County comp plan council set for busy run A busy meeting schedule is in store for the Comprehensive Plan Steering Council, a 15-member citizen’s group working to finalize a draft of the future land-use plan for Cherokee County before early June for state review. The steering committee met for the first time Feb. 13 in the Historic Canton High School auditorium. A series of meetings leading up to a June deadline for submission of the proposal will be held the second and fourth Tuesdays of ea... Read Full Post

January 2007 real estate sales statistics for Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach and all of Palm Beach County continue to show a decline, but the numbers appear to be moderating. Home resales declined 15% in January 2007 compared with January 2006, but it was substandially less then the 27 percent state wide decrease in home sales. Median home prices also continued to decline, 1 per cent down in January 2007 compared with January 2006. That places the median home price in Palm Beach County a... Read Full Post

Existing-home sales rise 3% in January Sales of existing homes rose in January by the largest amount in two years, raising hopes that the worst of the severe slump in housing may be coming to an end. Median home prices, however, fell for a sixth straight month. The National Association of Realtors reported this week that sales of previously owned homes rose by three percent last month, the biggest one-month increase since a 3.3 percent increase in January 2005. Sales of existing U.S. homes ro... Read Full Post

The housing market around the country is going through a change; what was a definite sellers market in many area has shifted to a more balanced real estate market and, in some cases, shifted completely to a buyers market. Many factors come in to play when determining the current real estate market conditions, but, one easily measurable statistic is to see if buyers are still in the market buying homes. The direct impact to a seller is that if the number of homes sold has remained steady, you ... Read Full Post

WEST RICHLAND - There are four major projects over at Red Mountain. There's the grape growing region, two separate plans for new highway interchanges in Benton City and into West Richland, and then there's the Red Mountain Center. The project's just starting to take shape. For this empty stretch of roadway, big plans are in the works. Wineries and retailers could make this a tourism hot spot. "We're a community with a blank slate with access to city services so there is a great deal of potent... Read Full Post

Atlanta – A Homebuyers Dream! Atlanta has become quite a metropolitan city and a sought-after place to live. Many joke that it is a northern city plopped down in the middle of the south. It is true that you may meet quite a number of residents before you actually run across someone that was born and raised here! Atlanta and the outlying suburbs have become a real estate mecca for homebuyers from all over the country who want to invest in real estate or buy a home. Many “snowbirds” that ... Read Full Post

We are back holding open houses in Ironhorse this Sunday, March 4 from 1 - 4 p.m. The Weiss-Clawson Team will be at 8173 Spyglass, a lovely 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath upgraded home in this wonderful country club community. Priced at $399,000 the Spyglass home is the lowest priced residence on the market in Ironhorse and is a fantastic value. Come see us on Spyglass and we can also take you to see several other homes for sale in Ironhorse ranging in price from the low $400,000's to the $900,000's, an... Read Full Post

I have been in talks with Google corporate lately regarding becoming an enterprise Google maps customer. This would open up some very exciting opportunities for REW IDX customers including: Unlimited Geocoding license Enterprise Level Support directly from Google Opportunities and access to the newest Google API features Zero Ads - Currently Google does not have ads on their maps, but they do reserve the right to do so in the future, however as an enterprise account, REW will have the option ... Read Full Post

Is it just me or has everyone been becoming a little ‘link obsessed’ lately? This week I’ve been counting the number of posts I’ve seen written about getting links - I’m over 40 and still counting...[read on] Joe and Colleen Lane are Southeast Washington State Realtors® specializing in Real Estate Tri Cities WA buyer/seller services for Kennewick Real Estate, Richland Real Estate, Pasco Real Estate, and surrounding areas. Search the MLS for residential houses, multifamily homes, co... Read Full Post