Liberty Lake, WA

Liberty Lake Food Drive 2010

Scott Lewis of the Scott Lewis Group at Keller Williams has begun the Liberty Lake Neighborhood Food Drive in conjunction with Spokanes 2nd Harvest. We like to do everything that we can to help out those that are struggling to put food on the table. Liberty Lake is a great place to live and we want to show the rest of Spokane that we care!

We have some great participation from local businesses. Ross Umbdenstock of Great Harvest Bread Co. has agreed to host a Second Harvest barrel on the west side of town,

and Amy Snoddy of Twisp - cafe & coffee house has agreed to host a barrel on the north side of town.

Not only are these local businesses hosting a 2nd Hrvest barrel - Amy is offering a 12oz or 16 oz mocha or latte for just $1 with a food donation and filling out the participation form. Ross is offering one of their gourmet cookies for free with a donation.

We are looking forward to a great food drive that will last into June. Thanks everybody for your participation!

Liberty Lake Washington - Home Value Statistics

If you live in liberty lake you may be wondering about yor homes value. Scott Lewis at Keller Williams Spokane Realty specializes in home sales and home sales data for Liberty Lake and sourrounding the areas or Otis Orchard, East Farm, Green Acres and Newman Lake.

The first part of April provides the following Liberty Lake home sales data:

157 Active Listings

25 Pending Listings

74 Expired Listings and

44 Closed Listings in the last 6 months.

Of the homes that sold 18 homes or 41% were priced between $200,000 - $300,000 / 14 homes or 32% were priced between $125,000 - $200,000 and 4 homes or 9% were priced between $300,000 - $400,000 / 6 homes or 13.5% were priced between $400,000 - $500,000. The hot spot for Liberty Lake home sales is the $150,000 - $300,000 price point which represented 30 homes or 68% of all homes sold. We currently have 6.3 months of home inventory in Liberty Lake.

If you would like regular and current Liberty Lake home sales data feel free to email Scott Lewis at scottlewis@kw.com. You can also search the MLS at any time on my website at www.scottlewisgroup.com

You can find me on many evenings in Liberty Lake holding houses open for your viewing convenience.

Oftentimes people doubt the effectiveness of green cleaning products. After all, it would seem Mother Nature would lose in a head-to-head competition with the chemicals industry. However, there are now bio-based solvents and strippers that are just as powerful as those produced by the chemicals industry, yet they don't contain hazardous materials that harm human health or the environment.

According to the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors, making them particularly susceptible to indoor pollutants such as hazardous chemicals used in traditional cleaning products. In fact, indoor air pollution can be two to five times higher than outdoor levels. There are even cases of indoor air being 100 times more polluted than the air outside. This can lead to headaches, dry eyes, nausea, dizziness, and fatigue.

Some cleaners have hydrochloric acid, which can lead to blindness if exposed to the eyes. Other cleaners have butoxyethanol, a toxic chemical that is absorbed by your skin and can cause damage to blood, liver, and kidneys. Green cleaning products have the potential to solve this problem, and the U.S. government provides its "Green Seal" certificate on approved green cleaning products. It covers a wide array of products, including glass cleaners, bathroom disinfectants, floor cleaners, degrease rs and even laundry bleach.

Does Anyone Have a "List" of what products they use as well as their effeceny? I would like to write up a guide to include in my seller and buyer materials packets as a resource.

The green mortgage market is currently dominated by the faster moving smaller mortgage lenders right now, such as Norwich and Peterborough, Co-operative Bank and the Ecology Building Society. UK seems to leading the pack on this, so hopefully some more US ones will come on board. Throughout the next 12-24 months though, some experts believe that a few bigger players will want to play their hand and join the market too. I am still researching the avenues available in . Stay tuned :0