Anacortes, WA

The much loved ferry service between Anacortes and Sidney, B.C., will be eliminated under Gov. Christine Gregoire's new budget.

The Anacortes ferry to Sydney operates from early spring until the first week in January. This year over 113,000 passengers rode this ferry run, which brought lots of tourist dollars to both Anacortes and Sydney.

The Anacortes-Sydnay ferry run is scheduled to stop at the end of next summer. This is a huge disappointment and the ferry run will be missed!

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I have had lots of hints from lots of lenders over the past few days about interest rates dropping under 5% - but I just got the first actual confirmation from a lender offering a 30 year fixed at 4.5%. It looks like it's actually here. Hard to believe that they would ever be so low, but encouraging that our fed is willing to go the distance to help out home buyers!

Skagit County commissioners voted 2-1 to continue to the weekday evening service on the Guemes Island ferry.

However, there will be some modifications to the schedule. During the trial period for the weekday evening runs that began in July 2006, the last ferry time was 10 p.m. It will be 8:30 beginning on Jan. 1, 2009.

The number of runs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were reduced. Midnight runs on weekend nights were eliminated.

To view the Guemes Island Ferry Schedule visit our website

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The Enchantress was a tugboat that was abandoned several years ago in Anacortes. After much debate it was decided that it would be removed, and it turned out to be quite a process.

Global Diving & Salvage removed the engine block from the water last week. Part of the keel was attached to it and was estimated that the weight could have been as high as 200 tons! It took the larges barge-mounted crane on the West Coast to do the job!

The company's crews were working for the Port of Anacortes and the Washington State Department of Ecology.

New Anacortes, WA Website Launched (edit/delete)

We would also like to invite you to visit the new website we have launched to be able to give you updates on the real estate market in a more timely fashion. Our print newsletter has been very popular, but the data is usually 10 days olds by the time you get the letters.

Our new website is http://www.AnacortesRealEstateBlog.com

It is an addition to our current website and not only will have information on the real estate market, but also information on local events. If you have an event that you would like to post please send me an email.

Some of things you might want to post are club meetings, garage sales, home owner association meetings, etc.

We just posted some new market stats so please visit the site and give us you feedback!

Jean Groesbeck and Associates, LLC
COLDWELL BANKER - DECEPTION PASS REALTY

info@JeanGroesbeck.com

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Jean Groesbeck (360) 941-3734