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Leavenworth Real Estate | Sold Homes April 2011
This month in Leavenworth five homes and one condo sold. . 21619 Camp 12 Road, Leavenworth List price: $229,000. Sold price: $207,000. Days on Market: 301 2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 1258 sqft | .27 acre Older cabin that needs a little love in the Ponderosa Estates. The interior has vaulted ceilings with exposed beams and a large loft. . . . 21621 Camp 12 Road, Leavenworth …
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” …
Leavenworth Real Estate 2010 Year End Review
I feel like I did pretty darned good job with my predictions last year for the Leavenworth real estate market. Here’s what I said at the end of 2009. I would guess prices will continue to muddle along. Some neighborhoods will see price drops and others won’t. (See chart below.) Condo inventory will clear out. I would guess that foreclosure or auctions will be part …
Leavenworth Real Estate Update: Q4 2010
“How’s the Leavenworth real estate market doing these days?” That seems to be a question we get all the time. We’ll do our best to answer that question in the next few posts. There are two ways to measure the health of the market. Home prices is certainly one of the factors we look at. The chart below measures the average and median sales …
Leavenworth Real Estate | Sold Homes October 2010
In October, one condo and seven homes sold in the Leavenworth area. 120 River Street, Leavenworth List price: $299,000. Sold price: $270,000. Days on Market: 53 3 bedrooms | 3 bath | 1456 sqft | .22 acres Built in 2001, this home is located on a hidden street and backs to open space with mountain and river views. 118 Cherry Street, …
Leavenworth Home Prices, Quarter 3 2010
What are Leavenworth home prices doing? The easy answer is that they are dropping, but not nearly as dramatically as elsewhere in the country, or even Washington State. The chart below has 4 metrics measured from 2004-2010. The first two are the average home price and the median home price for the 3rd Quarter. The second pair are the Year to Date average and …
Leavenworth Real Estate | Sold Homes August 2010
Nine homes sold in Leavenworth in the month of August. There were no condo sales. 24406 Saddle Street, Leavenworth List price: $229,000. Sold price: $160,000. Days on Market: 420 1 bedrooms | 1 bath | 880 sqft | .37 acres Small, one bedroom cabin in the Ponderosa neighborhood. 2319 Pine Tree Road, Leavenworth List price: $249,000. Sold price: $189,000. Days …
Leavenworth Home Prices Spring 2010
Reporting about Leavenworth home prices usually starts with a great image of a half filled cup. It’s rarely a simple story and there is both good news and bad depending on whether you are buying or selling a home. Let’s start with a chart comparing Q2 of 2010 to previous years. Leavenworth Real Estate 2010 So what does this tell us? The number of sales …