home sales

Those who are building new homes are having to deal with increasing costs of lumber and other materials as demand is on the rise.

Lots of people are in the market with current 30 year fixed rate mortgages averaging a 2.86% interest rate.

There have been 1,372 total homes sold in 2020. That's a 4.3% increase from last year.

So far this year there's been a 5.2% increase in home sales with a total of 1016 total homes sold.

The saying goes, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!", and some area realtors are turning to technology to ward off online competition and ROBOTS.

Another report shows improving news for the housing market in Lewis County.
Call it more of a continued rebound.  Yakima County home sales are up more than    4-percent during the second quarter when compared to the same time a year ago...

Five short years ago new home sales were at an all time high.  No More. The effects of the collapse of the housing bubble four years ago are continuing to be felt, with Americans on track to buy fewer new homes in 2011 than in any year since the government began keeping track nearly a half-cent…

HOME SALES HIT 13-YEAR LOW:

The number of people who bought previously owned homes last year fell to the lowest level in 13 years, according to figures out Thursday (January 20th) from the National Association of Realtors.