – 1st Quarter of 2013
After a healthy increase in sales activity in 2012, I think we all had big expectations for 2013. Unfortunately, we had a huge storm in December which I think delayed sales at the beginning of the year. (For example this January only 2 homes closed compared to 8 the previous year.) Here’s a great video of the snow and the down trees for those …
Buying a Leavenworth house on acreage
When it comes to a vacation home in sunny central Washington, lots of home buyers have dreams of buying a Leavenworth house on acreage. For some, having an acre or five is just about breathing room or privacy. For others, it’s about having room for a garden or perhaps a few horses or chickens. Recent sale on Ski Hill in Leavenworth What are some …
Changing Leavenworth Realtors: A Guide to Selling an E...
Are you considering firing your current real estate agent? Thinking about deciding not to re-list with them and changing Leavenworth realtors? This time of year in Leavenworth we talk to a number of homeowners throughout the Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee area who are considering putting their house on the market to sell. Some need to sell, while others are still trying to decide if …
Washington State Real Estate Wrap Up
As a real estate market that is influenced by vacation homes and second homes more than the local economy, real estate sales here in Leavenworth are impacted by the health of other Washington state real estate markets. If a home buyer has significant equity in their primary residence at Lake Sammamish or Mercer Island they are more likely to feel confident about buying a …
2012 Leavenworth Home Prices
It’s time for our year end review of 2012 Leavenworth home prices. Overall, 2012 saw continued improvement for the Leavenworth real estate market. We saw a huge uptick in volume of sold homes, both in the number sold and the total dollar value of those homes. As you can see from this chart, 2012 was a big improvement from 2009-2011. We are still seeing …
Leavenworth Sold Homes November 2012
In November 8 houses and 3 condos sold in the Leavenworth area. (Sorry about the lack of pictures. Weather and closed roads have hampered my picture taking.) Leavenworth Sold Homes 414 Ash Street, Leavenworth List price: $229,000. Sold price: $212,500. Days on Market: 89 2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 833 sqft | .15 acres Cute, 1910 cottage with updated …
Icicle Creek Real Estate on Facebook
Are you a fan of Icicle Creek Real Estate on Facebook? If you are, thanks so much. We are so excited that almost 400 of you have joined us on Facebook where we share photos and interesting tidbits about Leavenworth and real estate. 400 fans is an amazing amount of support. That’s more fans than all of our competitors in Leavenworth have put together! …
Has the Leavenworth Real Estate Market Recovered?
We get clients and friends asking us all the time: Has the Leavenworth Real Estate Market Recovered? Since the market is fluid and dynamic it really depends on what time periods we are comparing. For this discussion, I broke the history of the Leavenworth real estate market into three time periods. The real estate boom. 2006-2007. I used the color green for this period …
Condo Sales in Leavenworth | Fall 2012
It’s been over a year since we did a report on condo sales in Leavenworth. As of today’s date, 2012 is a much stronger year for condo sales than 2011. Only 8 condominiums sold in Leavenworth through September of 2011, but 14 have closed so far in 2012. Condo sales in Leavenworth appear to be on par with 2010 when 15 condominiums had sold …