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Indian Summer Golf & Country Club in Olympia, WA – January 2012 Market Update

January 2012 Real Estate Market Update

The Indian Summer Golf & Country Club neighborhood in Olympia, WA typically sees on average two sales per month, however there were no sales that happened in January 2012 but there is one pending sale. December 2011, though, did have 3 homes sales.

The good news about the real estate market in Indian Summer is the average home price has remained steady the last three years. The average prices from 2010 to 2011 only dropped 1.8%. This chart includes all home sales – single family homes, townhomes, and new construction.

2011 saw an increase in the number of home sales from 2010. This is attributed that homes were priced correctly, as well as an increase in buyer confidence. (The surge in home sales in 2005 was due to new construction sales.)

About Indian Summer Golf & Country Club in Olympia, WA

Indian Summer Golf & Country Club located in southeast Olympia, WA is a premier gated neighborhood that surrounds the private Indian Summer Golf Course.

Indian Summer is still experiencing growth with new construction being built in The Links, part of Indian Summer located off of Rainier Road and is in the southeast section of Indian Summer. When fully built out, Indian Summer will have approximately 500 single family homes, townhomes and condos – most with sweeping views of the golf course.

You don’t need to be a golfer to enjoy the beautiful design of Indian Summer. Several unique and appealing features Indian Summer residents enjoy are:

• A 33-acre nature preserve with walking trails open to the residents of Indian Summer.
• Sidewalks throughout with wide streets and underground utilities that capitalize on the golf course views.
• Indian Summer is a gated community with a gate guard on staff.
• Indian Summer residents and the public can enjoy The Embers restaurant. You can sit in the bar, sit outside on the elevated deck overlooking the greens or enjoy the views from inside the restaurant. Residents like they can walk to a great restaurant and dine in or order take out.
• The clubhouse also has banquet and meeting areas – perfect for weddings and other events.
• And who has a salon and spa in their neighborhood?! Indian Summer does and it is Antidote Spa & Salon, where you can take a spa-cation, all within the gates of Indian Summer!

(All data compiled from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Data is deemed accurate but not guaranteed.)

If you’d like more information about Indian Summer, please visit these links:

Overview of the Indian Summer neighborhood

Where is the Best Place on the Golf Course to Live?

Indian Summer Nature Preserve

Indian Summer Chehalis-Western Trail

Indian Summer Andrew Jackson Chambers Homestead

Indian Summer Local Business Spotlight – Thrive Fitness Center

Indian Summer Home Insurance with Douglas Allan, State Farm

Interested in making this premier neighborhood your home? Call me today to find your next home. In the meantime, check out the current homes for sale.

Earlier this week, Olympia, WA saw some snow….then we saw A LOT of snow (about 15”). I thought it would be good to document the snow fall in my neighborhood, Indian Summer. At the time I created this video, I had no idea things were going to get worse.

Snow is bad enough in Olympia because we usually have mild winters and if we do get snow, it’s only a couple of inches and doesn’t last for more than a day or two.

But the biggest problem came when we had an ice storm right after getting record snow levels. This ice storm coated everything with a thick layer of heavy ice. Trees and limbs cracked, snapped and fell over power lines, which left many in Western Washington without power for days. For us, we were out of power for two days, and we feel lucky.

This is our backyard. These are limbs from fir trees in our yard that are about 100 feet tall, so these limbs are about 15 feet long with diameters of about six inches. Because these limbs are so heavy, they fell flat to the ground, missing our house thankfully. But we have days of clean-up ahead of us.

For now, we have rain showers with a few sun breaks, and all of this is making the snow and ice a mushy mess. But the next storm on the way is now a wind storm, which could knock out power again. I hope that doesn’t happen but we are prepared.

This makes me think about what will happen when we have a real crisis or natural disaster. What I’ve learned is most people don’t react well. I witnessed a lot of bad behavior this week, which leads me to believe that along with our survival instinct, I think we humans also have a Jerk DNA sequence along with a Knucklehead DNA strand.

My advice if we lose power again…

• Be prepared
• Be self-reliant, and
• Help those with high amounts of Jerk and Knucklehead DNA. They will need your help the most. Don’t worry - you’ll be able to spot them easily. They are the ones who think BBQ-ing in their living room is a good source of heat; wearing flip flops in the snow while putting tire chains on their car (in the middle of the road, blocking traffic) is a good idea; and speeding past those shoveling out a storm drain and spraying them is fun.

Indian Summer neighborhood, Olympia WA - Snow-mageddon 2012!

Here is what it looked like in Indian Summer on January 18, 2012. Indian Summer saw about 15+ inches of snow, which is unusual.

Note: After editing this video, a John Deere tractor came through to push the snow from the roads - so I guess we will all live and survive SNOW-MAGEDDON 2012!

Check out the current homes for sale in Indian Summer.

If you’d like more information about Indian Summer, please visit these links:

Overview of the Indian Summer neighborhood

Where is the Best Place on the Golf Course to Live?

Indian Summer Nature Preserve

Indian Summer Chehalis-Western Trail

Indian Summer Andrew Jackson Chambers Homestead

Indian Summer Local Business Spotlight – Thrive Fitness Center

Indian Summer Home Insurance with Douglas Allan, State Farm

Indian Summer Residential Community is a gated community that surrounds the Indian Summer Golf & Country Club. There are approximately 500 single family homes, condos and townhomes. Many of the homes enjoy a wonderful golf course view.

The good news about the real estate market in Indian Summer is the average home price has remained steady the last three years. The average prices from 2010 to 2011 only dropped 1.8%. This chart includes all home sales – single family homes, townhomes, and new construction.

2011 saw an increase in the number of home sales from 2010. This is attributed that homes were priced correctly, as well as an increase in buyer confidence. (The surge in home sales in 2005 was due to new construction sales.)

What is in store for 2012 for Indian Summer?

Indian Summer is continuing to build new homes in The Links, homes located just east of the Chehalis-Western Trail in Lacey off of Rainier Road. More existing homes are expected to be listed in the next couple of months.

(All data compiled from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Data is deemed accurate but not guaranteed.)

Check out the current homes for sale in Indian Summer.

If you’d like more information about Indian Summer, please visit these links:

Overview of the Indian Summer neighborhood

Where is the Best Place on the Golf Course to Live?

Indian Summer Nature Preserve

Indian Summer Chehalis-Western Trail

Indian Summer Andrew Jackson Chambers Homestead

Indian Summer Local Business Spotlight – Thrive Fitness Center

Indian Summer Home Insurance with Douglas Allan, State Farm

Indian Summer home insurance interview with Douglas Allan State Farm Insurance Agency. Douglas Allan answers home insurance questions specifically for homeowners living in the Indian Summer Golf & Country Club neighborhood in Olympia WA.

The Douglas Allan State Farm Insurance Agency is located just two minutes from Indian Summer off of Yelm Highway and west of College Street. Not only do they offer insurance policies for home, auto, renters, long-term care, etc., but also offer financial services such as retirement planning.

Indian Summer Golf & Country Club neighborhood is a premier neighborhood in Olympia WA, and the Douglas Allan State Farm Insurance Agency is a premier insurance company. The two go hand-in-hand!

For any insurance and/or financial needs, be sure to contact Douglas Allan at State Farm Insurance Agency, (360) 486-0157. Or visit him online at www.DouglasAllan.org. Click here to see the video interview.

If you’d like more information about buying a home in Indian Summer, contact me today.

Check out the current homes for sale in Indian Summer.

And be sure to check out my other videos about Indian Summer at www.YouTube.com/FrancineViolaOlympia.