Bellingham Real Estate

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 for the same period last year, according to the listing service’s report released ...

 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 Learning Improvement Award. They are joined by 84 other schools around the state, ...

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 development director for Wenatchee and also served as ...

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 from Fred Meyer, near Interstate 5 and along Pacific Highway, said Keith Turley, a consultant ...

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 fliers around the area with details, said Brian Casey, “commander” of the Bellingham ...

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 to change. “We’ve got the first phase essentially completed with about 74 ...

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 to more than 200 attendees on Thursday. Jones touched on a variety of economic issues, but liked ...

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, which, some people say, hurt the local economy with poorly paying jobs and the environment by ...

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 start to show signs of recovery by the fall.  The buyers have a window of ...

[photo:listing:878211] • 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, formal dining room, kitchen with ...