Then again, it may not. Why Mortgage Rates Are Increasing. When looking at purchasing real estate, the cost of the purchase should factor in the cost of the money making the purchase. If the cost of the money goes up, the buying power of the dollar will go down; it will cost more later to buy the
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12/25/2010
Market Snapshot for Vancouver and Clark County Washington 2010/10/11 What's happening in the Vancouver and Clark County Washington real estate market? Because something's going on. Our ratios moved a little and have been hanging out at about 4.5-to-1 for the last 4 weeks. This is a change in that
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10/11/2010
Downtown (actually midtown) has a new neighbor Vancouver has some options for organic or natural foods - besides the weekly seasonal farmer's markets, there is a Whole Foods and a Trader Joe's. We also have some farms that sell direct to the public. Opening in October, "Chuck's Produce and Street
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10/04/2010
Market Snapshot Vancouver and Clark County Washington 2010/10/04 Well, here are the numbers: In the city, we have 2820 active listings and 594 under contract, giving us a ratio of 4.75 to 1. This is slightly higher than last week. For Clark County, we have about 3857 active listings and 807 under
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10/04/2010
New to the area homebuyers often ask about the best schools. One of the best approaches I've seen here for the Vancouver Washington Schools is the practical approach to education. As a parent, it's worthwhile looking in to what your child's natural strengths and interests are and then exploring
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09/28/2010
Current Market Snapshot for Vancouver and Clark County WA - 2010/09/27 Sometimes standing back a bit, you can see more. I viewed, but didn't report, the mid-September weekly numbers and then just didn't get time to look last week. So - with two weeks of change, it's not so subtly different. Somet
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09/27/2010
Greenlist events for September in Clark County Washington- Clark county residents are learning and living more sustainably all the time: Have items you want to recycle but aren't sure where to take them? Check out www.RecyclingA-Z.com for a comprehensive resource guide. Workshops Rain Barrel Co
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09/11/2010
Market Snapshot for Vancouver and Clark County WA 2010/09/06 Our spring and summer were a little cooler than normal. And it seems that autum is coming a little sooner, too. Oddly enough (?) it looks like our seasonal slowing in the market is coming a tad early as well. Total count of active listi
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09/06/2010
Market Snapshot 2010/08/30 for Vancouver Washington and Clark County Lately, national reports on real estate sales are mixed and that's probably a good sign for things to come. The local MLS reported an increase in the number of times the lockboxes were accessed - suggesting more homes were viewe
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08/30/2010
Market Snapshot for Vancouver and Clark County Washington 2010/08/23 There is some good news - compared to a month ago (and last week): pending sales are up in Vancouver Washington and Clark County. This suggests outrageously low interest rates and amazing affordability are actually getting some
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08/23/2010