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Covington, WA Real Estate News

By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 105 homes for sale with prices ranging from $89,900 to $1,950,000. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 9 3 bedroom homes for sale: 41 4 bedroom homes for sale: 46 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 9   There were 67 homes that sold in April, 2013. 50  were re-sale homes and 17 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 25% Bank Owned: 15% Short Sales: 21% Regular Re-sales: 39%   The average sale price was: $267,211 Average Day on Market was: 68 Low sales price was: $85,000 High sales price was: $549,949   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday to all!   Ahhh, what a beautiful picture - even if I say so myself :)    Typcially this time of year the mountain does not say HI to us.  But lately, we have had many days like the day I took this picture.  The mountains (cascades, olympics and Rainier) have all been out a bunch of late...  in all their glory!  WOW, when we have days like this, we all remember why we love to live here. I hope you are having some sun-shiney days too! Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes.  I am taking next Friday off, so I'll see you in two weeks!  ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. ~Henry David Thoreau   Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid ...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday to all!   I hope your week has been nice - OMG mine has been amazing!   We have just had a taste of summer!  We have had full out sun all week - with highs pushing the 70 degree mark.  It feels more like July than April - loving it!   they say some sun yet today - although cooler - and then back to reality.  I guess it is only April. Enjoy this weeks selection of qutoes and I will see you next Friday with some more. ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. ~William Arthur Ward   The real voy...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
      Happy Friday to all, I hope your week is wrapping up nicely.  And for those who are reading this and live in the PNW have you looked at the forecast?  OMG it looks like spring is coming!  Considering how much rain we have had this month, I am ready for some sun and warm temps!  Woo hoo!  Here is hoping the forecast comes true! I hope you enjoy this weeks selection of quotes.  I'll be back with a new group next week.  Until then, have a fabulous day! ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am a verb.     ~Ulysses S.  Grant You can conquer almost any fear if you will make up your mind to do so.  For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.    ~Dale Carnegie It is easy to let life deteriorate into making a living inst...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday!  I hope that everyone is having a nice week.  The days are getting longer, baseball is into full spring, now if we could just have some of our spring weather back!  WOW, what a wet, windy, chilly week.  Here is hoping for some sun again soon! Enjoy the quotes - I'll see ya next week. ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second.  Give your dreams  all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.  ~William James  Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do.  ~Albert Gray  There is a big difference between being resigned and resigning.  ~Unknown  When you are reluctant to change, think of the beauty of autumn...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 98 homes for sale with prices ranging from $89,595 to $519,950. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 7 3 bedroom homes for sale: 43 4 bedroom homes for sale: 38 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 10   There were 44 homes that sold in March, 2013. 31  were re-sale homes and 13 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 29.5% Bank Owned: 13.5% Short Sales: 16% Regular Re-sales: 41%   The average sale price was: $265,411 Average Day on Market was: 75 Low sales price was: $82,001                    High sales price was: $789,950   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday!  Yep if I am here with my Weekly Words of Wisdom, so it must be Friday :)   This is a picture I took on the waterfront a few weekends ago when we spent the night downtown.   I so love playing tourist in my own city!  It is such a fun place.   Enjoy the picture and this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday.   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     We are not what we know, but what we are willing to learn.      ~Mary Catherine Bateson     You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. ~Zig Ziglar     Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.     ~Norman Cousins   Life is a journey.... Not a guided tour. ~Unknown
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
               Happy Friday!  And Happy Easter!   Is it feeling like spring where you are?   Amazingly enough it is here!  I can't remembe ever having a spring that felt like... well, spring!  It has been a delightful week.   Warm temps, lots of sun breaks and things are really starting to bloom.  So pretty!   I could get use to this!  :) They say we will have more of the same for the weekend.  I might be breaking out the flip flops! I hope you enjoy this weeks selection of quotes.  I'll see you next Friday with some new ones.  Until then, Happy Spring! ...geri    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealously or selfishness. I know that the se...
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By Debi Braulik, Selling Maple Valley to Fife WA Homes For Sale
(www.roundrealestate.com)
Covington Foreclosures Click for current list of Covington Foreclosures Currently there are 10 available foreclosures in Covington. They range in price from $89,595 for a small 840 square foot bungalow to $319,500 for this 5 bedroom, 2 bath, 2400 sqare foot home. Three of the homes are priced below $150,000. Three are priced between $150-200,000. Two are priced between $200-250,000. And two are priced ovver $250,000. So there is literally something for everyone.   Foreclosures are also known as bank owned homes, and also known as REO properties. And typically they are pretty rare in Ravensdale.   You can buy these homes for as little as 3% down with special financing. If you want to find your dream home and want to check out the Covington Foreclosures, give me a call. I am very familiar...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
      Happy Friday to all!   I hope this finds you doing well.  And I hope that you are feeling more like spring than we are.  Still having some cold frosty morings 'round our parts.  And snow levels are falling - the skiers will be happy, their season is not quite over. I hope you enjoy this weeks selection of quotes.  I'll see you next Friday with some more.  Until then, have a fabulous day! ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history that we make today. ~Henry Ford   Reputation is what you are perceived to be. Character is what you are. ~John Wooden (basketball coach for UCLA)   We never touch someone so lightly that we don't leave a trace. ~Author ...
