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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 …
2013 Hog Loppet Ski Tour
The 2013 Hog Loppet Ski Tour is set for February 23rd. Hog Loppet is a non-competitive 30k Ski Trek from the top of Mission Ridge Ski Area to Blewett Pass for experienced cross country skiers. Navigate both groomed and ungroomed trail and all types of terrain on this highly exciting trek. The wildfires of 2012 probably opened up this area considerably and the rumors …
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 …
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 …
Leavenworth Sold Homes July 2012
July was a big month for homes sold in the Leavenworth area. Eighteen homes and one condo sold. Leavenworth Sold Homes: 131 Whitman Street, Leavenworth List price: $189,000. Sold price: $110,000. Days on Market: 1258 1 bedrooms | 1 bath | 650 sqft | .22 acres Value in this home is in the property. The land is zoned multi-family and there are …
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 …