Puyallup, WA

Hey all you coffee drinkers in the Puyallup area. The Solinsky Home Team has requested to continue the 2 for 1 drink special at Forza's on South Hill for the month of October.

Guess what? They will do it!

In the month of October, visit this location and receive 2 drinks for the price of 1.

All you have to do is mention the Solinsky Home Team sent you and you get the 2 for 1 special!

Forza Drive Through is located on Meridian near 128th in the Rite-Aid/Goodwill parking lot.

Drive Through today and pick up your Forza's!

The Solinsky Home Team at Keller Williams is committed to building community through the real estate business.

We enjoy parternering with other locally-owned businesses to provide discounts for our clients and friends.

Be part of our community and tell others about the Solinsky Home Team at Keller Williams!

When Washington State's Community Economic Revitilization Board (CERB) told the City of Puyallup last Thursday that they came in Fourth Place for the State's LIFT (Local Infrastructure Financing Tool) grant, and would not be awarded $1 Million to connect Puyallup's downtown core with South Hill, a collective sigh could be heard from City Hall.

The City's deflation has turned to elation today according to City Manger, Gary McLean, as the CERB has moved the City of Puyallup into Third Place ahead of the City of Vancouver, awarding Puyallup with the $1 Million grant they were hoping for.

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The Puyallup real estate market hit some strides this past week, be it small strides, but strides none-the-less. Residential pending sales were up and closed sales quadrupled from the second week of August.

Most of the sales took place in the $200,000 - $299,000 range, located on the far south end of town. Maybe with the Canyon Road expansion and the project underway on 94th, combined with the new strip mall developments on Meridian, south of 152nd, buyers are finding deals and finding that traffic isn't so bad.

With a new Target, Wal-Mart and other shopping lining the streets of Meridian, the far South Hill is more self-sufficient than it was even a year ago.

Home values continue to decline in that area as well and it appears buyers are finding the deals they need to get in "buying" mode.

Another positive development was the drop in the median days on market from 72 days in August to 67 days on market in the second week of September. Could this be the shift in the market we need or is it more of a late summer push? We shall see.

August statistics just released by the NWMLS show another modest increase in the median home price. The median home price for Puyallup ended August at $266k - still, a 10% drop in year-to-date appreciation. Today's news in the financial market - namely Lehman Brothers going bankrupt, Merrill Lynch being sold to Bank of America, and the possible restructure of AIG - will likely cause mortgage banks to further reassess risk. What this means is less money to lend to fewer people; less money to fewer people will mean fewer homes selling and the continued erosion of equity in Puyallup real estate.

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The "Bee Boppin' Bugs Concert" at the Puyallup Public Library on Friday, August 15th at 3pm is a free concert starring Nancy Stewart, and is part of the 2008 Summer Reading Program. Children between the ages of 0 and 12 years old are encouraged to "Catch the Reading Bug!" this summer. Every child who reads (or is read to) 10 hours or more this summer will get a free book and a ticket to Northwest Trek/Pt. Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and other goodies.

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