West Longview Christmas Lights
Do to the bad weather conditions for the last week or so, we as a family have opted to mainly stay a home and out of the cold except for few times walking down the street for some down the hill sled action. Couple night ago, the kids and I decided to challenge bad road conditions and drive around our West Longview neighborhood and enjoy some great lighted homes with Christmas lights. It was a lot of snow on the streets but the drive wasn't bad, of course having a four wheel drive and being very careful helps a lot. Here are some of the photos we took, enjoy!
Visit our West Longview real estate page for more information and links about the neighborhood.
Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, e-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates serving the Cowlitz County communities. gonzalezq@windermere.com or (360) 751 4001.
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The numbers for the Cowlitz County real estate market for the month of November 2008.
As usually happens every year for Winter the market slows down, this year is not the exception, as you'll see below the number for November 2008 are down. This report will give you an insight of how the Cowlitz County real estate market is doing and also will give an inside look at average and medium prices, average days on the market and what price range is more competitive and what price range is moving (selling) faster. Previous months reports October, September and August.
Cowlitz County real estate numbers for Single Family Residential homes for November 2008
Cowlitz County homes - Current Active Listings at the end of November 2008
Number - 703
Medium Price - $228,500
Average Price - $278,148
Average Days on Market - 136
Cowlitz County Homes - Under Contract (Pending) at the end of November 2008
Number - (Way down) only 26
Medium Price - $158,750
Average Price - $200,584
Average Days on Market - 123
Cowlitz County Homes - Sold on the month of November 2008
Number - 46
Medium Price - $185,000
Average Price - $200,518
Average Day on Market - 127
Most Competitive Price Range - $200,000 thru $249,999
Actives Listings at this price range - 117
Most Active Price Range - $200,000 thru $249,999
Actives - 117
Pending - 4
Sold - 12
Contact Cowlitz County real estate agent, Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, 360 751 4001, to list your home or purchase a home.
Cowlitz County photos!
Explore some of the wonderful sceneries and natural resources Cowlitz County has to offer.
Beautiful views of Silver Lake and Hiatoric Mount St. Helens.
View of Cowlitz beautiful landscape
Photo of Cowlitz County natural surrounding
Image of Historic Down Town Longview's Civic Center Cicle and squire bridge
View of the Columbia River, Lewis and Clark Bridge, Mount St. Helens in back and surrounding hill.
A one time Cowlitz County was consider the "Timber Capital of the World.
A glimpse look at Cowlitz green landscaping and wild life.
To see more pohtos and learn more about Cowlitz County visit the following posts, Cowlitz County - Washington or Southwest Washington Mount St. Helens
Cowlitz County real estate agent, Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, 360 751 4001.
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Selling A Home In Today's Cowlitz County Real Estate Market
Selling a home in any real estate market is very challenging task in this economic crisis but this post is about the Cowlitz County real estate market and some of the issues home owners are facing around here. First of all, now is not the time to have you home on the market if you don't absolutely need to sell but if for whatever reason you must sell your home, there are something you can do to assure it sells fast and save you the headache many sellers are experiencing on this market.
Way too many overprice listings. Cowlitz County home owners don't want to face the fact about how much the market have changed and are over pricing their homes. As you can see from the image below price reductions more than double the new listings, pending and sold homes almost daily, chase the market down is the worst thing a seller can do. Statistics show that the longer a home is on the market, the lower the selling price.
Price your home right. A home receives its best exposure during the first three to five weeks on the market, so if your home is price right from the beginning, you maximize your opportunity to reach the most qualified buyers. Agents will hesitate to show an overpriced home, unless it will make a competing property look like a better value.
Offer some incentives. To make your homes more appealing to buyers you can offer to pay for things like a home guarantee, buyers closing cost or down payment. More than likely another real estate agent will bring a buyer for you home so you can also make your home more appealing to agents by offering higher commission than competing homes.
For other seller tips click here.
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For more information contact your Cowlitz County real estate professional Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, 360 751 4001.
Rose Valley Real Estate - Kelso Washington
Rose Valley one of Kelso's most desirable neighborhoods is a beautiful rapidly growing community with a lot to offer. Rose Valley, the name say it all, colorful scenes, Peacefulness, beautiful views, easy access to I-5, abundance of fishing and wild life these are just some among the many features attracting many people to this unique community. Rose Valley is not your typical neighborhood, you will not find many 50 x 120 lots or many homes next to each other, most lots in the Rose Valley area are 2 - 10 or more acres which allows for that desirable privacy.
Rose Valley offers a wide variety of real estate from small older homes for under $100,000 to a big newer custom built home with acreage and beautiful views for almost a 1000,000 and different vacant land lot size to build your dream home. Real estate prices in the Rose Valley area range from $89,000 to $989,000 with average price $378,652 and medium price of $339,450 and an average of 172 days on the market.
Rose Valley lots and vacant land for sale.
Your Cowlitz County real estate professional Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, 360 751 4001.
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Whether buying or selling real estate in the Cowlitz County communities of Longview, Kelso, Woodland, Kalama, Castle Rock, Toutle, Silver Lake and Rose Valley, I am here to help. Speak fluent Spanish.
Venancio Gonzalez was born and raised in Durango, Mexico about twelve hours south of El Paso. Venancio migrate to the states in his mid teens, moving to Longview Washington in the early 80s where he has made it his home for the last 26 years. Since he can remember his passion has been learning which drove him to go to school to learn English, get his GED, attend college and eventually to get his real estate license all while working full time job.
Venancio is a family man dedicated to his family and real estate, his is married to his beautiful wife Martha and they have three kids Alan, Leslie and Edgar which keep them busy playing sports year round. He enjoys playing soccer, basketball, jogging (with the family dog), and ride bikes with the kids and is the #1 fan of both the men and women of the Mexican and U.S. National Soccer Teams and the Portland Trail Blazers.
Some other of Venancio's passions are reading, writing, learning about technology and marketing, this has help him stay up to date with the changes in real estate and committed to meeting his clients needs. He considers himself as one of the Top Technology Real Estate Professionals in Cowlitz County with the best real estate marketing program for local sellers and buyers four different ways to find their dream home, search by price range or neighborhood, do your own custom search, sign up to get homes to your e-mail as soon as they come on the market or contact me to get a list of homes that meet your criteria.
Venancio Gonzalez brings over 5 years of real estate experience helping buyers and sellers. He service all Cowlitz County Communities including Ariel, Castle Rock, Cougar, Kalama, Kelso, Longview, Ryderwood, Rose Valley, Silver Lake, Toutle, Vader, Woodland. He specialized in residential real estate single family homes, multi-family (up to 4 units), condominiums, vacant land and helping people relocate to the Cowlitz County area. He has extensive knowledge of and offers information about the local communities, neighborhoods and real estate market. Contact him for an interview at any time with no obligations.
Why should you consider Venancio Gonzalez to be your Cowlitz County real estate agent, because he provides all his clients the kind of service he wants to receive from other professionals. As a client, he likes to be treated with respect in a friendly, knowledgeable and professional manner, he prefers someone who understand his needs and take the time to inform, listen guide him through the process and respond to his need in a timely manner (this one is very important to him). All of the above is what he brings to the table because he treats others as he like to be treated but don't take his word for it, read what some of his client and colleagues say about him:
