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What's this odd thing in closed sales in Vancouver, Washington? Market Snapshot 2009/01/25 I noticed something peculiar this week... Our market has been seeing 45 to 55 sales close (actual transfer of title) each week for the past few months. Actual range is 34 to 61 since beginning of November; ...

Vancouver's last independent pharmacy closes Mike's Eastside Drugs and Homecare Equipment has closed its pharmacy business and transferred the accounts to Walgreens at 9714 E. Mill Plain Blvd. in Vancouver. Owner Mike Graeff has operated the pharmacy for 30 years and will continue to own the reta...

How's the maket in Vancouver, Washington? Monday Market Snapshot, 01/19/2009 Do I detect a little interest here? The number of active listings increased this week from 3280 to 3308, but, BUT, the number of homes pending (accepted contracts) also increased from 422 to 447. The net result was a sli...

CCHSM Hosts Exhibit And celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Library Building! I recently received this information from the Clark County Historical Society Museum: "The Mapmaker’s Eye: David Thompson (1770-1857) on the Columbia Plateau, a traveling exhibit based on a book by historia...

Back to the river... Rivermaiden that is. Today, I visited with sweet Courtney Givens, the brains behind Simple Pleasures Events, and we met over coffee at one of my most favorite places for coffee. Oh - yes, that would be The Rivermaiden! Today I enjoyed a Kenyan coffee. How to describe it? I th...

How's the market in Vancouver, Washington? Monday Market Snapshot 2009/01/12 Is everyone spending their Christmas money? All of a sudden we have tighter active-pending ratios! The change is about .5 of 1%. Considering our market shifts about .25 of 1% a week, that's about 2 weeks worth of change....

Vancouver, WA Monday Market Snapshot 2009/01/05 Or should I say 'snap snap' since it covers the market change for 2 weeks? Our ratio of pending to sold did contract slightly with 399 pending and 3273 active for sale. Both numbers are showing the seasonal dip in volume. But that spread between the...

What's the last thing you'll think about? Thoughts during death watch End of year, end of life, for my father-in-law. My husband and I are at his parents' home, called back because his father is in the last days of his life. I'm awake tonight, listening in on the dieing so my sister- and mother-i...

Fresh Snow...Again Something I'd forgotten about fresh snowfall The quiet, muffled sounds of the neighborhood are one of the pleasures of snow. I like the magic light of a snowy night too. I like the looks of a field of undisturbed snow. And the implied solitude of a single set of steps (in this ...