Olympia Home Sales Report ~ August 2011

Olympia   ~ area 445,447 & 448

   The numbers for August:

Homes for sale ~ 245 homes are currently listed

         Low $99,950 ~ High $2,350,000

                              Median   $259,950

                             Avg. days on ~136

Pending ~ 9 homes are in escrow

       Low $125,000 ~ High $400,000

                              Median $ 199,900

                            Avg. days on ~138

August Sales  ~ 14 homes sold in August 2011

          Low $140,000 High $580,000

                              Median $250,259

                          Avg. days on ~ 107

 The average market time is longer in all 3 categories than other areas of Thurston County. Olympia and their school system will typically have better average market times because of the schools.  Could sellers be holding out with higher prices because of the schools?   Is the market saying something different with the August pending’s ?

Tumwater Home Sales Report ~ August 2011

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales Report

Tumwater  ~ area 443

The numbers for August:

Homes for sale ~ 163 homes are currently listed

              Low $90,000   High $665,000

                            Median ~ $259,000

                            Avg. days on ~185

Pending ~ 15 homes are in escrow

       Low $159,900 ~ High $329,950

                          Median ~ $219,990

                             Avg. days on ~79

August Sales ~ 24 homes sold in August 2011

      Low $128,250 ~ high $529,000

                          Median ~ $225,425

                           Avg. days on ~ 78

A big change in the average days on the market for the homes for sale compared to the average market time of the pending and sold properties.  With proper pricing, homes are selling.

Lacey Home Sales Report ~ August 2011

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales Report

Lacey  ~ SE area 450

Let’s look at the numbers for August:

Homes for sale ~ 174 homes are currently listed

                                        Low $99,500 ~ High $678,500

                                        Median $219,995

                                        Avg. days on ~ 112

Pending Sales  ~ 23 homes are in escrow

                                        Low $74,900 ~ High $495,000

                                        Median $209,995

                                       Avg. days on ~69

August Sales   ~  35 homes sold in August 2011

                                       Low $15,800 ~ High $540,000

                                       Median $185,000

                                      Avg. days on ~88

The pending and sold average market time is impressive, marked improvement. Values are declining but market time under 90 days tells me sellers are pricing their homes for today’s market and there are buyers out there.

                                     

Shhhh ! ~ Daddy's on the phone

Shhhhhh ! – Daddy’s on the phone                                                                                                  

I put the family in the car for a mid winter break back in 2000. I got on the phone in Olympia and we were heading into British Columbia to catch a ferry over to Victoria on Vancouver Island. I was on the cell phone from Olympia all the way to the ferry parking lot. Over 3 hours on the phone, going through customs and telling my client to HOLD, while I entered another country.

My family not only deserves better than that. It was very rude and so self important of me to speak to a client for hours, only to lose and miss the pure enjoyment of my kids hitting the road with Dad.

At that time I had a coach, Teresa. I told Teresa about my lengthy phone call and she was not impressed at all. I was scolded and told to never speak on the phone again when my kids were present. This was simply a priority thing that I just did not get. Obviously!

I have had made a career on the telephone, but to this day I do not speak on a cell phone when I am with my kids. It has deepened our relationships. The real benefit is, I have no distractions when I am with them and get to be fully present and engage in their lives.

Thank you Teresa

Thurston County Homes Sales Report ~ August 2011

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Thurston County


Let’s look at the numbers for August:


Homes for sale ~ 1,724 homes are currently listed


                                   low $49,000  high $6,400,000


                                   Median $295,000


                                   Avg. days on ~128


Pendings      ~       195 homes are in escrow

                                   low $36,000 high $1,290,000


                                   Median $224,900


                                  Avg. days on ~104


August Sales  ~  221 homes sold in August 2011


                                  Low $36,000 high $625,000


                                  Median $224,900

                                  Avg. days on ~ 110

Hawks Prairie Home Sales Report ~ August 2011

Hawks Prairie  ~ NE area 446

Let’s look at the numbers for August:

Homes for sale ~ 175 homes are currently listed

                                  Low $115,000 ~ High $6,400,000

                                  Median $294,900

                                  Avg. days on ~ 159

Pending Sales ~ 23 homes are in escrow

                                Low $189,900 ~ High $429,000

                                Median $225,000

                                Avg. days on ~89

August Sales ~ 23 homes sold in August 2011

                              Low $149,000 ~ High $425,000

                              Median $264,216

                             Avg. days on ~137

                              There is still a lot of inventory in the NE for sale. The pending market time has improved.

Delphi Hills Home Sales Report ~ August 2011

Delphi Hills  ~ SW area 442

Let’s look at the numbers for August:

Homes for sale  ~ 53 homes are listed

Low $49,000 high $2,500,000

Avg. days on ~173

Pending  ~ 8 homes are in escrow~ low $65,000 high $435,000

Avg. days on ~43

August Sales  ~ 9 homes sold in August 2011

Low $137,000 high $365,000

Avg. days on ~ 57

Westside Home Sales Report ~ August 2011

The Westside  ~  NW area 444

Let’s look at the numbers for August:

Homes for sale  ~

164 homes  are listed ~ low $125,000   high $2,900,000

Still a log jam of available homes on the Westside.

Avg. days on ~179

Pending  ~ 11 homes are in escrow~ low $139,000 high $799,000

Avg. days on ~204

August Sales  ~ 14 homes sold in August 2011

Low $116,000 high $356,000

Avg. days on ~ 262

Just bend the letter C to make it an I

My wife went back to work and was then injured on the job and sent to a local chiropractor. There is a term for that coverage I think “hurt at work” or something like that, and the company picks up the tab. That same job also provides our family with health insurance for the first time in 20 years. We always carried health insurance, but it was bare bones coverage for emergencies for our children, I just remember writing very large checks for very little coverage.

So Jill was quite impressed with this chiropractor and strongly urged me to go let him look me over and begin working on stuff I have been sniveling about for years.

With selling homes I will meet people that need my services but  really have no idea what they are in for and as I start describing to them the experience, I will start veering off with real estate jargon and terminology that begins to give them a glazed over look. I know exactly what I am talking about, but just maybe, they really don’t.

So I meet the chiropractor, we have a chat and then off he goes with jargon “body jargon”. It is at that time he starts to lose me, so I just keep nodding my head.

So let’s see if the realtor can best describe the experience the chiropractor will be doing to this very beat up realtor body.

We are going to take the letter “C” (me), and see if we can’t bend it into the letter “I” (the new me).

It’s a great life!