Very POSITIVE Lewiston Clarkston Real Estate Udate

Good News! Our area has excellent numbers considering what the national media would want us to believe...NOW is the time to buy real estate! Don't wait! Buy while the interest rates are at a near all time low! And qualifying First Time Buyers can recieve up to $7500 off the top of their 09 Income Taxes!

Local Certified Appraiser, Gary Chase, of Chase Appraisals, gave the following report: The FHFA house-price indicators for the 3rd Quarter of this year show Lewiston, ID -Clarkston,WA, as up a cumulative 4.0% for the last 1 year 32.5% for 3 years and 65.5% for the past 5 years. The one year figures compare to a -2% for Idaho overall and a -2.1% for Washington overall.

Year end stats will be available next week, but a quick glance at market conditions in the LCValley show that our sales numbers are down significantly per the LCAR MLS. Our sales prices remain stable, and the number of foreclosures is stable. National News stat's are incorrect for our area! Good News!

Brrrr ... It's cold in Lewiston Valley

Rarely do we see the Lewiston Clarkston hill "snow white" for more than a day or two! The weatherman says we will be having this 'snowscape' for the next week to 10 days. The Snake and Clearwater Rivers are also showing signs of icing over at the confluence, another rarity! We are thinking positive - - the blue sky and the crisp air are energizing. Remember- this is referred to as the Banana Belt of the Pacific Northwest. We're not used to sub freezing temperatures! Our friends have blanketed their horses to keep them toasy warm!

Small community joys

Relationships with community members are huge in the Lewiston Clarkston Valley. It is so rewarding to have just suggested a reliable handy man to a senior citizen to solve a home maintenance problem. We were able to find the handyman quickly through a happy homeowner who had used Rick (the handyman) last month. It's problem solving through good relationships!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Oh happy day! My mom is 85 years young and we celebrated on the river. Imagine mom, able to climb into the truck cab, hang out while we launch the boat, hang on while we ride the waves and love it!

Why no picture of mom? Because I wanted to show you our 2-and-a-half year old grand daughter "drivin" the boat with Gompo (my husband)! ...HOW did we get so old so fast?!

Livin' on the river is the best part of small town life here in the Lewis Clark Valley. We can launch the boat and enjoy the warm sun, cloudless blue sky, and the clean, cool water all within 5 minutes of our doorstep.

Jim and I are water lovers and we boat with our family and friends as often as we can. That's why we choose living in a little known area where there are few traffic lights, no 5 o'lock rush hour, and lots of wide open spaces.

Labor Day Boating

Living in the LC Valley is easy. Have boat, will travel! Labor Day weekend here was hot and wet... but it didn't rain!

Our boat is our family's home on the river...and the river was popping with traffic. We zipped over wakes and cooled down with the refreshing spray, and then beached up for a picnic along the Idaho side of the Snake River--The Gateway to Hell's Canyon (pictured).

A whole beach to ourselves, we swam and ate, and Liza (3) and Lauryn (2) made sandcastles and sand art till dusk. How sad to pack up and call another Labor Day history as we boated back to the launch site and headed home!

Back to Washington (across the river) we headed home and ended the day watching stars in the hot tub without mosquitos and swimming in our clean, sparkling pool.