These are the Cowlitz County real estate market statistics for the first quarter of 2008 for active, contingent, pending and sold, single family homes.
Active listings 747 with average of 127 days on the market.
Contingent listings 11 with an average 153 days on the market.
Pending listings 74 with an average 84 days on the market.
Sold listings 139 with an average 105 days on the market.
Statistics for March shows the local market been more active than previous months as expected at this time a year. Here are the numbers compared to February.
Active listings by end of March 747, end of February 712.
Contingent listings at the end of March 11, end of February 5.
Pending listings end of March 57, end of February 50.
Sold listing on the month of March 63, on February 38.
Most competitive price range $250,000 - $299,999 with 119 listings.
Last month most active price range $200,000 - $249,999 with 3 contingent, 13 pending and 8 sold.
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As many of you already know the annually Cowlitz County Home and Garden Show is almost here once again, everyone is invited Saturday the 5th from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. and Sunday the 6th from 11: A.M. to 5:00 P.M., at the Cowlitz County Convention Center. For those of you who aren't aware of what this event is all about, this is a yearly event coordinated by the local LCCA (Lower Columbia Contractors Association), in an effort to promote local businesses and at the same time provide a variety source of information about everything related to a home all in one place.
This is a great opportunity for home owners and potential home owners to learning everything and anything associated with a home from how to find, buy and maintain a home, the closing process, inspections, remodeling, updates, upgrade and gardening. All participants, dozens of local business, vendors and providers participate provide a booths with informational brochures, live demonstrations and stuff to answer any questions you may have.
Every year hundreds of families walk thru this great event enjoying treats, games and colleting small gifts business give away like pens, small toys, balloons and many other fun things. Another exciting and fun thing, mainly for adults, is the drawing many business do like discounts, gift cards and many others. Windermere (the company I work for) every years give away a very nice dog house, so if you feel lucky or are a dog owner this could be your chance to win a nice home for your best friend. For more information contact the LCCA at 360 425 8820 or contact me at 360 751 4001.
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It couldn't have been a nicer day for egg hunting, the sun was shining, the temperature was great and the kids were all smiling. I took my younger kids (4 and 10) to an early egg hunt at the Coweeman Middle School soccer fields in Kelso, an event that Jeanette Amos (an agent in my office) coordinated for the Kelso Lions Club for the little ones. It was a big hit, well over 100 kids showed up basket in hand ready to sweep the fields. Even though it was not really an egg hunt, it was more like let see who is faster at picking up candy, the kids had great time and it was good practice for tomorrow.
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The following is a market overview for single family residential homes in Cowlitz County for the month of February. Compare to January, all numbers are slightly higher;
Actives listings at the end of February 738 compare to the end of January 712.
February contingent listings 5.
February, listings pending 50 compared to January 38.
Listings sold in February 38 compared to January 30.
Currently there is about 10 months of inventory of available homes in the market. Minimum price is $35,000 and the maximum price is $1,780,000.
Again the most competitive price range is $250,000 - 299,999 in this price range there are 125 listings available, one contingent, seven pending and seven sold. And again the most active price range is $200,000- 249,999 with two contingent, 8 pending and 8 sold.
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Checking the stats for the Cowlitz County real estate market is definitely clear that the market is picking up, as usual does every year after slow December and January. At the beginning of this month I posted the stats for January and there were only 38 homes pending at that time, now two weeks later the homes under contract (pending and STI) have more than double to 93.
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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.
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