Charlie Arthur, CCIM Real Estate Blog

  So far this year the DJIA ( Dow Jones Industrial Average) is down 14.44%!!  I am curious to know why people aren't taking their money out of the stock market and putting it into real estate.  The selection of property on the market is higher than it has been in years.  Jefferson county washing...

Mountain Views, incredible gardens, 3 homes built in 2000. 714 P St. is 2566 square, plus a 528 sq.ft garage. 710 P street is 800 square feet, 748 P street is 600 sq.ft. PLUS there is room to build more homes. total of 5 parcels already divided. Willow is vacated and Q is vacated. Main house equi...

Why don't they make a flyer box that tells me when it is empty?  Maybe a small radio chip that sends a signal when the box is empty?  The sellers would be astonished at how you show up immediately after the last flyer is taken.  Or maybe there should be a phone number for the buyer to call that o...

I thought I would share a technological idea with the world wide web. With GPS enabled phones, they should set up a service, whereby the buyers input the property they want, and whenever they are near a listing that matches their criteria...their phone buzzes and gives them gps directions to that...

We are seeing 3-5 price reductions per day in Jefferson County, and 2-8 new listings per 24 hour period.  While there were only 21 houses sold in the entire county during the whole month of May 2008 in the Northwest Multiple Listing service for Jefferson County, Washington.  This is one of the mo...

I woke up this morning determined to be optimistic and positive.  No more negativity.  The sun is shining here in Port Townsend Washington.  The temparature is around 60 degrees.  The real estate prices are great for buyers.  There are more choices than ever before.  The olympic mountains are hug...

While the rest of the country experiences a heat wave, Jefferson county, WA is enjoying pleasant temperatures in the 50's and 60's.  The beautiful protective cloud cover keeps us cool and with the proper attitude to get work done.  We are not distracted by the yellow orb in the sky.  The citizens...

Lots and Lots of inventory and prices are good.  Interest rates are still good.  10 years-the last five were overpriced and the next five will likely see reasonable appreciation as the major price corrections have occurred.  Five years from now, the 30% correction evident today will have been rec...