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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 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 …
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 …
Overpriced Leavenworth Homes For Sale
Nothing is more frustrating to Leavenworth home buyers and real estate agents than a new listing that comes on the market in the spring at a price high above market value. I understand the motivation of the seller to get as much out of their property as possible, but their real estate agent should know better. It is not always done on purpose, but sometimes …
Leavenworth Home Prices for 2011
Home sales in Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee continued to chug along in the 4th quarter of 2011 and I don’t think anyone was particularly surprised with the results. All in all, 2011 looked a lot like 2010. The median home price in Leavenworth fell from $310,000 to $307,000. This is down 12% from a peak of $349,000 in 2008 Average home prices in Leavenworth …
Leavenworth Home Prices | 3rd Quarter 2011
What a difference a year or even a few months can make! We’re certainly not out of the woods, but there is a lot of good news to report after the 3rd quarter of 2011. Last year, we saw a summer driven by sales of distressed homes (short sales and foreclosures ) which really depressed the average and median prices. This year, only 1 …
Leavenworth 3 Bedroom Home Prices
After a recent post David wrote: Hi Geordie. Always enjoy reading your blog. I was curious what the median/mean numbers were looking like for the year in the Leavenworth area, so was interested in this post. But I also wonder if you have data over the past 3-4 years on average “3 bedroom sales price” as a means of comparing apples to apples? I …
Leavenworth Home Prices 1st Quarter 2011
How’s the Leavenworth real estate market doing? Is the market picking up? Don’t worry you’re not alone in asking those questions. I get asked those questions everywhere I go – at Safeway, at church, at the Wenatchee Wild hockey games. Local media outlets and other real estate bloggers tend to rely on Pacific Appraisal’s “Real Estate Snapshot” which they produce quarterly for the Leavenworth …
The Wiggle Room Myth
When it comes to negotiating, especially on something as big as the sale of a house, none of us wants to leave any money on the table. So I’m not surprised when a seller tells me they want to price their home a little higher than they know they should – to leave a little “wiggle room” when it comes to negotiating. Anyone with …
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” …