Hood River Real Estate Update

White Salmon Washington is located across the Columbia River from Hood River via the Hood River Bridge. The Hood River Bridge is a toll bridge which costs .75 each time you cross.  White Salmon is located up the hill from Bingen, Washington.There are currently 15 homes for sale in Bingen starting at $119,000 and going up to $1,200,000.   There are currently 65 homes in the White Salmon area for sale. White Salmon has become a town with many artists selling their wares in shops and galleries. Some of these are listed below:

White Salmon Glassworks

Klickitat Pottery

White Salmon Guitar

Sticks and Stones

                                                                            The Gorge Heritage Museum is located in Bingen.

More info on the $8,000 first-time home buyer credit. Thanks Larry

Here's the home sales activity in Hood River County for May 2009.  This information is from the RMLS and includes listed property sales only-no FSBO's. There were 13 total residential home sales for the month of May 2009  in Hood River County. There are currently 28 homes  sale pending in escrow.

These are the sold homes and locations: Hood River-7    Cascade Locks-1    Westside Hood River-1    Eastside Hood River-1     Odell- 2   Parkdale-1

(No picture) Cascade Locks- Sold for $94,000 2 Bdrm 2 bath 1234 sq ft. DOM-7

Hood River- Listed for $215,000 Sold for $175,000 850 sq ft 2 bdrm 1 bath DOM(days on market)-289 

Hood River- Listed for $229,000 Sold for $226,000  1244 sq ft 2 bdrm 2 bath  DOM-11

Hood River-Sold for $238,000  1404 sq ft 3 bdrm 2 bath DOM-54

Hood River-  Sold for $250,000 1465 sq ft  3 bdrm 2 bath DOM-346

Hood River-  Sold for $375,000 1390 sq ft  2 bdrm 2.1 bath DOM-146

Hood River- Listed for $269,000 Sold for $249,000  1507 sq ft  3 bdrm 2.1 bath DOM-343

Hood River- Townhome-Listed for $575,000 Sold for $570,000 1716 sq ft 3 bdrm 2 bath DOM-386

Westside-Hood River  Listed for $825,000 Sold for $760,000 4 bdrm 3.1 bath 2981 sq ft. DOM-420

Eastside-Hood River- Listed for $225,000 Sold for $225,000 2 bdrm 1 bath 768 sq ft DOM-9

Odell-   1024 sq ft. 2 bdrm 1 bath Listed for $199,000 Sold for $176,000 DOM-10

Odell-  1728 sq ft  5 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home Listed for $175,000 Sold for $130,000 DOM-25

Parkdale- 1296 sq ft 2 bdrm 1 bath  .43 acre  mtn view Listed for $229,950 Sold for $201,500 DOM-294

There are currently 28 homes sale pending in Hood River County: 1-Cascade Locks, 21-Hood River  5- Odell, 2- Parkdale-

Disclaimer: I assume no responsibilty for accuracy of information provided within this post and blog. The entries on this blog are based on the opinions and  ideas of the author and are provided without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied.   

Here is the combined sales total of homes sold in May 2009 for the entire Columbia Gorge Region: Hood River & Wasco Counties in Oregon, Klickitat & Skamania Counties in Washington.  These are the cities and towns reporting sales.  These sales are only LISTED sales not FSBO's or unlisted sales.  Overall home sales in the gorge were up this month.  In May 2009 53 homes sold gorge wide compared to 31 homes sold last month-April 2009. Sales are up overall as well as sale pendings. 

• North Bonneville-4   
• Stevenson-1
• Carson-2
• White Salmon-3
• Husum-1 
• Lyle-1
• Wishram-1
• Appleton-2
• Murdock-1
• Dallesport-1
• Goldendale-4       
• Hood River-7
• Westside HR-1
• Eastside HR-1
• Odell-2
• Parkdale-1
• Cascade Locks-1
• The Dalles-17
• Dufur-1
• Mosier-1 

There are currently 105 homes sale pending in escrow in the gorge area.    Skamania County-13   Klickitat County-22   Hood River County-28  and Wasco County-42

Disclaimer: I assume no responsibilty for accuracy of information provided within this post and blog. The entries on this blog are based on the opinions and  ideas of the author and are provided without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied.   

Here is the  latest sales data from the RMLS for Klickitat County.  These sales comps reflect only properties listed on the RMLS.  Unlisted or fsbo properties are not included. Sales are up this month from last. There were 14 total residential sales in Klickitat County in May 2009. Here's the break down.

