WRIGHT PARK

Has anyone noticed how magnificent Wright Park is looking these days? I must tell you...living only 7 blocks from the park and having lived here for 14 years, I have seen such transition to this area. The transition of Wright Park has been phenomenal! I am a runner so I have always used the park for the trails and the hills. Well...I will admit to you that there were times long ago that I did not feel so safe in the park. Even in the daytime. Well now I feel so totally comfortable. Family's have really come back to the park. There are pic-nics going on, school outings, joggers, moms with strollers, painters, weddings, festivals! I could go on and on! The new sprayground will be fantastic, if we ever get a summer. Come check it out!
BTW...as it relates to real estate....the home values in the area do nothing but benefit from the revitalization of our beautiful Wright Park.

THE GREAT RACE!!!

Picture this.....I'm having dinner with my daughter at our favorite haunt and my phone rings. It's a real estate agent (a well known real estate agent) wanting to bring clients through my home for sale. (My home....not just my listing). We just had a wedding in my home last weekend and had 128 guests. I'm just getting back to normal now and you want to WHAT? WHEN? AN HOUR? So....out we ran, jumped in the car, zoomed through the house non stop for an hour. We just squeezed out the back door when they were opening the front door.

I have a new appreciation for what my own clients go through sometimes. It's amazing what you can do under pressure though.

MORE OLD HOMES SELL IN NORTH TACOMA!

I did an interesting exercise for a client this morning! I researched in 10 year increments, homes that have sold in North Tacoma since 2008, by age. I wanted to see if more OLD homes have sold than newer. This is what I found:

1900 and below/150 homes sold

1900 to 1910/422

1910 to 1920/ 361

1920 to 1930 /329

1930 to 1940 /93

1940 to 1950/ 284

1950 to 1960/ 291

1960 to 1970 /259

1970 to 1980 /196

1980 to 1990 /175

1990 to 2000 /73

2000 and newer /280

YAY! I think it's pretty clear! 1900-1910 wins!!

GEORGE WASHINGTON VISITS THE NORTH SLOPE!

George Washington visited the North Slope on Tuesday and cut down the flowering Cherry Tree that grew in our back yard. At least that's our story and we're stick'n to it!

For the folks who have asked us about taking down a tree without the approval of Landmark Preservation, Hellooooo! It was NOT an old growth indigenous species. It was a rather young flowering cherry that was planted in our yard by the owners before us. It contracted a disease last year that we just couldn't get on top of and it had to come down. The flowering cherry became an nonflowering cherry and was in danger of infecting other trees. It was a mercy killing of sorts. Sooooo....lay down your arms and thank us instead!

Just do what we're doing and blame it on George.