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sales: Talk to me about negotiation... - 01/28/12 10:11 AM
Last May (2011) I got involved in a farm that the owner wanted to sell. Didn't need to sell but made sense from a business point. It was a large organic farm of about 200 acres though only about 150 was planted. Got the basic information and provided it to a buyer. About 30 days in I met the buyer and their rep at the property and we spent an afternoon touring the site and talking to some of the staff. Then followed more requests for information. Finally an offer was delivered but it was $800,000 under the asking price. Sellers … (3 comments)

sales: SO YOU THINK INTEREST RATES ARE LOW NOW?? - 11/01/11 09:21 AM
Well they are, but here is an interesting chart from a friend at Peoples Bank (Darel Ansley who blogs here) that shows a very interesting perspective on rates... take a look.
By current standards rates are low... but they have been lower... in the late 40's to about 1950 they were lower and helped fuel the growth that was to come later on. Also i remember doing mortgages during the 80's when the rate spiked... water cooler conversation was "gee if rates would just get back down to 12% we could really do some business"... and we did
Throughout all of … (5 comments)

sales: Have We Bounced Off Of The Bottom Yet? - 08/20/10 08:59 AM
Lots of dismal news lately. Recently something to the effect that most homeowners think their home will continue to decline in value. Talk of doing away with Fanny and Freddie... here's a test...look up disinter-mediation (as it applies to the mortgage market) now do you really think they should go? But I digress...
I try not to dwell on the negative and I certainly believe that real estate is local. Also we can all agree none of us can tell the future (besides goats entrails are difficult to find lately). So that said here is MY experience (since real estate is … (39 comments)

sales: Making 2009 A Year To Remember...Starts NOW! - 12/30/08 08:17 AM
If 2008 wasn't the money maker you expected then perhaps we can kick 2009 up a notch or two!
Over the last few years, face it we have been spoiled. Easy business and inflated markets and commissions allowed us to get sloppy. It seemed business was everywhere and everyone wanted a piece of the action. Now many agents are dropping out and others are worried about the future. Business appears to have dried up. But I can guarantee you this... REAL ESTATE SELLS IN YOUR MARKET ALMOST EVERY DAY! At 12/31/08 there will be some agents with sales and some without. … (13 comments)

sales: Flat Fee..pot holes or smooth sailing? - 04/12/08 09:51 AM
I just read the following entry on Flat Fee broker and got to thinking about a new brokerage in our area that is listing and giving access to the MLS for $300 plus offering the selling office (in this instance) $4,500.  Anyone is free to pursue their own business model. However, this is not about business model but rather the pit falls that are out there... and not just on the homeowners side. In fact lets, pretty much leave the homeowner (advertising promotion etc) out as those issues are well discussed elsewhere.
First, a general comment. We each live and work in different areas … (19 comments)

sales: Wenatchee and NCW Market Data - 04/24/07 04:38 PM
A banker friend called me about data for our local MLS. His bank, heraring all the press was concerned about what is happening East of the mountains. So here is the data I provided. Note it is through 4/24 and for the entire MLS if we carve out Wenatchee and Residential only it gets better:
MARKET ANALYSIS
NCW MLS
AS OF 4/22/07
 
                                                            FEB                 MAR               APR
ACTIVE LISTINGS                            620                  895                  1110
            Days on mkt                             162                  119                  93
PENDING LISTINGS             132                  163                  153 **
      Adj for mo end**                                                                           180**
            Days on mkt                             65                    56                    67
CLOSED LISTINGS                           137                  122                  207
  Days on mkt/process time                   84/60               68/59               61/41
                        (NOTE above … (4 comments)

sales: Niche Marketing - 03/30/07 12:07 AM
Recently, on one of my blogs, someone mentioned "niche marketing".  As the market is getting bigger, rules are getting more complex and clients are demanding more, there has been a growth in the so call niche marketing adherents. A few years ago we would simply have called someone a specialist. Over on the Seattle PI Real Estate Professional Blog one of the regular bloggers has carved out a niche that includes pets (I think I also read that Seattle has more dogs than children so that might work). My friend Geordie Romer who blogs on Active rain works the Leavenworth/Lake Wenatchee market. I … (3 comments)

 
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Wenatchee, WA

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