On the First Thursday of each Month, Allyn Community Association members gather at the Boat House Restaurant in Downtown Allyn to discuss Community Business. I was there with my new early Christmas Gift, a Panasonic compact camera, and snapped a shot of the members. I asked all of them to Shout o
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12/04/2008
First Post of the Month... and would'nt you know it, I just have to provide a statistical report for Mason County Real Estate for the two week period of November 1st through November 15th. I know there are some local Realtors and industry followers out there just waiting anxiously for this inform
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12/01/2008
In the Third series of economic reports provided by Gardner Johnson Land Use Economics, The Gardner Report points out that our Region has been adding Jobs for the past 12 months ending September 30, 2008. King County posted the most gain with a percentage change of +3.1% in annual employment. M
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11/21/2008
Lets face it, when you read today's Headlines all we hear about is the worse case. "Consumer Confidence Falling", "A Recession is Upon Us", "Housing Prices Continue to Fall" and so on. But I don't believe the headlines tell the whole story. Each week in my local market I write a column in t
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11/19/2008
The following narrative is my second of three Blogs about rural Stretch Island in South Puget Sound for the Mason County Localism Promotion that our local Realtors have embraced. In Mason County, AR members within the real estate community, are telling their stories about life in our small corne
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11/17/2008
"Island Belle"is a light-bodied hybrid grape (vitis labrusca), also known as Campbell's Early. The Grape made its debut around 1890 on Stretch Island located in Grapeview, Washington along the shore line of South Puget Sound. The "Island Belle" is a concord type vine that was cross breed with nat
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11/14/2008
To date Mason County has had 1,222 total real estate sales. There were 1,152 sales to Washington State Buyers. Locals made up the largest percentage of buyers numbering 747 all from zip code 985xx (Mason County). Followed by 162 buyers from zip code 983xx (Jefferson County). The
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11/14/2008
If you grew up in the Puget Sound Area or visited during your youth, you probably have a host of memories about Mason County, in the State of Washington. Mason County was my outdoor playground for just about anything I could dream up. The County covers 961 square miles of land with 275 of those s
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11/13/2008
Several people recently have approached me and have asked "What's up with this Localism you're always talking about"? My short answered is, "our agents are providing valid local real estate information about the local market, not just a bunch of listings and testaments to there ability to sell re
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11/12/2008
I was just reading some comments on the AR site when out of the blue I noticed a new statement that declared that I have received 2000 bonus points from Bob Stewart for my efforts in promoting Localism. Thank you Bob Stewart. It was certainly a surprise. I must confess that I am thrilled with Loc
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11/11/2008
