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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 …
Banff Film Festival Leavenworth 2012
We are once again proud to announce that IcicleCreekHomes.com is the title sponsor of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour as it comes to Leavenworth again this year. As in recent years the Banff Film Festival Leavenworth films will be shown at the Leavenworth Festhalle on November 20th, 2012 The Banff Mountain Film Festival, a program of The Banff Centre, is the largest, …
Front Street in Leavenworth Revitalized
We’ve written in the past (here and also here) about the facelift that Front Street in Leavenworth was going to get coming into town from the east and we are happy to announce that it is finished just in time for Oktoberfest. We think it looks great and it is a nice improvement for local businesses as well as the condo owners at Cascade Crest …
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 …
Who Sells the Most Leavenworth Houses?
Since Windermere no longer has a staffed office in Leavenworth, people sometimes ask us if we are at a disadvantage to the other companies who are located in downtown Leavenworth. Allyson and I work out of a home office and Windermere has a conference room where we can meet with clients in the Mittenwalder Platz building near Dr. O’Brien’s dentistry office. It would be …
Leavenworth Home Prices For Spring 2012
The Leavenworth real estate market continues to show slow but steady signs of improvement in 2012. Leavenworth home prices for spring 2012 did increase from last year’s horrible numbers and are similar to those in 2009 and 2010. 2nd Quarter Home Sales Leavenworth Home Prices For Spring 2012 Average Sales Price: $381,000 Median Sales Price: $344,000 Number of Homes Sold: 19 * Just 2 …
What’s it like living in Leavenworth Washington?
People ask all the time what it’s like living in Leavenworth Washington. One of the real pleasures about small town living is how safe it is with very little crime and a great sense of community. It’s really pretty common for people to leave their doors unlocked here in Leavenworth. More than once when meeting with a homeowner to put their house on the …
Secret Tactics to Sell a House
Every seller we talk to in the Leavenworth market wants a real estate agent who will be aggressive about selling their home or property. That makes sense to us. Year in and year out we have clients come to us and ask us to list their home because they have tried other agents in the past and been disappointed with the results. It’s always exciting to …
Quiz Answers
A few weeks ago we posted a silly quiz. We tend to laugh at Seattle area agents who try and practice real estate in Leavenworth and so we made a funny quiz for them. Here are the answers: 1. Leavenworth has just one zipcode. 98826 runs from Leavenworth to Stevens Pass including Lake Wenatchee and Plain. Peshastin has their own zipcode though – 98847 …
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 …