Geordie Romer's Real Estate News for Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee

Most people believe that fire damage is the most likely cause of loss to their home but the data proves homes are much more likely to be damaged by water than by fire. We asked Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance to tell us more about water damage in the home and the best ways to prevent it. Co...

I'm getting ready to marry a Canadian and I can tell you that lots of Allyson's Canadian relatives own properties in the U.S. We asked a friend from Arizona to tell us a little more about this subject. Come visit our blog to learn more about what Canadians need to know about purchasing real estat...

Don't forget that today is the Social Media Q+A in Wenatchee! (4/25/11) The event is a brown bag lunch at the Wenatchee World at 19 N. Mission Ave abd it begins at noon. The panel will include: Larry Cramer. Application Dynamics Genie Lutz, Wenatchee World Amy Lewis, GWATA and ME! (Geordie Romer,...

The Wenatchee World reported on March 29 that an appeals court overturned Judge Chip Small's earlier ruling and vacation rentals are now allowed in the Chiwawa River Pines neighborhood. I've written two follow up articles on my Leavenworth Real Estate Blog. A summary of the lawsuit saga and the n...

I had the pleasure of being one of four local experts interviewed about using social media for business by the Wenatchee Valley Business World, one of two local business papers. I was a little sad they didn't use my favorite quote. How is success with social media measured? Responses? Sales? Fans...

We were lucky enough to have Darel Ansley of Peoples Bank in Wenatchee give us his thoughts on the mortgage market for 2011. Darel writes: I think for the 2011 selling season we will remain in a range with 5.5% being an extreme high and maybe 4.25% as an extreme low with 4.5-5.25% being more like...

How well are condos selling? Are we still in a downward spiral because of all the overbuilding in 2007? Last spring I wrote:  The Leavenworth condominium  market seems to be on the road to recovery. There are still some bumps in the road, but we are headed towards a healthy market again. In 2010,...

Candy Evans recently featured Leavenworth WA in two posts on her vacation home blog Second Shelters. The first was a guest post that I wrote giving the basics about the vacation home market in Leavenworth. http://www.secondshelters.com/2011/02/15/second-home-house-porn-live-with-the-microsoft-mil...

Since the word got out about Leavenworth staring in a new Christmas movie, lots of folks have asked how to get a role as an extra. We now have dates for the Christmas Parade. It will be held in early March, so let's hope we get some snow before now and then. You can read all the details here on o...

We have been hearing about clients avoiding condos because they are "impossible" to finance. At least one local agent has been spreading around this rumor.   To help us learn more about financing condos, we asked Darel Ansley of Peoples Bank in Wenatchee to set the record straight. Click Here to ...