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By Jo Olson, Retired - HOMEFRONT Realty @ LAKE Roosevelt
(HOMEFRONT Realty)
  Washington State Real Estate Transaction How do you buy a home in Washington State?   What does Escrow mean?  How does a property change hands?  What does closing mean?  These are all questions that I explain to my new clients, whether they are buyers or sellers.  Every state has their own type of loan processing/closing procedures.  If you read any type of real estate news articles you might hear that lawyers process and close transactions in some areas of the county, that title companies process and close some in other areas but here is Washington 99% of the time Escrow Companies do the processing and closing of real estate transaction files. What is Escrow?  Escrow is simply a Disinterested Third Party.  I spend 3 years in California processing escrows for First American Title/Escr...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday!   I hope this finds you having a nice day.  This was a picture I took last spring when we got some unexpected snow.  Still waiting for our first snow of the year this year!  I'm beginning to think the rest of the country is not going to share with us.   Even Arizona got snow this year!!    I wanted to let you know that I am taking next Friday off!!  Woo hoo!!  So I won't be sharing any quotes next week.  I hope you enjoy this weeks selection and I'll see you in two weeks.   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If A equals success, then the formula is... A = X + Y + Z With X being work, Y play and Z keeping your mouth shut. ~Albert Einstein     It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of o...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 101 homes for sale with prices ranging from $89,595 to $769,000. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 4 3 bedroom homes for sale: 42 4 bedroom homes for sale: 49 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 6   There were 30 homes that sold in February, 2013. 25  were re-sale homes and 5 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 16.5% Bank Owned: 36.5% Short Sales: 13% Regular Re-sales: 34%   The average sale price was: $228,347        Average Day on Market was:  73 Low sales price was: $74,000                     High sales price was: $420,000   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday to all!   I hope that your week has been great. Busy, busy for me. So good to see the real estate market staying strong. Here is hoping we have finally hit bottom and things are moving on to brighter days. Woo hoo!   I hope you enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and at the end is a story that I just read. It is kind of long, but I thought it was really great, so I'm sharing it today too.   See ya next Friday!   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good Character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece... By thought, choice, courage and determination. ~John Luther     Human beings, by changing t...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday!   Yep another week has come and gone.   Are you noticing how long the days are getting to be??!!    Over 10 hours of daylight now in my neck of the woods!!  And that is cause winter is almost over - and I know this cause today is the first M's pre-season game and they don't play baseball in the winter. Although sometimes at Safeco it feels like winter - ha ha ha!   And according to the M's website it will be on radio today- so you can bet I'll have it on!!!!!!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and Go M's!   ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The world steps aside to let any man pass if he knows where he is going. ~David S. Jordan   Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events and small minds di...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday!   I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day.  It was a peachy day in my neck of the woods.  :)   This weeks picture I dug out of my old files as we are still waiting for our first snowfall of the year.  Mid way through February with now snow...  If we don't get some here in the lowlands soon it will be doubtful for this winter.  At least I have some pictures of beautiful winters past to look at.    If you are having snow, enjoy it for me.  And if you are having SUN, enjoy that for me too.  We have not had much of that either.   Enjoy this weeks selection of qutoes and I'll see you next Friday.   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still ...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
*It is a sunny, frosty morning at my house :)     Happy Friday to all.      I hope that your week is wrapping up nicely. All is good in my little corner of the world.   Any big weekend plans? Mine will be work, work, some work topped off with work. Ha ha ha! Good to see the market staying busy, maybe we are finally on the road to recovery! *fingers crossed!!   I hope you have a way more "FUN" weekend than me. I'll be living vicariously through you so do it up right please :)   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next week with some new ones.   ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. ~Greg Anderso...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 102 homes for sale with prices ranging from $95,153 to $769,000. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5 3 bedroom homes for sale: 38 4 bedroom homes for sale: 48 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 11   There were 36 homes that sold in January, 2013. 27  were re-sale homes and 9 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 25% Bank Owned: 14% Short Sales: 20% Regular Re-sales:  41%   The average sale price was: $254,335 Low sales price was: $108,000 High sales price was: $570,000   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday to all!   I hope this finds you doing well and your week wrapping up nicely. It sure is pretty at my house this morning - the SUN is out. OMG amazing how much more energy I have when the sun is out. So wish it would visit us more often!   We are still waiting for our first snow of the year - so I am having to live vicariously through my photos.  This was taken at our cabin in February of 2011.  Maybe we will get some white stuff in February of 2013??!!      Any big weekend plans? We have a play this Saturday in Issaquah at the Village Theatre and then Super Bowl on Sunday. Besides that a bit of work... All in all should be a fabulous weekend! I hope yours is too.   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see ya next Friday!   ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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By geri wehry, your agent for life
(RE/MAX Select R.E.)
    Happy Friday to all!   I hope that all was good in your little corner of the world while I was away. We had a fabulous trip to Colorado and we could not have asked for more beautiful weather. The nights were very "wintry" and cold but the days were clear blue skies, full out sun and around 50. And I must admit it was a very warm 50! I shed my coat the minute I got of the plane and during the day when the sun was out, I never put it back on. I hear they have 360 days of sunshine a year- I think I might be moving - ha ha ha! I hope you enjoy this weeks selection of quotes. I'll see you next Friday with some more. Until then I hope you have a wonderful day! ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Be slow in choosing a friend, slo...
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