The Real Estate Blog by Cari McGee

Wow – check it out…inventory is down significantly than in years past. Closed sales are lower, too, so there’s no problem. Right now.

With the stimulus money pouring in to the Tri-Cities, guess what that means? More jobs, more people moving here, and more people getting better-paying jobs and wanting a larger house.
That [...]

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FINALLY!  A beautiful day!  Yesterday’s deluge is almost justified by the stunning blue sky and puffy white clouds dotted across it.
More jobs (kind of) – over in Garfield and Columbia counties, over 75 permanent jobs are expected, with hundreds more construction jobs in play.  If someone needs a job and they’re willing to temporarily relocate, [...]

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Late last week, the Kennewick police arrested a man who is accused of looking for prescription medicines while attending Open Houses.
I hadn’t encountered the man, but some of my real estate colleagues had, and were relieved to have him behind bars in time for the Open House Extravaganza on Sunday.
Apparently, the guy would walk in [...]

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Howdy!
Look – 700 jobs are on the way (sure, they’re in Umatilla, but lots of people live here and work there).
Congrats Tri-Cities!  We took over Yakima’s place as the 6th largest metropolitan area in the state. We grew tremendously since 2000, and especially in the ‘07-’08 timeframe.
There has been an issue for a few years [...]

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This coming Sunday, March 22, all of the agents at Windermere Real Estate (the brokerage where I work) will be sitting Open Houses in our twice-a-year event called the Open House Extravaganza.
We’ll be holding open over 250 houses, which is more than half our inventory. Our closest competitive agency doesn’t even have that many [...]

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