The Cowlitz County fair and rodeo 2008 is here, come and join the fun from Wednesday July 30th to Saturday August 2nd. Four days of pure fun and excitement awaiting kids, adults and everyone else in between willing to come and join the fun. The fair will begin with the kid's day parade on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. and will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with the usual variety of stands, games and rides for kids, teenagers and all daring parents. Then there is the variety of special schedule events like the Thunder Mountain Pro Rodeo, Demolition Derby, Cruise to the Fair-Open Car Show, Road Warrior paintball, Rodeo Queen Coronation and many, many more. To see all schedule events, the dates and times, visit the Cowlitz County website here.
Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, 360 751 4001, Servicing the Cowlitz County real rstate market.
Looking for lodging in the Castle Rock / Silver Lake area?
One of my favorites is the Blue Heron Inn at Silver Lake Washington. Come and experience a true feeling of the Pacific Northwest, treat your self to a friendly service, a full country breakfast, relax in front of a fire place or your own private balcony with wonderful panoramic view of the Historic Mount St. Helens, Silver Lake and surrounding forested valleys.
This beautiful one of a kind place sits at the edge of Silver Lake and offers 7 beautiful rooms to choose from a Jacuzzi Suit, a king size, two queen size, two double and a ADA accessible room all with private balconies and magnificent views, two common T.V. sitting areas with fire place and Wi-Fi Hot Spot. It also offers hosting for weddings receptions, birthdays, baby showers and business meetings. For more information and reservations visit their website here.
Directions: From I-5 take Exit 49 East on Hwy 504 five miles, directly across from the Mt. Helens National Monument
For more information about the local area visit our Silver Lake / Toutle web page Here.
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Are you thinking about buying real estate in Kelso Washington?
Let me introduce you to the Kelso Washington community, Kelso neighborhoods and the Kelso real estate market. Kelso Washington is a fast growing, friendly community with about 13,000 residents with some unusual unique features for small city like the Coweeman River, I - 5 and Rail Road running through the middle of the city and the huge Three Rivers Mall with more than 60 stores to choose from. Kelso is divided into only six different neighborhoods; Lexington, Holcomb/Ostrander, North Kelso, Kelso Hills/Mt. Brinion, South Kelso and Rose Valley/Carrols but offers real estate to all kind of different people from the first time home buyer to the sophisticated investor or that million dollars buyer. Kelso real estate prices range from small 2 bedroom or fixer-upper for under $100,000 to the well over $1,000,000 water front, river or mount view properties. To find out more about Kelso Washington and search Kelso homes for sale visit our Kelso real estate page.
Contact Kelso Washington real estate agent, Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, 360 751 4001, to list your home or to purchase a home in Kelso Washington.
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Here we are at the end of May already, a time to take another look at the Cowlitz County real estate market activity. For the first time since the beginning of the year the numbers are in the negative side, there are more than 30 active listings and over 20 less homes sold than last month. See the home sales from the last few months April, March, February and January.
Below is a break down for the Cowlitz County home sales, active, pending and contingent listings, average prices and days on the market.
Active listings 803 with 130 average days on the market and average price of $292,705.
Contingent listings 8 with 115 average days on the market and average price of $305,338.
Pending listings 46 with 127 average days on the market and average price of $225,686.
Sold listings 56 with 85 average days on the market and average price of $171,698.
And again the most competitive price range is $250,000 - $299,900 with 134 active listings, 3 contingent, 4 pending and 6 sold.
The more active price ranges are $200,000 -$249,999 with 14 pending, 5 sold and $120,000 to 139,999 with 10 sold and 7 pending.
As stats show the Cowlitz County market is getting tougher and tougher' a good reason to price your homes correctly if you don't want it sit on the market.
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 to purchase a home in Longview, Kelso, Woodland, Kalama, Castle Rock, Toutle, Silver Lake or Cathlamet.
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Are you looking to buy a home in the Longview Washington real estate market?
If you already live in Longview you know how great this community is or if you are trying to relocate to the area let me introduce you to this great community. With about 40,000 residents, Longview Washington is the biggest and fastest growing city in Cowlitz County. Longview is divided into the following twelve different neighborhoods Broadway, Highlands, St. Helens, Old Westside, Olympic, Columbia Heights, Hillside/Cascade Way, CVG/North Lake, Pacific Way, Beacon Hill, Robert Gray/Mint Valley and West County. In one of these neighborhoods I'm sure you will find a home that will meet you family needs; you will find a wide range of real estate from a small fixer-upper for under $100,000 to the newer close to $1,000,000 custom home with acreage, water front, city, river or mount views.
Whether you live in or relocating to Longview you'll find that this is quite, nice, friendly family oriented community with great environment for raising a family or to retired. Longview has plenty of activities to choose from to keep kids active all year and to keep adults busy as well. Soccer and baseball are huge part of many Longview families' daily activities and there also many others football, softball, swimming, many school sport activities, two golf courses, adults softball and soccer leagues, many others parks and activities. And not to forget Lake Sacajawea Park a beautifully landscaped 20 acres, in the middle of the city, full of different tree spices, wildlife, play grounds and different activities to do like walking, jogging, fishing and kayaking.
Another big plus about Longview is the real estate market is very affordable compared to the Vancouver/Portland to the South or Tacoma/Seattle to the North. There are 12 different neighborhoods to choose from in Longview with price raging from $60,000 to $900,000 with an average price of $224,032 and medium price of 204,900.
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 to purchase a home in Longview, Kelso, Woodland, Kalama, Castle Rock, Toutle, Silver Lake or Cathlamet.
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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:
