About Spokane's Northtown Area

Seafood in Spokane Wa is Skippers!

Specializing in Wild Caught Fish and Chips. Skippers Started in 1969 in Bellevue, Washington and quickly grew around the Pacific Northwest. All Skippers seafood restaurants are now individually owned and operated under franchise agreements.

Besides Fish and Chips Skippers offers a variety of other seafood favorites. Shrimp, Oysters, Scallops and Wild caught Salmon just to name a few.

Pat and Marion Fuller opened the three seafood locations in Spokane, WA and Coeur d’Alene in 2007 they are located in Spokane, WA at 3320 N Monroe and 4903 N. Division and in Coeur d’Alene at 327 W Hanley. The Skippers at 4903 N Division is across from the Northtown mall and is the areas first full Service Skippers. It offers sit down service and an expanded menu with more seafood items like Crab Legs and sautéed Shrimp to Talapia and hand battered Tempura Cod. There are also non seafood items. Gourmet Burgers, Steaks, Pastas and fresh salads round out the expansive menu. Imported Beers and wines are also available.

Our newest combination plate of our wild caught fish, Shrimp and Lobster Bites for just $5.99 is quickly becoming a best seller.

Skippers is also famous for our award winning Clam Chowder served in a cup, bowl or our edible sourdough bread bowl.

Eat Seafood, Feel Better!

Studies have shown American people have been eating too

much unhealthy food recently. It’s time to make healthier eating

choices. Did you know that seafood contains omega-3fatty acids which

Lowers cholesterol and triglyceride levels and lowers blood

pressure?

Also acts as an anti-inflammatory agent, making it beneficial for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

May help in treating glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and diabetes.

May help prevent migraines, panic attacks and agoraphobia.

Some studies show it may help to prevent cancer!

It’s very important for diabetic people to eat fish. There have been hundreds of published studies (recent study by University of California) considering omega-3 fatty acids and type 1 and 2 diabetes. The studies have shown that high quality fish oil supplements help reduce the risk of diabetes. Seafood is also perfect food for people who are on low carbohydrate diets as well as for people with Celiac disease (sensitivity to gluten).

It turns out that Grandma was on to something pushing that cod-liver oil. Earlier this year researchers at Harvard became so impressed by the health benefits of fish oil that they shut down their study on its effect.

Don’t Wait. Seafood equals healthy food. Follow us on Facebook for daily deals! Take a look at our full service location menu.

Skippers Locations

3320 N Monroe, Spokane, WA

509-328-2054

Full Service

4903 N Division, Spokane, WA

509-489-2100

Coeur d’Alene

327 W Hanley, Coeur d’Alene, ID

208-762-8954

Research shows that one of the major things that home buyers are looking for when choosing a place to call home is access to hiking and recreational trails. Spokane is fortunate to have an abundance of trail systems with the largest and most traveled one being the Centennial Trail that stretches from Riverside State park all the way to the Idaho line and beyond. In this area of Spokane, the Centennial Trail is on the West side of the Spokane River. These pictures are of the trails in the park on the East side of the river. This particular trail is located just below the Francis Cul-de-Sac in Northwest Spokane.

There's the end of Francis right there! What a cool place to live, and there are homes for sale in this development! Besides being off the main roads a terrific benefit to living here, or building here for a new home, is that you would have a State Park nearby, with a terrific trail system. One of the trails will take you to the Spokane River. Another is that you could take the trail to any number of sporting events held at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex or to see a baseball game at the Joe Albi Stadium. You would be getting exercise, being green of course, enjoying nature, and can you imagine the story you might tell at a friend's tail gate party on how you got there?

Ok, so I might not want to hike the nature trail every time to the sporting event, but it's way cool that it's there and it makes the park more accessible to people in the neighborhood. Volunteers are needed to help with the finishing construction on the trail. contact: maho@spokanecity.org for more information on how you can help.

Brought to you by Team Quintana, Your North Spokane Real Estate Experts!

Lets look at what is happening in the North Spokane Real Estate Market.

We look at 5 key numbers to see the trends:

Active Listings: 253 in the Northtown Area

Compared to last month: 308 that is down 18%

Pending Listings: 55 or 21% of actives are pending - 2 in 10 are sold at any given time

Last Month: 96 or 31%of actives were panding -3 in 10 were sold at any given time

So pendings are down 43% from last month

Average Price: $121,121

List price to sale price ratio: 98.7%

Team Quintana's List to sale ratio: 100.1%

Average Days on Market: 118

Last Month: 111

Team Quintana's Average Days on Market: 69

Summary - Inventory is down as people take their homes off the market for winter. The amount of people buying in the month of December goes down as people get distracted with holidays. Pending should go up in percentage when inventory goes down but it went down meaning that less buyers are buying than last month and buyers may not be finding what they are looking for as inventory shrinks. Average price has come down as inventory increases. List to sale should go up as prices come down within reason. Average Days on Market is slower than average and will increase as we get into winter.

Recommendation - Many people are taking their homes off the market now and that lowers the competition increasing your chance to sell. Though buyers reduce int he winter they bounce right back after Jan 1st. I suggest you jump your competition by listing now and forgetting about it in December but having it ready for January. We see a spike every year in January and February. Many homeowners miss this and wait until spring. We market heavy on the internet during these months for sales. Our numbers for selling are 1.4% higher than the average agent in the North Spokane area, to put that in dollars if the average price is $121,121 that is an average gain of $1,695 for people who hire us. We also sell homes 42% faster than the average North Spokane Real Estate Agent. Call us to get free consultation on the best strategies for you. 509-362-1966 ask for Ross our Selling Specialist