About Pend Oreille County, WA

I have a friend whose about to get a job out that way and he's going to need a rental to live in. Would love if anyone who happens to service that area could either let me know if you do rental properties, or if you have a referral to someone who does. My buddy can't find anything on Craigslist so we're wondering how rentals get found out there. I suggested he go "old school" and look in the local paper and that I'd also do an ask here on AR.

Thanks for any help any of you can provide!

Pend Oreille County is one of the northern most counties in the State of Washington, bounded by Idaho the east, Stevens County to the west, and Canada to the north. Much of Pend Oreille County is comprised of forest land with the river valleys lined with large scale farms. Agriculture remains the largest economic driver in the county. Newport is the county seat and home to the county courthouse and administrative offices.

2008 was a solid year for real estate in the county. There were 98 residential properties sold over the course of the year. The average marketing period was 109 days. Total residential volume was just over $17 million and the average discount off the original list price was 11%.

In terms of land sales activity, 2008 was slower than prior years. There were 63 land sales in the county in 2008, total volume of just over $5 million, average days on market at 152 with an average discount off the list price at 14%.

I expect 2009 will report fairly comparable numbers. Land inventory will start to get absorbed, homes sales will continue as buyers search for bargains and sellers get more realistic, and overall we will see a return to a more typical sales volume.

Questions on Pend Oreille County ... contact the OnPoint Team at Century 21 RiverStone (208) 263-0311.

Statistical data supplied by Spokane Association of Realtors, Multiple Listing Service.

Many people are familiar with Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho, but few people have discovered our beautiful Pend Oreille county in northeastern WA, only a hop, skip and a slide on the ice from Lake Pend Oreille. If I had figured out how to insert a photo, you would all come runnin'. As it is, there are only about 13,000 residents in our entire county. Lots of secluded wooded areas, great fishing in the nearby lakes - trout, mostly, and small mouth bass in the river. Our Pend Oreille River is one of the 3 major rivers in North America that actually flows north, on into Canada where it joins the Columbia.

First blog, and I don't mean to bore you, but we could actually use a few buyers here, too.