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583 Walla Walla Way
La Conner, WA 98257

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La Conner view home offered for sale.  One-level living in your custom Earl Estenson home.  Enjoy privacy and seclusion with sunrises over Mt Baker; commanding views of historic La Conner; Rainbow Bridge; Marina; the Channel Waterway and the tulip fields surrounded by eagles and blue herons. Entertain in the expanse of the open great room which encompasses the gourmet kitchen overlooking the view. Private suite with separate entrance; shop; office; bonus room;  swimming pool, club house, private Beach, golf course, moorage available.  Call Tim L. Good for More Information

Enjoy a YouTube Video tour of La Conner and the home offered for sale. 

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The listing agent is under contract with the seller, it is their job to make sure they get the best price for the seller. If you are interested in getting the best price as the buyer, it is very important to have your own agent.  The first thing a home buyer should ask the agent they are talking to is if they are representing the seller. If you are interested in that home then call a buyers agent and ask your questions. All agents have the ability to work with both buyers and sellers. You just need to make sure that they are not the listing agent of the home you are interested in.

Home searches can also be confusing because you see the listings of the homes on an agents website. It does not mean that it is listed by that agent. Simply ask the agent if it is their listing. They have to disclose to you if they are working with the seller. It is to your benefit to know that from the beginning to be sure you are giving your information to the agent that will only be representing your best interest!

Did you know that to search for homes in Bellingham, WA you only need to use one website. Some home buyers think that they will find different homes on different web sites. This website offers all listings available and I represent buyers in the Whatcom and Skagit County areas of Washington. When you register please let me know if you want to be contacted by phone or email. I will always respect your wishes and privacy. If you do not want to register then feel free to email or call me directly with your questions. I can also set you up on a more private search for homes in the areas you are looking for.

I would be honored to assist you, with your real estate needs!

Some Homeowners worry more about the commissions than the reasons below. Please take the time to understand that some agents do spend the time to get the exposure your home deserves. These are some of the reasons to consider listing your home, you will also need to find a Real Estate Agent that you can work with, and that will make the sale of your home a priority.

Top Ten Reasons to List your Home

• Safety: Posting your phone number on signs, can let strangers know when you are not at home. Inviting people you know nothing about into your home can be dangerous. Agents know something about the people they are showing your home to.

• No advertising costs to seller: All advertising costs and marketing costs are absorbed by the listing agent. The listing agent is only paid when your home sells.

• Tax Deductions: Commissions are Tax Deductible, ask your accountant.

• For Sale by Owner’s Sell for less than listed homes: This will usually pay the Agents commissions!

• Not at home? Off the Market: For Sale by Owner’s homes are only on the Market when the owner is home. No one can be home all of the time!

• Multiple Listing Service:The exposure your home get with MLS. Your home gets viewed by agents, already working with preapproved buyers.

• Investment: Often a person’s largest investment is their home, and should be treated as such. Investments of this kind should be protected with the use of a professional.

• Buyer’s Agent is not yours! Buyers May have an agent and be represented: the buyer’s agent would only have the buyer’s best interest in mind and you could be left unprotected!

• Errors in Paperwork: Errors in paperwork and disclosure issues with the buyer, can cost a For Sale by Owner. In this sue-happy world, a buyer can easily become unhappy.
• The Burden of Making Yourself Available: Every time your home is viewed and the burden of all of the paperwork and legal issue’s, would be taken on by the listing agent.

Have you been wondering why you should list your home? I thought this may help, this is just a list of the top ten reasons to list your home. There are many other reasons also, in todays market selling a home can be difficult. It needs exclusive exposure online too. If you or someone you know are interested in finding an agent who will take the time to sell your home and offer great internet exposure in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington feel free to give me call. I would be honored to help you Protect your Investments.

Reasons to list your home

When you took an evening stroll to the local park to hear the summer music series?  Families bike riding together……Welcome to the Columbia district of Bellingham.

A very tight-knit, family-oriented neighborhood comprised of Victorian Classics ( homes built in late 1800′s to early 1900′s), remodels, and bungalows with average home prices in the upper 200′s to mid-300 price range.  Pride of ownership and individuality shows here with well maintained homes and close attention to gardening and landscaping.  For this reason, home-values in this neighborhood tend to hold due to so many wanting to live here, raise their families here, and their children able to attend  Columbia Elementary.

