Tacoma's 3rd Annual Urban Art Street Festival - 06/23/07 09:42 PM
Sunday, June 24th is the 3rd Annual Urban Art Festival. This year the festival will be held at Fireman's Park in downtown Tacoma. The Festival will run from Noon until Dusk (or about 8pm).
Fireman's Park is located at 803 A Street, Tacoma, WA 98402.
The Urban Art Festival is a festival for all ages! The festival features music, DJ's, hand crafted goods, glass blowing and an eclectic car & bike show. Over 50 NW craft vendors will be represented.
The event is free and will go on rain or shine.
(Note: There is a traffic advisory for this event. Currently the A … (1 comments)

Open Houses in Tacoma on June 24th - 06/23/07 09:40 PM
The following open houses are scheduled in Tacoma for June 24th-
  
15 North Summit     12:00-2:00 pm    3 Bedrooms / 2 Baths / 2988 SqFt    $629,950
Directions to Property:  From North 21st St & Union go East on North 21st. Left on North Fife. Right on Yakima. Left on Summit to home on right.
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3221 North 21st Street      12:00-3:00 pm      4 Bedrooms / 3 Baths / 3500 SqFt     $429,000
Directions to Property:  From Schuster Parkway through Old Tow. Left on Alder. Right on North 21st. Please park in alley. To get there take immediate right past house and … (0 comments)

Open Houses in Tacoma on June 17th - 06/15/07 12:46 PM
The following Open Houses are scheduled in Tacoma's north end on June 17th.
     714 North L Street      1:00-4:00 pm    2 Bedrooms / 1.5 Baths / 1212 SqFt    $275,000
Directions to Property:  From 6th Ave go West (left) onto N. Sprague, N. Sprague becomes N. 7th St, West (left) onto N. L Street to home.
     702 North I Street      1:00-3:00 pm      4 Bedrooms / 1.5 Baths / 4150 SqFt    $774,900
Directions to Property:  From I-5, take 705 thru city cntr, Stadium exit, straight across Stadium St, G St, Yakima. Take R @ I. Hse on L in … (0 comments)

Tacoma's Church Of The Month - 06/13/07 12:12 PM
When I first started highlighting the area churches last month, I thought I would call the post "Church Of The Week".  But North Tacoma does not have enough churches to make this possible, so I altered my thinking to have the feature called "Church Of The Month".
This month's church is Immanuel Presbyterian Church.
Immanuel Presbyterian Church is located at 901 North J Street in Tacoma. Worship services are held on Sundays at 10:30am.
Immanuel Presbyterian has a long history in Tacoma.  It was chartered on January 28, 1888! In 1888 it was called the Second Presbyterian Church of Tacoma. And it had 22 … (4 comments)

Tacoma's Broadway Farmer's Market Opens - 06/06/07 12:11 PM
Thursday, June 7th, the Broadway Farmer's Market kicks off it's season.
The Broadway Market will be held in Downtown Tacoma on Broadway between South 9th Street and South 11th Streets.
The Broadway Market will run every Thursday from 9am to 2pm through October 28th.
There will be food, garden plants, fresh fruite and vegetables, crafts, and much more!
For more information, call 253-272-7077 or visit www.tacomafarmersmarket.com
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Tacoma's Proctor Farmer's Market Opens - 06/06/07 12:10 PM
Saturday, June 2nd, the Proctor Farmer's Market kicked off it's season.
The Proctor Farmer's Market will be held in the Proctor Business District at North 27th Street and Proctor Streets.
The Proctor Farmer's Market will run every Saturday Thursday from 9am to 2pm through October 27th.
There will be fresh fruite and vegetables, herbs, and more plus advice from the Master Gardeners at WSU!
For more information, visit http://www.proctorfarmersmarket.com
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May 2007 Real Estate Sales Stats for Tacoma's North End - 06/05/07 06:32 PM
May 2007 Real Estate Sales Stats for North Tacoma
From May 1st to May 31st, 2007, 20 homes sold in the North Tacoma from Proctor to Commencement Bay and Sixth Avenue north to Commencement Bay.  In 2006, there were 27 sales in the same period and same geographic boundaries.
2007 averages are as follows:
Average Sales Price- $389,562
Average Days on Market- 76 days
Average $ per Sq Ft- $184.54
Average Sq Ft- 2250
Low Sales Price- $159,000
High Sales Price- $905,000 
Homes sold for 97.03% of their asking price. 
The four week average of demand was only 17%.  That tells us that is it still a very strong buyer's market in North Tacoma.
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May 2007 Real Estate Sales Stats for Tacoma's North Slope Historic District - 06/05/07 06:01 PM
May 2007 Real Estate Sales Stats for Tacoma's North Slope Historic District
From May 1st to May 31st, 2007, nine homes sold in the North Slope Historic District in Tacoma. In 2006, there were 10 sales in the same period.
2007 averages are as follows:
Average Sales Price- $425,533
Average Days on Market (DOM)- 74 days
Average $ per Sq Ft- $175.08
Average Sq Ft- 2420
Low Sales Price- $159,000
High Sales Price- $875,000. 
Homes sold for 95.89% of their asking price. 
The DOM is a little deceptive. Three of the nine homes were on the market more than 110 days. The other six were sold in 55 days or less. That means they were priced to sell. Even … (0 comments)

Tacoma In Top 20 For Home Appreciation - 06/03/07 06:50 PM
Tacoma In Top 20 Nationwide For Home Appreciation
On Friday, MSN Money Staff released their findings of the top 282 cities across the nation in regards to home appreciation.
The rankings are based on average house price changes in repeat sales or refinances of the same single family homes. The results are given in the first quarter of 2007, 1 year averages, and 5 year averages.  Tacoma ranked 19th in the nation with a first quarter average gain of 1.52%. The average appreciation over the last year was 11.90%.  The average appreciation over the last five years was 76.09%!
As a whole, Washington … (1 comments)

I've been tagged for a Meme - 06/03/07 12:18 PM
Yesterday, Marc Blasi, tagged me for a meme. And I smiled. It must mean I've arrived. :)
I searched Meme's and found a great post by Lucky Lang. His post Meme Tutorial and Alphabetical Index of all Memes on Active Rain! kept me from Meme'ing someone for the second (or third!) time. I highly recommend it if you get tagged for a meme.
Here are five things you don't know about me (in no particular order...)
1) Since January of 2007 I have been taking fencing lessons. I really, really enjoy it. My instructor says I'm "dangerous" and wants me to continue to compete in leagues. I have wanted … (11 comments)

 

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