Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes – thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Buyers, Tri-Cities Market on Feb 19th, 2010
I think it says a lot about our community that this was reported on the news. It says we care enough to warn others and we’re caring enough to fall victim to a scam artist claiming to help people.
It also says our rental market is incredibly tight.
Two things every mom should share with her children [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities Market on Feb 13th, 2010
Here’s an interesting little fact that seems to fly in the face of a basic economic law – our average sales price is down, and yet our inventory is low and demand is high. Usually, low supply and high demand translates into increasing prices.
The reason for this is as follows – the low-end of [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities Market on Jan 5th, 2010
I read a great stat in a Seattle blog post today. Jon Talton, a Seattle columnist/blogger wrote this -
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has compiled metro employment numbers for November, with Kennewick-Pasco-Richland turning in the best jobs performance for the nation: 3,600 jobs added year-over-year.
Three cheers for the Tri-Cities, where stimulus money continues [...]
Posted in Buyers, Tri-Cities Market on Nov 18th, 2009
It’s nearly impossible. Apartment occupancy rates are high, and homes for rent are snapped up the moment they hit the MLS, IF they even get there, which is rare.
Here’s why – people have moved here because we have jobs. They’d probably like to buy a home here and settle in, but they can’t [...]
Posted in Buyers, Sellers, Tri-Cities Market on Oct 20th, 2009
My absence from regular blogging, my accounting spreadsheet, and the fact that I’ve had dinner with the family about 10 days out of the last 100, attest to the fact that I have been very busy. Mostly with first-time homebuyers who want to take advantage of the first-time homebuyer tax credit, but our market is [...]
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