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Many retirees, when preparing for the beginning of the next phase of their lives, begin the process of retirement by deciding where they will live. Do they want to stay where they've had their careers, near established friends, close to the kids and grandkids or move closer to them? Is temperate climate important, or do they plan on travelling a lot?
For many, the most important question really falls to one. How do we stretch our budget to last the rest of our sunset years?
If the last question is the most important, yet you don't want to settle for a one-bedroom walkup in a mid-west suburb, then the latest issue of US News and World Report is a good guide. This issue offers the report "10 Affordable Places to Retire on the Water" and the Tri City Home Team is pleased once again to find a national periodical that touts our area in a top ten list. Affordability is one thing, but quality of life has to be a part of the equation when decided where to relocate- whether it is for a new job or retirement.
When the article above discusses water element, it mentions Columbia River Journeys and the Hanford Reach National Monument jet-boat tour. This is one of many activities centered around our area's "three rivers" (another much-used moniker for our area). The Yakima and Snake rivers all terminate into the Columbia river here at the Tri Cities.
The area is a bee-hive of aquatic activity. Boating for pleasure with friends and family, water skiing and wakeboarding, kayaking and canoeing, fishing for steelhead or bass, or just strolling along the walk and bike trail (one of the longest contiguous trails in the US) along the Columbia are other activities enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.
Since the Tri Cities of Washington enjoy an average of over 300 days per year of sunshine, these activities are enjoyed much of the year.
When our area's amenities are combined with the low cost of living, it's pretty easy to see why we've become a real mecca for retirees. It only follows that national magazines are constantly pointing this out, year after year.
For more information about our wonderful Tri Cities WA of Richland, Kennewick & Pasco, please contact me at the Tri City Home Team! I love it here...
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Loan Modification Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, Washington

Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco, Washington homeowners have witnessed the value of their homes fall, often times to less than what they owe on their mortgage loan. In addition, the average income has dwindled to make mortgage payments often impossible to afford. As interest rates rise with adjustable rates jumping to high fixed rates, and home values continue to plummet, refinancing is no longer an option for many borrowers. Coincidentally, most borrowers are finding that their only hope is to modify their mortgage with a home loan modification.
President Obama’s home loan modification program, created to help you save your home and avoid foreclosure, is a government program that was designed to allow every American home owner to access the current low mortgage interest rates. Homeowners can immediately determine what your current mortgage debt-to-income is and how much your monthly payment may be reduced if you qualify for Obama's Loan Modification Program.
Most Washington homeowners now qualify for hundreds of dollars in monthly savings with a loan modification under the Obama administration’s “Making Home Affordable” plan. Thanks to the HAMP program, a homeowner’s mortgage payment cannot exceed 31% of their gross income, and because most home loans exceed 31%, the majority of borrowers are eligible for assistance.
Loan Modification:
Once a borrower has let their home go into foreclosure, it can take at least 10 years for them to recover financially. For many who are now unable to buy anything on credit for a decade, this has become one of the worst financial decisions of their life. Even after the foreclosure is removed from their financial history, borrowers acquiring an affordable rate will be even more difficult. Often times, it is better for the borrower to default on their loan payments and credit cards than to go into foreclosure.
Keeping all of this in mind, homeowners are scrambling to avoid foreclosure with the help of a modified home loan. Mortgage loan modification allows you to lower your monthly payments, lower your interest, lower your principal, adjust the term of the loan, or any combination of these. Your home is the greatest financial commitment you are going to make in your life, and acquiring secure and successful mortgage mitigation.
Eligible Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco, Washington homeowners now suffering through financial hardships such as credit card debts, loss in income, unemployment, a bad mortgage, or other financial circumstances, can get approved for a 4% mortgage refinancing and modification plan under President Obama’s “Making Home Affordable” plan.
A loan modification can get homeowners lowered interest rates which can prevent you from being foreclosed on, help those in the foreclosure process, and prevent mortgage defaults by saving hundreds of dollars per month on your home loan payments. Even borrowers who have been denied a refinancing or home loan modification in the past have been having success with Obama’s mortgage refinance bailout plan.
Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco, Washington homeowners will be able to save millions by getting a home loan modification or mortgage refinance using President Obama’s “Making Home Affordable” plan. Any homeowner facing foreclosure, or who is about to be facing foreclosure, should immediately begin exploring all the options available, including new government programs designed to help you get a successful loan modification and save your home.
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Christ The King's annual Sausage Fest starts today at 5pm in Richland Washington at the corner of Stevens Avenue and Long Avenue 99354. Click on this link to see the entertainment schedule as well as other information. The schedule includes the biergarten (adults only) and the outdoor stage (families), as well as . New this year there will be a “wine bar” in the indoor biergarten (beer garden) with some nice wines from local wineries. Please do check that out if you like wine! Hope to see you there with your family or just somewhere in the adult section (outdoor or indoor festivities).
Sausage Fest Map (click and print):
~ Colleen & Joe Lane
Co-Owners, Broker, Realtors®
The Lane Real Estate Team
509.438.9344
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"We work and play in Richland and love every minute of it!"
Originally posted at SausageFest, Richland Washington.
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Many of the local firefighters and police were on hand for 9/11 memorial services held today at Howard Amon Park's Tear Drop Amphitheater, Richland Washington, 99352. If you were not there, I was in attendance and took some photos of the memorial:

Waiting to play, "Amazing Grace."
~ Colleen & Joe Lane
Co-Owners, Broker, Realtors®
The Lane Real Estate Team
509.438.9344
Email | Twitter | Facebook| LinkedIn
"We work and play in Richland and love every minute of it!"
Originally posted at Howard Amon Park, Richland Washington, 9/11 Memorial
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The 2009 Tri City Wa Parade of Homes touring dates and times are:
The Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities is showcasing 22 homes in the tour this year. The homes are located throughout Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, and West Richland offering the latest in design, style, architectural trends, and of course, the best in workmanship. Tickets: $7.00 on sale at all Tri-Cities area SunMarts
Colleen, an Accredited Luxury Home Consultant (ALHS Designation), is fortunate enough to be with a group of Realtor® folk touring the homes on Wednesday, Sept 9th on a pre-tour courtesy of Creekstone by Newland Communities. Colleen is also grateful for a Parade Home she has in escrow for one of her buyers. If you've never seen a home in the Parade of Homes, we took the liberty (with the permission of the owner/contractor, and buyer) to take some camera stills of our buyer's next new home. I'm sure you will appreciate the quality, views, and decorating this home has to offer:
Additionally, Colleen and I took some great photos of the views our buyer will come to call his own. Most homes in Sundance Ridge, Richland Washington have some of these views or similar. Enjoy...
~ Colleen & Joe Lane
Co-Owners, Broker, Realtors®
The Lane Real Estate Team
509.438.9344
Email | Twitter | Facebook| LinkedIn
"We work and play in Tri Cities Washington and love every minute of it!"
Originally posted at Parade of Homes Tri Cities Wa 2009
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