Featured Home: Peaceful, quiet country living near town

Unique custom home with cedar siding milled from the property. Huge 1500 sq. ft. shop/garage with10x14 door, plumbed for bathroom. Separate heated 10x12 hobby/office building.

This light, cheerful home has a great room floorplan and living room with soaring windows. Kitchen has lovely oak cabinets (some glass front), pull out shelves, newer glass top stove, and microwave. Amenities include heat pump, A/C, new well pump, and new 81 gallon holding tank. Room for horses. Lots of trees.



MLS#: 28073015
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 1.75
Square Feet:
Built in 1993
Price: $387,500
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For more information or a tour, contact:
Barb Westall
Phone: 360-701-0977
Email: barb@prudentialolympiarealtors.com

Prudential Olympia, REALTORS®
2630 Martin Way
Olympia, WA 98506

Washington State Home Sales Down

Housing sales cropped across Washington State during the first quarter of 2008, according to a newly released report from the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at Washington State University.

Thurston County saw a decline in existing home sales of 22.8 percent over one year ago, and a 54.7 percent drop in building permits.

Statewide, existing home sales fell 29.7 percent, and building permits were down 46.7 percent.

Thurston County homes fared better in holding their value, with a median resale price of $257,700 (up 1.1 percent from 2007) compared to the statewide median of $293,600 (down 2.4 percent from 2007).

Featured Home: Craftsman cutie nearing completion

Charming craftsman style home in sought after Tumwater school district. Beautiful details inside and out. Exterior features shake & stone accents and front porch.

Great room with gas fireplace, open kitchen with lots of cabinets. 1/2 bath on main floor, upper level bonus area, 3 bedrooms, 5 piece master bath.

Stylish decor with rich, warm colors, painted trim, tile and more.

MLS#: 27213991
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 2.5
Square Feet: 2012
Built in 2008
Price: $316,950

For more information or a tour, contact:
Kim Rucker
Phone: 360-481-1863
Email: kim@orcalink.com
kimberlyrucker.realtor.com

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Roberta Rudnick
Phone: 360-791-0688
Email: robertae@orcalink.com
www.olympiahomesearch.com

Prudential Olympia, REALTORS®
2630 Martin Way
Olympia, WA 98506

Area Home Values Up Record 18.9 Percent

Despite a slowdown in the Olympia-area real estate market in recent months, the assessed value of the average home in Thurston County rose a record 18.9 percent this year over a year ago, according to assessments now being mailed to property owners.

"We live in a very desirable area, and the market is reflecting that," Assessor Patricia Costello told The Olympian. "Particularly with raw land and the waterfront, that type of property is not available much anymore, and demand is high."

Of course, some people wonder why the value of their property is going up even as the real estate market seems to have stalled. Writing in a local online discussion group, some local homeowners were sanguine, while others proposed a California Prop.-13 style limit on property taxes, freezing the taxable value at the price originally paid for the home. Others, like justin_time, protest that "this is a backdoor way to get a tax increase. ... I would also love to know what this tax increase is going to be used for. The county can justify this however they want, but for me it is a 46% tax increase."

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Featured Home: Stunning Panoramic Views

3100+ square-foot rambler with daylight basement, panoramic views of the Nisqually Delta, Mt Rainier, Puget Sound, and Narrows Bridge.

This 3 bedroom, 3 bath home boasts a floor design that's open, inviting, and ideal for entertaining. Gourmet kitchen with island, breakfast nook, pantry, and lots of cabinets.

Large living room with gas fireplace, family room, A/C, central vacuum, security and irrigation system, interior/exterior surround sound, extensive wrap-around deck, patio, professionally landscaped front & back yards, den/office.

Minutes to I-5 & downtown Olympia.

Open House Sunday July 29, 10am-4pm
Address: 9710 Amanda Dr NE, Olympia, WA
Directions: I-5 Exit 111, East on Martin Way. Turn L. L on Meridian, R on 4th Ave NE, R on Mett St NE, L on Amanda Drive NE.

MLS#: 27043075
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3
Square Feet: 3111
Built in 1994
Price: $524,900

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For more information or a tour, contact:
El Sanchez
Phone: 360-791-2991
Email: olympicrealtor@comcast.net
www.olympiabesthomes.com

Prudential Olympia, REALTORS®
2630 Martin Way
Olympia, WA 98506