White Salmon- 3  homes sold   The townhouse above is located on Center Place in White Salmon It sold for $215,000 3 bdrm 2.1 bath  1413 sq ft.  Days on market(DOM)-50 

 White Salmon- Located in Wyers End  Sold for $240,746 833 sq. ft. 2 bdrm 1 ba  DOM-7

White Salmon- Sold for $230,000 4 bdrm 2 ba  2536 sq ft  manufactured home  DOM-338

Klickitat- Listed for $159,900 Sold for $125,000  3 bdrm 1 bath 1975 sq ft DOM 350

Klickitat-Sold for $85,000 2 bdrm 2 bath 1064 sq ft  DOM 589

Goldendale-  Sold for $73,500  2 bdrm 2.1  bath 1179 sq. ft.  DOM-170

Goldendale- HUD home Listed for  $137,000 Sold for $80,000  1802 sq ft 3 bdrm 1 bath DOM-120

No pic-Goldendale- Sold for $154,000 3 bdrm 2 bath 1500 sq. ft.

Goldendale- Listed for $268,900 Sold for $240,000  2586 sq ft 4 bdrm 2 bath DOM-40

Dallesport- Listed for $99,000 sold for $97,500  3 bdrm 1 bath 1152 sq ft.  DOM-178

Murdock- Listed for $179,000 Sold for $155,000 2 bd 2 bath 1280 sq ft. DOM-1126

Appleton- Listed for $215,000 Sold for $155,000  2 bdrm 1 bath 1240 sq ft. DOM-735

Appleton- Sold for $149,000  3 bdrm 2 bath 1323 sq ft  4.8 acres  DOM-7

Wishram- Sold for $70,000 3 bdrm 1 bath 1424 sq ft  DOM-3

Currently there are  20 homes sale pending in Klickitat County.  5 in White Salmon, 3 in Snowden, 1 in Lyle, 1 in Trout Lake, 1 in Husum, 1 in Lyle,  and 8 in Goldendale.

Disclaimer: I assume no responsibilty for accuracy of information provided within this post and blog. Many entries on this blog are based on the opinions and  ideas of the author and are provided without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied.  

The Indian Creek Trail is a pleasant walk from the heights to the east side of Hood River or vice versa. The trail follows an old wooden city water or sewer main (I'm not sure which but it isn't in use anymore). If you start on the Heights side, you can hear Indian Creek very soon on the trail then you begin to hear the Hood River. When you are near where it ends on the east side of town you can see the Hood River from several spots. There is even a viewing bench and a picnic table near the east end of the trail. The scenery also includes trees-pine, maple, alder, fir and many other native forest plants and shrubbery. It is an easy walk of about 2-3 miles round trip.

If you are wondering how the real estate market has been doing in Hood River County here's some data going back to Jan 2008. Unfortunately the number of homes sold each month so far in 2009 has been less than the number of sales that month in the prior year. It took a bit longer for the slow market to hit us here in the gorge than in some other areas of the country. Things started to slow down around 2006 and kept declining. I see the "sale pendings" each month are going up slightly now which is a good sign. Homes are still moving, however slowly and from my experience loans have been taking longer. I had one deal with one thing after another on the lending side. The buyers had very good credit and were even putting 1/2 down. It finally closed last week after 3 extensions and supplying many additional requested items to the underwriter.

        2008-homes sold in Hood River County                                 

• Jan-10 
• Feb-12
• March-12
• April-15
• May-27
• June-13
• July-19
• Aug-17
• Sept-18
• Oct-22
• Nov-12
• Dec-13

        2009-homes sold in Hood River County

• Jan-7
• Feb-6
• March-7
• April-10
• May-13
• June-15
  

The Hood River Real Estate Update is a blog I started about 1 1/2 yrs ago. I like to share information on what's happening in the real estate market mainly related to Hood River County. At the end of each month I include my monthly market reports on current home sale statistics in Hood River, Westside HR, Eastside HR, Odell, Parkdale & Cascade Locks. I also include information on upcoming events, local Hood River photos and other things that you may find interesting. If you are looking for a home in Hood River County you can search all listings on my website.

I took these pictures this morning at Stratton Gardens in downtown Hood River.

Disclaimer: I assume no responsibilty for accuracy of information provided within this post and blog. Many entries on this blog are based on the opinions and ideas of the author and are provided without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied.

There are many places you may want to live in the Columbia River Gorge. If you are interested in relocating to Skamania County the small towns you may want to choose from are North Bonneville, Stevenson or Carson. There are several areas that are more rural but have some services like a post office or a small market. These are Skamania, Home Valley, Mill A and Underwood.  Stevenson is the county seat of Skamania County. Stevenson has a nice library, public indoor swimming pool, several nice restaurants, The Skamania Lodge, and the Interpretive Center Museum. The scenery in Stevenson is beautiful, lush and green. Stevenson gets about 75-85 inches of rain annually. It's an easy drive to Portland-about 45 minutes.