About Vancouver's Maple Crest

MapleCrest is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Vancouver, WA. This sweet little park has a great play structure, benches and a great old tree to play on. The park picture above shows the MapleCrest park that is centrally located for all the homes.

The homes are all extremely well-maintained and attractive. The building design is striking and buyers love this area. All the homes have gorgeous fronts, porches and lawns. It's a solid, safe neighborhood which is close to major shopping and about five minutes to the major freeways. This is where you want to live!

Maplecrest Homes Vancouver WA | Real Estate Report for Mid-Year 2010

The homes for sale in Maplecrest - a popular mid-to-upper level neighborhood in the north-east part of Vancouver Washington, have also experienced the slow down that also occurred in the larger Vancouver and Camas real estate market. This mid-year report is being published to show the current level of activity see where the positive trends are. A quick recap of the previous 4+ years may help frame the subject:

In 2006 and 2007 a combined 50 homes were sold
In 2008 and 2009 combined only 29 homes were sold
The Median Sold Price dropped considerably for 2008 and 2009
The Cumulative Days on the market increased in 2007 and 2008, then fell in 2009

With 6 months of closed home sales behind us this year, we see a slight increase in the Median Sales Price, while the sold price per square-foot is the same; and we also have a reduced median cumulative days on the market. The standard deviation from such a small sample size will of course be large however, it is our opinion that 2010 will finish up as a better year than 2009.

The table below shows the nine homes that have sold in Maplecrest for 2010 so far. With closings taking place for the larger home segment of this neighborhood, this is clearly a sign of a market recovery.

The data used in this report comes from the Vancouver MLS system and is subject to change without notice. If you have any questions on the data and opinions expressed herein please contact us.

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If you are in the market to buy a house in a similar neighborhood, we'd also suggest you visit our pages for Ashley Heights Homes, First Place Homes and Lakeview Estates Homes. Houses for sale in these neighborhoods are often much less than comparable homes in Portland, with the additional benefits of living in one of the best Tax Havens in the USA!

For Home Sellers you'll want to know What is my Vancouver WA Home Worth? and how to List My Vancouver WA Home.

For Sale By Owners Tip #3 Attention Buyer or Seller

90% of Buyers and Sellers are using the internet to begin their search online. You know that's true because you just found this article. There are a couple of For Sale By Owners (FSBO- or "unrepresented seller") in the Maple Crest neighborhood. I've talked with them personally. They are skittish. They aren't quite sure of the process of selling their own home. I worry about these kinds of home sellers.

Are you a buyer that's looking for a For Sale By Owner? If you are a buyer, you are hoping the Maple Crest neighborhood seller doesn't know much so you can get the house for a lower deal. I don't blame you. Sounds reasonable. But did you know there is an old statistic that said, "7 out of 10 FSBO sales have a legal problem tied up with them by time it closes"? There are so many RMLS, legal, timelines, negotiation, counter offer snafus, and misunderstandings that happen between the well-meaning buyer and seller. It's difficult to buy a For Sale By Owner home. I would venture to say it might even be an unsafe gamble for a buyer...unless you are a former agent or have had plenty of education in real estate, law, finance, inspection, possible distressed homeowners not revealing they are distressed and ready to lose that home? Tsk, tsk. So many things to wonder...about buying from a FSBO to try to save yourself a little money.


Are you a Seller in the gorgeous Maple Crest neighborhood who is hoping to do a For Sale By Owner? Did you know that I've tracked FSBO stats for the last year of homes that are "sold, not listed." ("Sold, not listed" is how our RMLS describes them.) Every month there are only one or two homes here in Clark County, Washington sold by a For Sale By Owner each month of the year. Just one or two. And do you know who I think those one or two lucky sellers probably are? Former real estate agents. That's right agents. Because really...For Sale By Owners don't really know HOW to be a salesperson because they haven't been trained. FSBO don't know HOW to talk to a potential customer. FSBO people don't know HOW to find out the right questions to ask a looky loo about what kind of financing plans are in progress for them. Sellers...a looky loo will lie through their teeth. They won't tell you what they really think about your pink shower curtain. But...they would tell their own agent as they got back in the car. Sellers, For Sale By Owner is fraught by headaches. If you are trying to save money, or you are behind in payments..there are options. Call me. 360-852-1689. I can help.


