White picket fence and adorable downtown cottage! Steps to the lake and park. Remodeled and updated!
Close to the park and lake!
Enjoy Tubbs Hill views and park views from the backyard decks!
May
15
Mar
19
St. Patricks Day Downtown Coeur d’Alene!
St. Patricks Day in downtown Coeur d'Alene
Our resort town has so much spirit………I just had to go watch the very small but energetic St. Patrick’s Day Parade! There were only a handful of entrants which included dressed-up green dogs, sheep with their sheep herder, horses, the Firetruck and of course Coeur d’Alene’s finest firefighters! They call themselves “Firefighters Pipe and Drum Band! What is better than gorgeous Firemen in kilted skirts playing their bagpipes! I followed them from the parade to The Beacon and to The Moose. I heard they were going all over town up until the 11:00 or midnight hour! Thank you!
Feb
16
Real Estate Market Forum 2012
I attended the annual “Real Estate Market Forum” this week at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. There were speakers presenting employment, real estate trends and market statistics. A dozen leaders from the Spokane and Coeur d’alene communities gave their predicted forecasts. Overall, 2012 will be a slow climb and not a full-blown recovery. Most said the housing market and the overall job picture won’t approach normal growth rates until 2013. Retail growth is bright and looks stronger. There is affordable retail space that is appealing to companies and restaurants are also expanding. Demand has grown in the multi-family market, with rent rates on the rise. But overall office space has a large vacancy rate.
Lawrence Yun, the Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors was the keynote speaker. “Housing affordability conditions, based on the relationship between median home prices, mortgage interest rates, and median family income, have been at a record high in 2011,” Yun said. “Very favorable affordability conditions will dominate 2012 as well, which will probably be the second best year on record dating back to 1970. Our hope is that credit restrictions will ease and allow more home buyers to take advantage of current opportunities.” He said if the banks would loosen their credit requirements, 15-20% more homes would be sold.
Dec
10
Coeur d’Alene Resort named a top holiday destination!
The Coeur d’Alene Resort earned the eigth place out of 16 on Travel and Leisure magazine’s list of Best U.S. Hotels for the Holidays. The magazine features a photo of The Resort’s Holiday Light Show, stating that it’s the largest in the country with 1.5 million lights twinkling over buildings and trees. It is quite spectacular and always a holiday treat! I was walking downtown last night with friends and we wondered over to stand and look at the Resort and the lights on the boardwalk. Thank you Mr. Hagadone!
Oct
30
Turkey Crossing in Downtown!
Flocks of Turkeys in the Neighborhood!
It is such a site to see two dozen turkeys crossing the street in Sanders Beach! They have been strolling around for weeks and finding plenty of food in the yards and at the base of Tubbs Hill. Everyone is talking about them! I’ve heard they can be a nuisance and some neighborhoods in other areas are annoyed. They claim that the flocks are tying up traffic and the males are attacking. We are amused here and we’re all wondering if they’ll disappear or where they will go the week prior to Thanksgiving!
Oct
20
Oct
10
Deer in Sanders Beach!
The deer must be coming down from Tubbs Hill, but I haven’t actually seen them! They must sneak over in the night to eat the apples off of our 100 year old apple tree! And, while they’re wandering around in the front yard, they’ve been eating my hosta plants! All the big beautiful leaves are chewed to the bottom.
Sep
23
Sanders Beach Block Party!
Cheers to a successful block party in Sanders Beach! We gathered about 60 neighbors and enjoyed hamburgers and hot dogs at Lauras home on South 11th. The weather was 75 and perfect in the shade of her trees! We met new neighbors that had recently moved to the neighborhood and even a couple that are building and yet to move in! Thank you Laura for hosting! Thank you Bill and Richard for joining me in hosting this block party! Everyone had a good time and they all look forward to the next event!
Sep
02
Labor Day Weekend Festivities
See you on the lake this weekend or at an event. Fall Fest Celebration is this weekend at Schweitzer. St. Maries is hosting Paul Bunyan Days and I have never been but it seems like this will be the year we make it. We’ll boat down to the festivities! Wallace has “under the bridge and flea market and food fair”.