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By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Here is the East Olympia WA real estate market update for September 2015. East Olympia real estate market snapshot. As fall approaches, the market is still going strong. These market stats are not SCARY at all! All the numbers look great for the East Olympia area! Sales Prices are up. Number of home sales is up. Inventory numbers have improved. Between the buyer activity and the fewer listings on the market, this has pushed East Olympia into a strong seller's market. Number of listings has improved with fewer homes on the market, leaving buyers with fewer choices and sellers with less competition. What does all this mean? In a nutshell, the market has improved and is still improving for sellers, who are able to sell their home and in many cases, seeing a profit.Buyers should be prepar...
By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Here is the East Olympia WA real estate market update for June 2015. Why live in East Olympia?East Olympians enjoy a variety of home choices - from the gated golf community of Indian Summer to larger parcels suitable for horses to lake front homes on Hewitt Lake. Residents enjoy biking and walking on the Chehalis-Western Trail, Lattin's Country Cider Mill and Farm, and floating down the Deschutes River on a hot summer day.Find homes for sale in East Olympia.Schools: Many residents in this area are in the North Thurston School District and Tumwater School District. East Olympia real estate market snapshot Sales Prices continue to rise steadily in East Olympia. These are healthy gains and not unsustainable.With 2 months of inventory, East Olympia is enjoying a seller's market. (A se...
By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Here is the East Olympia WA real estate market update for January 2015. Why live in East Olympia? East Olympians enjoy a variety of home choices - from the gated golf community of Indian Summer to larger parcels suitable for horses to lake front homes on Hewitt Lake. Residents enjoy biking and walking on the Chehalis-Western Trail, Lattin's Country Cider Mill and Farm, and floating down the Deschutes River on a hot summer day. Find homes for sale in East Olympia. Schools: Many residents in this area are in the North Thurston School District and Tumwater School District. East Olympia real estate market snapshot Curious to know what your home is worth? Click here to learn more. Find homes for sale in East Olympia, WA. Visit my website to search East Olympia, WA homes for sale, or ...
By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Here is the East Olympia WA real estate market update for September 2014. Why live in East Olympia? East Olympians enjoy a variety of home choices - from the gated golf community of Indian Summer to larger parcels suitable for horses to lake front homes on Hewitt Lake. Residents enjoy biking and walking on the Chehalis-Western Trail, Lattin's Country Cider Mill and Farm, and floating down the Deschutes River on a hot summer day. Find homes for sale in East Olympia. Schools: Many residents in this area are in the North Thurston School District and Tumwater School District. East Olympia real estate market snapshot for the third quarter 2014. Average Sales Price for Q3 2014 is $334,362. This is up from last year at this time when the average sales price was $314,007. Number of Home...
By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Here is the Indian Summer Golf & Country Club, Olympia WA real estate market update as of April 2014. The Indian Summer residential community is a gated community that surrounds the Indian Summer Golf and Country Club, a private golf club. There are approximately 500 single family homes, condos and townhomes. Many homes enjoy wonderful golf course and Mount Rainier views, and views of the Nature Preserve. The community features its own gate guard where visitors can check in, miles of sidewalks throughout to take a stroll through the neighborhood, and walking trails in the Nature Preserve. To learn more about Indian Summer, click here. Many residents are in the North Thurston School District and the Tumwater School District. MARKET SNAPSHOT: Average Sales Price in 2014 Q1: $356,...
By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Indian Summer home for sale! SOLD 3720 Kinsale Ln SE, Olympia WA 98501 Located in Olympia's premier community of Indian Summer, this home is located on the 9th Forest tee box (former 18th tee) with expansive views of the golf course and the nature preserve. No backyard neighborhoods looking in! You'll enjoy all main floor living with TWO main floor master suites! This exquisite updated Craftsman features granite slab kitchen counter tops with lots of Cherry cabinets for storage, walk-in pantry, great room floor plan, quartz bath counter tops, hardwoods, A/C, central vacuum, fully sprinklered easy-to-maintain yard, French doors, new furnace and dishwasher. The Maple hardwood floors have just been buffed and refinished. Upstairs features a large bedroom big enough to fit a King-sized b...
By Francine Viola, REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs
(Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA)
Indian Summer residents in Olympia WA to get automated water meters next week. During the second week of February 2014, Indian Summer residents served by the City of Olympia for their water will get a water meter make-over! The current system of manually reading water meters will now be updated to an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) system where Indian Summer residents' water usage will be collected by a combination of mobile and fixed-network technologies. The water meter will be equipped with an antenna that will be drilled through the meter box lid. You may not see any difference in appearance of the water meter box. Per the City of Olympia's website, this AMR system will "enhance the City’s ability to run the water utility efficiently and at the lowest cost possible, and will provid...