I LOVE the MAPLE CREST neighborhood and know it quite well. Please save yourself some time and at least call me and ask some questions about buying or selling as For Sale By Owner. Advice is free. I can't give you legal advice, but I can point you in a good direction to find out everything about real estate that will guide your For Sale By Owner journey.

Here are some other real estate articles that might be of assistance:

For Sale By Owner Tip #1

For Sale By Owner Tip # 2 Selling with a Realtor

Showings, No Offers

Renting in Clark County? Your Landlord Thanks You!

Short Sale Boot Camp

Foreclosure Help at Community Housing Resource Center In Vancouver, WA

Vancouver WA Homes For Sale -- June's activity could be described as Slow!

Vancouver Washington - Homes in Vancouver USA saw a continued spillover from sales activity towards the end of the Federal Tax Credit incentive, combined with the traditional Spring Home Sales season; resulting in a moderately good tally for Closed Sales. However, with the tax credit option now gone, the volume of new Pending Home Sales remained at almost the same low level as May's.

We've logged into the Vancouver MLS (covers Clark County Washington also) to obtain a quick snap-shot view of what happened real estate wise within the confines of Vancouver USA (Clark County's largest community) for the month of June. Here is what we have to report:

From this quick view like last month we see more Sold Homes compared to Pending transactions, and a continued lower level of Active homes for sale.

The Chart below shows the current trend of home prices for Vancouver WA, compared to other Pacific Northwest cities of Seattle Washington, and Portland Oregon. For home prices to start going up, we will typically first see a meaningful AND sustained increase in the number of homes purchased. Although there had been modest increases in home buying activity for the early part of this year, it remains to be seen whether we'll have a late-Summer rally.



Has this market Turned Around? In our opinion we are seeing "Bottoming Action." By this we expect the market action to show up and down action; ending up in what appears to be "side-ways motion." Key items we are looking for in a market turnaround are not just an increase in the number of transactions and firming-prices but, an increase in the relative percentage of the "Normal Sale" (i.e., non-Pre-Foreclosure / Foreclosure) Category. In our opinion with about 46.1% of the Pending status homes being 3rd party or Foreclosure transactions, we are likely at the bottom but have a lot of distressed inventory to digest.

If you are looking to sell your home in Vancouver WA, and Clark County Washington in this challenging market time please call or e-mail us with the details of your situation and we'll customize a marketing plan to get your Clark County Home Sold!

The largest city in Clark County WA is Vancouver Washington. Other towns include: Amboy, Battle Ground, Brush Prairie, Camas, Ridgefield, Washougal, parts of Woodland and Yacolt.
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Definitions:
1) 3rd Party = the sales contract requires the approval of a third party; and includes Short-Sales, Trust Sales, Relocation Company sales, etc.
2) Pre-Foreclosures = aka Short-Sales are homes where the lending bank(s) agrees to take less, allowing a sales transaction to take place.
3) Foreclosures = aka REO's and Bank Owned Homes, already Foreclosed by the Lender(s).
4) PENDING = listed homes that have been marked as under contract by the listing agent during the past 30 days.
5) SOLD = listed homes that have been marked as closed sales by the listing agent in the past 30 days. Note: some of these sold homes may have been "pending sales" for far more than 30 days!

Disclaimer: this information is drawn using custom search parameters from the predominant MLS system covering Vancouver Washington and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

The above information was provided by John Slocum and Kathryn Alexander, recognized as one of the top teams at Vancouver WA REMAX . We hope you enjoy the information in our posts, including videos on real estate and Homes for sale in Vancouver Washington and the rest of Clark County.

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Stop by for coffee....Open House: Saturday 6/19 I'll be here from 8 a.m. to noon:

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