About Cowlitz County, WA

Cowlitz County Real Estate Market Report for 2008.

As we look ahead in to the New Year looking and hoping for better things, I like to show you the numbers of Cowlitz County real estate market for the last 15 months. This Cowlitz market report will provide the information needed to get an understanding about how active listing and sold homes compare monthly. You will find monthly number for available for sale and sold homes, the % price difference of home for sale vs. sold, average price per sq ft and months of inventory.

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Cowlitz County real estate, 2008 stats.

Average price per squire feet.

Average price of for sale and sold homes.

Cowlitz day on the market and sold/list price % difference.

Cowlitz real estate months of inventory.

Total numbers

Date	10/07	11/07	12/07	1/08	2/08	3/08	4/08	5/08	6/08	7/08	8/08	9/08	10/08	11/08	12/08
For Sale	746	716	687	711	745	746	791	799	805	825	804	793	717	683	653
Sold	72	72	52	33	43	67	78	57	70	65	61	64	74	46	28
Pended	80	56	36	51	65	68	76	62	60	76	65	84	51	26	45
Months of Inventory based on Closed Sales	10.4	9.9	13.2	21.5	17.3	11.1	10.1	14.0	11.5	12.7	13.2	12.4	9.7	14.8	23.3
Months of Inventory based on Pended Sales	9.3	12.8	19.1	13.9	11.5	11.0	10.4	12.9	13.4	10.9	12.4	9.4	14.1	26.3	14.5
Avg. Active Price	296	300	296	292	292	291	291	291	286	286	292	292	292	283	268
Avg. Sld Price	206	188	182	226	184	203	184	170	214	219	208	176	180	200	178
Avg. Sq. Ft. Price	117	122	113	125	111	119	113	108	130	123	113	110	109	109	98
Sold/List Diff. %	97	96	97	97	97	97	98	96	97	95	96	98	96	96	96
Sold/Orig LP Diff. %	93	94	92	91	91	93	93	93	92	90	89	92	90	90	89
Days on Market	119	77	100	124	103	106	87	91	105	116	108	117	95	129	126
Avg CDOM	124	79	101	138	109	117	89	107	120	140	125	132	132	155	144
Median Price	176	184	170	181	175	184	173	145	190	200	203	178	158	185	162

This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the NWMLS. Neither Venancio, Windermere, the Board or its MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Board or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. Report reflects activity by all brokers participated in the MLS.

Venancio Gonzalez - GRI, E-PRO Realtor® with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates serving the Cowlitz County real estate market. gonzalezq@windermere.com or (360) 751 4001.

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.

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.

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.

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.