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Category Archives: Northwest Happenings
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
Boat registration reminder!
The Department of Licensing is not mailing out renewal notices for boat registrations! They all expire the end of June. Renew now and avoid any penalties either online or at the Licensing Agency located next to All Season Rentals on … Continue reading
Posted in Lake Chelan Local, Northwest Happenings
Tagged Lake Chelan Real Estate, washington state
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Home Sales in Western Washington taper off after April Surge
Home sales during May tapered off around Washington state following a surge of activity in April as buyers hustled to meet deadlines for tax credits. Northwest Multiple Listing Service brokers reported 5,242 pending sales (mutually accepted offers) last month, a … Continue reading
Home Sales improve regionally in the Northwest Mulitple Listing Service!
Courtesy of the Northwest MLS: Northwest MLS member brokers reported 9,438 pending sales during April, and increase of more than 36 percent from the same month a year ago. Of these mutually accepted offers, 7,368 of them were in the … Continue reading
Another Big bank failure in Washington!
Frontier Bank was closed by the FDIC on Friday. The branches are now part of Union Bank. The largest of the mainland U.S. banks to fail was Frontier Bank, which will close its 51 branches, reopening as Union Bank branches … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, General Interest, Northwest Happenings
Tagged banks, Finance, washington state
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Your classic home, Earth Day and the EPA Lead Paint Regulations
On Earth Day, yesterday, new EPA regulations came into effect that greatly increase the cost of doing even minor work and repair on homes built before 1978. People have been quite surprised to learn this from a posting I did … Continue reading
NWMLS sees Northwest Real Estate Market Recovery
The Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which covers 21 counties in Washington and has over 24,000 agent members, believes the market performance they are seeing indicates that the real estate market in the Northwest is recovering. In January, the state added … Continue reading
Washington State Leading among states with high bank failures!
Washington State has had more bank failures than any other state so far in 2009 with Rainier Pacific in Tacoma being the fourth bank in Washington shut down so far. Meanwhile, the overall bank failure rate nationwide continues to accelerate. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, General Interest, Northwest Happenings
Tagged banks, Business in the News, federal supports, Finance, Market Risk
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Boeing: “Any workplace is not an entitlement”
The Seattle Times has an article where they interviewed Jim Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Monday. He said that the Northwest is Boeing’s preference on where they would like to build future planes, but: But he attached … Continue reading
King County Property Taxes going down!
Death, taxes and taxes always going up all seem as sure as the sun rising. Of course, home prices always went up as well! With the change of that last “truth” in some areas, property taxes are declining as well. … Continue reading