Within walking distance to Little Squalicum Park and Beach and downtown Bellingham, Columbia is also a mobile neighborhood allowing many to bike or walk to work and walk to school.  A gardener’s paradise, with good size lots (on average 5000 sq.ft), to plant food and flower gardens.  Where you’ll see cornstalks on the side of the road, sugar snap peas ” take a pea but please don’t  leave one”!  Also, Home of the Annual Columbia Garden Tour  showcasing some of the finest gardens in Bellingham.

Also within walking distance is Elizabeth Park, one of the oldest parks in Bellingham with walking pathways, squirrels galore, tennis courts and a Gazebo where summer concerts can be heard or plays enacted.    Newer to the Columbia area is Squalicum Creek Park with it’s new baseball diamond and plenty of bike paths and walking trails.                                    

It is quite obvious why so many want to reside in this fabulous community, with all it has to offer;Sense of community, location, educational systems and look at all the activities to be had……
Welcome home to the Columbia neighborhood..

The solution the Internet solved was the lack of Information Now!, a movement that swept across the nation with the such speed that there’s not even an 80′s Pop reference I can make to draw a close-enough comparison, though jams and break-dancing are close.  It got you real estate information, whatever it was, when you wanted it, and when it didn’t get there quick enough, they went to fiber-optics, cell phone towers, and a failed attempted bringing back carrier pigeons.

And it solved problems…but questions beget questions.  And the one thing the ‘Innanet didn’t do, was ask you why?  Imagine the time saved?

Long tail searches have really fleshed out this trend, where your computer, or G-Mail can almost see where you’re coming from, through algorithms  but not really.  “Live performances Final Countdown WAV” searched at 3:00AM  doesn’t need an explanation, it’s just basic curiosity, but ” Homes Bellingham Under $300,000″ can return, oh say, more than your share of sites.  And you just have a simple question.  That’s where we come in.

You might  get a call asking why, mainly because for every 5 billion  people who are looking online at homes, there are a few that have valid questions to be answered, and are frustrated because drinking through a fire hose doesn’t ever seem to quench thirst.  No one’s ever stood back up, and said “That hit the spot!” unless they were part of a very poorly written satire for the WB (that took a lot of time and effort to write, but did the execs call back? No).

So here’s why we’re calling. Offering problems to solutions, and here’s my list of how:

Looking for a property online? You’ve got three thousand Bellingham real estate websites at your disposal, and yet all you’d like to do is see all the three bedroom, 2 bathroom homes under 1,500 square feet.  You’d like to see them as soon as they come on the market if possible, because you’ve seen all the others, and they’re starting to blend together!  What if you only checked your e-mail, clicked on a link that showed you just these?

Researching the area?You’re interested in waterfront, lakefront, mountain view property but don’t know the area that well, the pricing for certain areas and why they might be higher than others, how close are the schools, are they any good?  What if there was someone who’s job it was to know all of these things, and keep you up to date with bulleted lists and photos?

Looking at homes based on what the listing price is? You’re looking to either move here, downgrade your home size,  check out second homes, or condos, but are amazed at the prices, and wonder if there are any hidden costs, association rules, or more importantly DUES?  What if the home has been on the market for 900 days, with no price reductions and the seller is ravenous to take any offer? What if there was a contact you’d made that could get you this info on all properties?

Looking at getting your feet wet by previewing a few homes? You’ve made your list of 19 homes that might meet what you’re looking for, but looking at the list it’s daunting. Some might have 3 bedrooms, some might have 3 bedrooms and an office that would fit what you’re looking for, but you could cut down your tour by about 10 homes if someone had walked through these before after talking to you for a little bit, and got a sense of exactly what your tastes were?

Looking online for a lender to give you the best rates? You’ve checked out homes online, and are ready to talk with a lender so you know which homes are in your realm , but you’re afraid of just putting your information into any system. You want someone who knows the programs, who’s done this a million times successfully without any hiccups, and is going to explain to you your options; the good ones, and the bad ones, and the ones you should just steer clear from, but you don’t know how to find these people.  What if there was someone who worked with lenders EVERYDAY, and knows the folks who follow through and have a great temperament for what you might be facing? First-time home-buyers, haven’t bought a home in a few years, or are just curious if there have been any changes?  What if there were someone who does this everyday that can take 5 minutes and walk you through the process?

Wondering what buying a home entails, start to finish?

