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Chiwawa River Pines – Vacation Rental Ban Update
Originally reported October 2, 2008 The Chiwawa River Pines neighborhood has recently voted to enforce a covenant that bans vacation rentals in their neighborhood. According to Al Lorenz of the NCW Real Estate Blog (who is also a board member at Chiwawa River Pines), the neighborhood recently voted to allow “Long Term, low impact, service oriented businesses” and “long-term, residential rentals for a period …
Chiwawa River Pines Home Prices
The recent article in the Wenatchee World about the court of appeals decision concerning vacation rentals in Chiwawa River Pines has received 33 comments so far. It’s obvious that this remains a very contentious issue in the neighborhood. Among the comments, Monte Karnes had a request: Geordie,if you get a chance and you read this I would be very interested in your “professional opinion” …
Chiwawa River Pines | Appeals Court Allows Rentals
We have had a number of articles here in the past about the Chiwawa River Pines neighborhood and the debate about vacation rentals. Chiwawa River Pines | Effects of Rental Ban Vacation Rental Ban in Chiwawa River Pines? Apparently, there’s more to the story. The Wenatchee World reported on March 29 that an appeals court overturned Judge Chip Small’s earlier ruling and vacation rentals …
Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee – Blogs and Newsl...
I recently discovered a few new neighborhood blogs and thought it would be good to list all the different places online that folks can get information about neighborhoods around Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee that they might be interested in buying in. Please let us know if your neighborhood has a blog or newsletter we should add. Kahler Glen Kahler Glen Neighbor to Neighbor Blog …
Ponderosa Estates Allows Vacation Rentals
Originally posted October 19, 2010 Over the last few years there has been much debate about whether or not allowing vacation rentals makes for a healthy community or if banning them might have a negative effect on home prices in a certain neighborhood. Chiwawa River Pines, after much debate and legal wrangling, decided earlier that vacation rentals are not to be allowed in their …
Leavenworth Property Rights Fundraiser
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 …
Ponderosa Estates to Ban Vacation Rentals?
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 …
Chiwawa River Pines – Effects of Rental Ban?
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 …
Leavenworth Summer Real Estate Update
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 …
Leavenworth Homes: $200,000 to $300,000
Question: What is the number of single family homes on the Leavenworth market between $200,000 and $300,000. Answer: 19 A move up in price range brings a dramatic increase in the number of available listings. From my previous post, the number of listings under $200,000 was 4. There are now 5 active listings since Geordie just listed a Ski Cabin for $199,900. …