Are you curious about which homes sold last month in Leavenworth?
For most consumers, the view of the real estate market is skewed by asking prices. You get some idea of what the seller's mindset is by looking at real estate ads in the newspaper or picking up a flyer from the house across the street.
But what are houses really selling for?
Every month we publish a list of the houses that sold in Leavenworth. We publish a picture as well as a little bit of the price history so that you can see how much they had to lower the price and how long it took to sell.
Click here to see the houses that sold in Leavenworth in December 2011.
According to census numbers, Leavenworth is the only town with significant population loss in North Central Washington over the past decade.
In a recent story in the Wenatchee World they surmise that this population loss is due to rapidly rising housing costs during the real estate bubble (from 2004-2007 locally).
I don't know that I have seen any indications that is true other than anecodatal evidence. Leavenworth home prices certainly are higher than elsewhere, but we also have a very small employment base - much of it in the restaurant and hotel industry which isn't paying high wages.
You can read the full article here: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jan/21/a-nice-place-to-visit-but-leavenworth-steps-up-on/
We just published our year end review over on our blog.
2011 was a lot like 2010 for the real estate market in Leavenworth.
Homeprices were down trivially, but the number of homes increased by a hair.
The best news is that the over decline in house prices is much less than that in Seattle or nationwide.
Click here to read all about Leavenworth Home Prices in 2011.
REOs, Foreclosures, Bank Owned Homes, Short Sales - distressed home sales of every sort have been in the national media for years now and have dominated real estate headlines.
Knowing that these types of sales get all the press and that every home buyer would prefer to get the best deal possible, we write an annual foreclosure report that wraps up the past year's activity.
After looking at the numbers for Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee, I think you will be pretty surprised.
Click here to check out our 2011 Leavenworth Foreclosure Report.
Some Leavenworth homeowners might find that they could be getting lower rates on their homeowners insurance. The change is due to work that the local fire district did in revevaluating fire protection classifications. This mostly effects those residents with hydrants whose homes were just outside the city limits.
Thanks to Eric Kossian of Leavenworth insurance for the guest post on our blog and sharing with us these tips.
Click here to learn more about the change in Leavenworth insurance rates.
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Geordie Romer is a real estate agent with Windermere Real Estate in Leavenworth Washington. I specialize in vacation homes and second homes in Leavenworth, Lake Wenatchee, Plain, and Cashmere.
I am a Washington native, raised in Olympia and currently a resident of Cashmere. I am a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont where I earned a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science. Prior to real estate I spent nearly a decade in law enforcement as a park ranger in our National Parks. 
I am one of only a handful of real estate agents in the Wenatchee Valley to earn their e-PRO designation from the National Association of Realtors. As an e-PRO I have received the most up to date training on how to use the internet, e-mail, and other high tech tools to maximize my real estate business. With 77% of consumers using the internet to help them research real estate, it makes sense to use an agent who understands how best to use these tools.
In 2007 I was awarded the Certified Residential Specialist designation by the Council of Residential Specialists. Less than 4% of all Realtors earn this coveted designation which requires extensive real estate experience and advanced training. Only a dozen Realtors in Chelan and Douglas counties hold the CRS designation.
My goal is to be the best advocate for my clients and to find creative solutions to their problems. In 2007, I saved my buyers an average of $9000 and sold my listings for nearly 99% of their list price.
In 2006 my peers named me to the Board of Directors for the North Central Washington Association of REALTORS where I served as the Director for Governmental Affairs for Chelan County. I also have served on the MLS committee and have coordinated the REALTOR food drive in Leavenworth.
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