Seattle Living

. In December, ten homes sold in the Leavenworth area.  No condos sold this month. . . . 2253 Riffle Drive, Leavenworth List price: $144,900.  Sold price: $132,000. Days on Market: 221 0 bedrooms | 1 bath | 600 sqft | .52 acres A small cabin in the Chiwawa River Pines neighborhood, this home technically didn’t have a bedroom.  It has a small sleeping loft and one main living area.  This home was a foreclosure.  It had previously been listed in Sept 2008 with an original list...Read Full Story

Foreclosures, short sales, bank owned properties (REOs) and distressed sellers continued to be an important part of the national real estate landscape in 2011. However, despite all the press, these distressed sales had very little effect on the Leavenworth real estate market. Photo courtesy of Jeff Turner aka @respres How little? Of the 98 single family homes and condominiums that sold in 2011 in Leavenworth and Peshastin (including Lake Wenatchee and Plain) only 4 homes were bank owned...Read Full Story

. In October, nine homes and one condo sold in the Leavenworth Area. . . 25705 Bridle Lane, Leavenworth List price: $80,000.  Sold price: $67,000. Days on Market: 62 2 bedrooms | 1 bath | 649 sqft | .24 acres A small cabin in the Ponderosa neighborhood.  This home backs to the high voltage power lines.  It was on market in 2007 with an original asking price of $129,000. . . . 18675 Rieche Road, Leavenworth List price: $175,000.  Sold price: $170,000. Days on Market...Read Full Story

In November, 5 homes and 2 condos sold in the Leavenworth area. . . . 335 Whitman Street, Leavenworth List price: $169,900.  Sold price: $149,500. Days on Market: 167 3 bedrooms | 1.5 bath | 1689 sqft | .26 acres A 1910′s craftsman style home in the residential part of town.  It has a two car detached garage and a view of the mountains.  The home is a bit rough around the edges. . . . 22608 Corral Street, Leavenworth List price: $259,000.  Sold price: $249,000...Read Full Story

I love hearing peoples engagement stories that did not go perfectly as planned. Maybe because mine wasn't quite the story book proposal every girl dreams of, or maybe because I feel like that is the way life works. Even though it wasn't exactly what we had in mind, in the end it is always "perfect" anyways. Jen and Jason's proposal story put a smile on my face. A day hike in beautiful Alaska ended up on the "wrong path" after 3 different locals told them 3 different directions to the...Read Full Story