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Whatcom County’s home sales continue to plug along around last year’s pace, according to the latest numbers from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. In Whatcom County, 275 NWMLS homes and condominiums sold during October, down from 289
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Columbia and Sunnyland elementary schools were recognized Wednesday for their students’ marked improvement on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. The two schools were named Schools of Distinction and given the new State Superintendent’s
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Whatcom County has hired David Stalheim as their new Director of Planning and Development Services. Stalheim most recently was the Community Development Director for Ashland, Oregon. He also has previous experience by working for nine years as the community
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The developer of the Bakerview Square shopping center wants to build a 15-story building with a hotel and convention center along Bakerview Road. Morgan Bartlett Jr. is still exploring the feasibility of building the project on 1 acre across the street
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The countdown can now begin for Trader Joe’s. The specialty grocery store announced Friday that Sept. 28 will be the first day of business at the Sunnyland Square shopping center on James Street. The store will soon be mailing out postcard-size
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In Birch Bay, WA developers have invested about $30 million buying land, installing infrastructure and building a sales house, but not one of the 650 high-end homes planned for the Horizon at Semiahmoo development has been constructed. That’s about
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A national economist painted a fairly optimistic picture of Whatcom County’s economy and real estate market at an annual presentation held at the Mount Baker Theatre. Ted Jones, chief economist for Stewart Title, gave his 2007 economic forecast
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The Bellingham City Council on Monday voted for a permanent ban on new big box stores and imposed strict regulations on the design of smaller ones. The move effectively ends nearly five months of debate over how the city should handle large retailers,
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Well it’s no secret now, the pendulum on the real estate market as we know it today has swung back in favor of the buyers. Home sales and prices started to slow towards the end of 2005 and all of 2006. 2007 is expected to be slow as well but finally
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• 2,352 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story - MLS® #26198632 $459,900 Ferndale, Whatcom County - Franklin floor plan - Brand new two story home in upscale Liberty Park . Home features a covered front porch with aggregate base, good size great room,
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The Bellingham School District will begin construction of a new elementary school off of Yew Street Road here in 2007 with the goal of completing the project for fall classes of 2008. The funds for the new elementary school will come from the $67 million
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I was looking at the stats today, in between bowl games, and thought id post what were the top ten blog posts for 2006 on our blog here at Bellingham WA homes site. The blog didn’t start until early November 2006 so it was a little unfair for the
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Lynden, Washington now has a real estate web site dedicated to the Lynden area homes market. The new Lynden real estate site is located on the web at LyndenRealEstate.net . The site provides Lynden area residents with links to searching Lynden area homes
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• 1,871 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm Two Story - MLS® #26198634 Ferndale, Whatcom County - Trenton floor plan brand new two story home in upscale Liberty Park. Home features a covered front porch with aggregate concrete base, great room with high
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Here in Whatcom County there's a debate brewing over the best ways to solve Bellingham affordable housing issues in order for more and more people to become homeowners. I’m very happy to see the city and county taking on this difficult issue.
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