Where to start if I want this to be a fairy tale, rather than a woe of caution? You’ve tossed and turned over whether or not this is a good idea for you, but have a zillion questions, and need a plan.  A successful plan to get you where you need to go.  What if there were one available, tailored to what you wish to accomplish?

Your answer could be a real estate agent.  Yes, you can do it yourself.  You can build a house yourself.  My Dad fixed the sink by himself, and watered his forehead and Chuck Norris T-shirt every time he went to get a glass of water, before they called a professional to come in and do the job correctly, quickly, and at minimal cost. And no round house kicks for disrespect.

Click to chat below, if you’ve got any questions, and I’m available!

• Currently Active Listings: 525
• Price range of active listings – $124,900 – $3,450,000
• Average List Price $536,937 Days on the Market: 116
• Median List Price: $409,000 Days on the Market: 73
• Sold in May: 82
• Average List Price: $321,191
• Average Sales Price: $313,104
• Ratio of List to Price: 97.5% Days on the Market: 81
• Median List Price: $288,000
• Median Sales Price: $275,500 Days on the Market: 42
• Ratio of List to Price: 95.7%
• Pending Sales Last Week: 40 Total pending sales: 186

• Average Sales Price May 2008: $345,248
• Median Sales Price May 2008: $304,000
• Number Sold in May, 2008: 82

The Average Sales price is down 9.3% compared to May 08 and down 6.9% compared to last month April 09.

The Median Sales prices is the same as May 08 and up by 11 compared to April 09.

The number of sales is up down by 8 or 10% compared to May 08 and up by 16 or 29% compared to last month April 09.

Condo Analysis for Bellingham

• Currently Active Listings: 303
• Price range of active listings – $99,000 – $1,565,000
• Average List Price $248,205 Days on the Market: 199
• Median List Price $199,500 Days on the Market: 114
• Sold in May: 12
• Average List Price: $197,329
• Average Sales Price: $189,185
• Ratio of List to Price: 95.9% Days on the Market: 197
• Median List Price: $188,400
• Median Sales Price: $179,000
• Ratio of List to Price: 95.0% Days on the Market: 164
• Pending Sales Last Week: 7 Total pending sales: 34

• Average Sales Price May, 2008: $207,058
• Median Sales Price May, 2008: $198,975
• Sold in May, 2008: 34

Average Condo sale price is down 8.6% from May 2008 and down 35.5% from last month – April  2009

Median Sales Price is down 10,1% from May 2008 and up 18.1% from last month – April  2009

The number of condo sales is down by 22  compared to May 2008 and  down by 18 compared to last month – April 2009.

Prices are coming down in Bellingham, and there are some great values in the Bellingham market right now, and interest rates are still extremely low. You might want to take a look at what it would cost you to purchase one of these homes at today’s rates. You might be surprised at what your monthly payments would be, maybe less than your paying for rent right now if you are renting a comparable sized house.

There is also a newly passed First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit of $8,000 available to anyone who hasn’t owned a home in the past 3 years. You might want to talk to your banker to see what you can afford.

If you have any questions or want to see any Bellingham Property feel free to email me at or give me a call at 360-739-6981

There are currently 117 homes for sale. Homes are priced from $110,000 – $995,000

• Average Asking Price is $336,076 Average Days on Market are 114 days
• Median Asking Price is $299,000 Median Days on Market are 61 days
• 5 Homes sold in May
• Average Listing Price $277,540
• Average Sold Price $271,091 Average Days on Market 48
• Median Listing Price $247,900
• Median Sold Price $230,500 Median Days on Market 43
• Pending Sales Last Week: 4 Total pending sales: 38

Condo Analysis for Sudden Valley

There are currently 8 condos for sale. Condos are priced from $89,500 – $299,900

• Average List Price $209,013 Average Days on the Market: 146
• Median List Price $209,950 Median Days on the Market: 96
• Sold in May: 0
• Pending Sales Last Week: 1 Total pending sales: 3

There are some great values in the Sudden Valley market right now, and interest rates are still extremely low.

Don’t forget about the First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit of $8,000 available to anyone who hasn’t owned a home in the past 3 years, ask your lender about using that tax credit for part of you downpayment or closing costs.

You might want to talk to your banker to see what you can afford. You might be surprised at what your monthly payments would be, maybe less than your paying for rent right now if you are renting a comparable sized house.

If you have any questions or want to see any Sudden Valley homes or condos feel free to email me or give me a call at 360-739-6981.