Bellingham Real Estate

The Commerce Department is reporting that the construction of new homes and apartments rebounded in October by the largest amount in eight months but the unexpected increase was not viewed as a signal of a housing turnaround. The agency reported Tuesday that housing construction rose by 3 percent in October, the first increase after three months ...

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 ...

Selling your home in today's Bellingham real estate market would be enhanced if your home shines above your competition to begin with.  With so many homes on the market currently in Bellingham, home owners should really make sure their home shows well before buyers in this market see it for the first time. I remember ...

Despite the downturn in the housing market, millions of homes will still be bought and sold. At a time when price negotiations have become more vigorous, many buyers and sellers neglect one important element that could cost them thousands of dollars: the home inspection. Mike Kuhn, co-author of “The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Home ...

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 ...

Residential-home sales remain strong in Bellingham, while condominiums have fallen off last year’s pace, according to a report from First American Title. There were 1,053 new and used homes sold in Bellingham in the first seven months of 2007, which is 20 more than the same period in 2006. The number of condominiums sold through July in ...

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 ...

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 ...