HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS SUMMARIES To better capture housing characteristics in the Green Bluff market, a survey over the last five years of Spokane Multiple Listing Service (SMLS) sales on 1 acre or more was performed. Site Size Distribution Site sizes range from 1 - 456 acres; the median site size is 8 acres. Most of the sites in this neighborhood are between 5 acres - 10 acres. House Continue Reading
Green Bluff Real Estate Newsletter – Winter/Spring 2023 – Year End 2022 Review
2022 Market Summaries Spokane Market Summary How low can you go? Real estate limbo, anyone, anyone? Bueller? For the first time in years, sale prices are going down, not up. The market was hot. . .or, rather, frenzied. Prices were great for sellers. But if you were staying put, the price increases raised property taxes, putting a pinch on the pocketbook like never before! Buyers? Good luck Continue Reading
Green Bluff Real Estate Newsletter – Winter/Spring 2022 – Year End 2021 Review
** Interested in a quick snapshot of Green Bluff Real Estate? Go to the end of the post to see market statistics and a link to an interactive map of 2021 Green Bluff sales. Or you can jump right to the Sales Map here: https://rpubs.com/CodyKerr/856538 ** The Northwest's Best Kept Secret.......Being Discovered “Good things come to those who wait.” But have you Continue Reading
Green Bluff Newsletter – Winter/Spring 2020 – 2019 Market Review
Green Bluff Newsletter - Winter/Spring 2020 Spokane Market Review for 2019 2020…. What is it? Hindsight? Perfect vision? A Barbara Walters legacy - anyone remember that show? A new start? Sure, it can be all of those things. I’m not Barbara Walters, but, indeed, “This is 2020.” It’s hard to know where we’re going without knowing where we’ve been. 2019 was a great year Continue Reading
Summer 2018 (Article #2 – Market Update “The Halfway Point”) – Green Bluff Newsletter
Real Estate Market Update - Summer 2018, The Halfway Point At the halfway point for the 2018 Spokane real estate market, we are seeing unprecedented appreciation in values and an extremely active market overall. Stats for the overall market are measured by properties under one acre in the Spokane area, which are mostly urban and suburban homes. Property values in 2017 increased about 11% from Continue Reading
Summer 2018 (Article #1 – Save the Date!) – Green Bluff Newsletter
Save the Date! (see article below calendar) Save the Date! Green Bluff draws people from far and wide to enjoy what it has to offer. How do people find out what’s happening in Green Bluff? Most people search on the internet for Green Bluff activities and then have to sift through results hoping to find something. Hundreds of people visit my real estate website www.codykerr.com each month. Continue Reading
Market Report – April 2018
Inventory remains low in the Spokane market at 1.77 months for April. However, did you know that different price ranges have different inventory levels? From 200K to 300K, the inventory is 1.4 months, but from 600K to 700K it’s a whopping 6.8 months! The inventory in different neighborhoods and geographic areas can also vary. Overall, inventory is low, but depending on price range and location Continue Reading
Take a “Day” Trip to the Ranch
Spring – 2018 (Article #1) In the heart of Green Bluff there is a farm deeply rooted in the traditions of old, yet its owners are branching out with new ideas too. A day trip to 9807 E Day Rd will lead you to Walters’ Fruit Ranch. The owners, Jason and Morghan Morrell, are stewards of the farm, a “working museum” as Jason calls it. Some trees are 110 years old, long outliving Continue Reading
Real Estate Market 2017 – Year End Review
Winter/Spring – 2018 (Article #2) 2017 was a great year for the Spokane real estate market. Normally, values decline at the end of the year. Looking at the average sale price graph, in 2015 and 2016, fall values were lower than summer values. At the end of December 2017, values held steady at an average sale price of $234,352, roughly the same as summer values when selling activity was highest. Continue Reading
Water, Water Everywhere – LOT of drops to drill!
Winter/Spring – 2018 (Article #1) Relief from the restrictions of the Hirst ruling in October 2016 has finally come! This Washington Supreme Court decision dammed the flow of water from new wells, but it’s time to bathe in the refreshing good news from recent events. In my winter newsletter of 2017, I wrote an article called “Water, water everywhere – not a drop to drill” and highlighted the Continue Reading
