Category Archives: Marketing Lake Chelan Properties

Google’s Mobile Places and Lake Chelan Real Estate

Android Phone users will have a dedicated “Places” icon on their mobile phones that will be able to find nearby places and will include local reviews of those places.  While there have been concern over aggregation of data before, Google … Continue reading

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Want to know something about Wine Tourists in Chelan County?

The Port of Chelan released a survey of  Chelan County Tourists.  The Wine Industry has had a huge impact on Chelan County tourists since the last survey was done in 1999/2000. So, here are some Chelan County wine tourist statistics: … Continue reading

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Real Estate Declaration of Independence!

The internet has given those shopping for homes an incredible amount of freedom and independence compared to the bad old days of agents carefully guarding their old paper listing books!  But, the old mindset isn’t dead yet.  The National Association … Continue reading

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Lake Chelan Homes sold at over double last year’s pace in May!

In May, 2.4 times as many homes sold at Lake Chelan than in May of 2009.  Not only that, but by dollar volume, 2.8 times as much sales volume was done on home sold in May compared to 2009. The … Continue reading

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January Sales Report for Lake Chelan Homes and Real Estate

I’ve added the January numbers into the Lake Chelan Real Estate & Homes Market Report.  January saw 5 transactions this year as compared to 7 last year.  The Average Sale Price was also down a bit.  That is probably because … Continue reading

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Lake Chelan Real Estate Sales Report

The Snapshot report from Pacific Appraisals for Lake Chelan through November is available.  I shows sales up in some categories, like waterfront, and down in others.  Median and average sales prices are within 5% of last year. Take a look … Continue reading

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Using a Coffee Table book to Help Sell your Lake Chelan Home!

One of the outstanding strategies I use when selling a home is to make a coffee table book of the home. A home has to be very unique, very stately or very luxurious to pull off a coffee table book, … Continue reading

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November Sales Report from the Wet Side of the State!

The NWMLS sees sales above last year’s and strong activity from move-up buyers.  Inventory is down from last year 16% and pending sales are up.  Pending sales for November tapered off from October’s surge during the rush to beat a … Continue reading

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Experts Agree Local Information Most Meaningful

To predict what is happening and when might be the best time to buy or sell in your home or property, you need good real estate information.  What you see in news reports and in the papers are reports that … Continue reading

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More Lake Chelan Homes sold by the end of November than all of last year!

That’s right, the latest Lake Chelan Real Estate Residential Sales Summary is out!  It shows that 112 homes have been sold through the end of November as compared to 108 homes for all of last year.  Average sale price is … Continue reading

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