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If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then there's a lot of information here! 2020 has been quite a crazy year in more ways than one but look at these stats! (From the entire NWMLS - not county-specific.) Heather Stevenson BROKERCELL 360.441.7120 

Skagit County's real estate activity was mostly down from the previous week with the exception of pendings, which was up slightly. I believe the election was on the front of most Americans which directly affected real estate activity. The median price for both residential and condo listings went ...

 All activity was down last week across the board. Fewer listings, fewer pendings, and fewer solds. But there are still more pendings and solds than new listings so therefore we still have very low inventory!Heather Stevenson BROKERCELL 360.441.7120 

Introducing your Skagit County weekly activity report! Skagit County is a hot seller's market - new residential listings was 37 while 53 listings sold = net decrease of 16 active listings. As with any county, certain areas are hotter than others. If you're curious about your area, let me know. I ...

Well, at least listings are up from last week but so are pendings and especially sales. So last week I reported 49 new residential listings but 64 sold which means we had a net decrease of listings of 15. This week we have 60 new listings but 83 sold which is a net decrease of 23! The moral of th...

Ahhhh, after a much-needed vacation - your stats are back!I put three of the past weeks together for this post since I was away with my family and hosting my son's wedding to our sweet new daughter-in-law. But I'm back at it!Not much has changed in the way of new listings vs sold or pended until ...

Here's the month end real estate stats for Whatcom County -1st chart - Just like a "normal" yearly cycle, the number of listings in September is slightly less than that of October. New listings for September = 329, August = 353.2nd chart - September followed the same pattern as August with more l...

Here's the latest listing information for Whatcom County residential and condos.Last week of the 90 listings that pended, 36* (40%!) went straight to a pending status rather than "pending inspection" - more and more buyers are waiving their inspections to "win the bid" with multiple offer situati...

Not at all surprising that we're still dealing with some low inventories across most price ranges.More and more home buyers are starting to waive their inspections to win the bid wars.  Click to hear more about waiving home inspections. Heather Stevenson BROKERCELL 360.441.7120 

Here's your quick market update for Whatcom County for Sept 14-20 - we're still seeing more listings go pending than new ones coming on the market. Prices stayed pretty similar to last week with a slight increase in the condo median price.Heather Stevenson BROKERCELL 360.441.7120