Seller's Market in Tri-Cities, WA Forecast

Posted on Feb 28, 2009 by Cari McGee in Tri-Cities Market

Just yesterday I touched on this possibility in my stats post for the month.  This morning an article in the Tri-City Herald confirmed my suspicions. The headline reads like the story is about lending only, but a couple of real estate brokers are interviewed, as well as Jeff Losey, the head of our local Home [...]

January 2009 Tri-Cities, WA Real Estate Stats

Posted on Feb 28, 2009 by Cari McGee in Tri-Cities Market

Listings are down, and have been down for a while now. Sales were down in January, too, as compared to the last few Januarys. We are currently still in a balanced market because although supply is down, so is demand. But (and this is a BIG ‘but’), demand is forecast to increase toward the end [...]

Links Back to the Week That Was 2/22

Posted on Feb 22, 2009 by Cari McGee in Miscellaneous

Aaaargh!  It happened again!  I did get time to write some more posts this week, but they’re over at the Richland and Pasco blog sites. So, this past week, what went down? Well, the HUGE news was the mall closing down for three hours while they looked for the third suspect in a JCPenney break-in.  [...]

Links Back to the Week That Was 2/15

Posted on Feb 15, 2009 by Cari McGee in Week That Was

I hate it when I don’t find time to post during the course of a week, and so I have back-to-back Links Back posts on display.  This week was one of those weeks. Hubby was out of town, I didn’t get my workouts in, I tried to donate blood and they got the wrong vein [...]

Links Back to the Week That Was 2/8

Posted on Feb 8, 2009 by Cari McGee in Week That Was

This is a total cop-out of a post because I’m tired, have laundry to do, and am addicted to Facebook. However, big news – there might be 15,000 smackeroos heading your way if the stimulus package passes intact. And while you’re waiting to see what happens in DC, don’t fall for this scam that might [...]

15,000 Reasons to Buy a New House

Posted on Feb 6, 2009 by Cari McGee in Real Estate Industry

Another agent just called a colleague of mine to ask if his clients could delay by about a week on the purchase of the home they’d agreed to buy.  The clients didn’t want to buy the house until they were sure they’d get that $15,000 tax credit portion of that the stimulus package promises, and [...]

Should the Tri-Cities (plus West Richland) become Onebigcity?

Posted on Feb 3, 2009 by Cari McGee in Tri-Cities, WA

It’s a great question that seems to rear its head every so often.  However, last year they formed a taskforce to investigate further and the taskforce just released their findings – and guess what they think?  According to the Tri-City Herald article – The task force recommends having an independent study done to address the [...]

Links Back to the Week That Was 2/1

Posted on Feb 1, 2009 by Cari McGee in Week That Was

Happy February! This doesn’t have anything to do with real estate directly, but it’s interesting because we have a JC Penney store at the Columbia Center mall.  And, it also shows you why I insist upon reading The Comsumerist daily.  On Thursday, The Consumerist shared this rumor about JCP closing some of its stores. But [...]