Real-estate investor group changes name, moves meetings
Filed on 30. Jan, 2013 in Nonprofits
A Bellingham-based nonprofit real-estate group is changing its name and moving its monthly meeting venue. Starting February, the Bellingham Real Estate Investor Network will be known as BellREIA (pronounced BELL-REE-AH), an acronym for Bellingham Real Estate Investors Association. The group will also begin regularly at the Atlantis Room in the Quality Inn on Meridian Street, moving [...]
Leinonen joins RE/MAX Whatcom County as new broker
Filed on 27. Jan, 2013 in People
Cindy Leinonen has joined RE/MAX Whatcom County’s Bellingham office. Leinonen recently moved to Bellingham from Wyoming. After earning her real-estate license in 2000, Cindy spent 12 years in the business as an associate broker with a firm based in Jackson Hole, Wyo. She will focus on the local residential market in Bellingham. Leinonen can be reached at 307-690-1055, [...]
Cook joins Whidbey Island Bank in Bellingham
Filed on 24. Jan, 2013 in People
Whidbey Island Bank has hired Deborah Cook as a real-estate loan officer in Bellingham. Cook has more than 22 years of lending and real-estate experience in the Pacific Northwest. At Whidbey Island Bank, she will be responsible for the origination of residential, custom construction and land/building site loans in Whatcom County. Previously, Cook was employed at Wells Fargo [...]
Keller Williams hires five new agents in Bellingham
Filed on 21. Jan, 2013 in People
Keller Williams Realty announced the hiring of five new agents to its Bellingham office. Marissa Noppe left Shuksan Real Estate, while Denise Jackson joined to firm from Eco Pro Realty. Three brand new agents also joined at year’s end: Deanna Swartz, Brittany Woodards and Timothy Haley. Keller Williams Bellingham Market Center is actively hiring agents, according [...]
Two Bellingham RE/MAX agents earn top career honors
Filed on 19. Jan, 2013 in People
Brandon Nelson and Josh Shiflett of RE/MAX Whatcom County have been given the company’s Hall of Fame Award, which honors agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their careers. Nelson has been with RE/MAX Whatcom County since 2007, and has worked in the real-estate industry since 1996. He was the top [...]
Whatcom home sales, prices continued to climb in December
Filed on 10. Jan, 2013 in News
In another sign of Whatcom County’s improving housing market, recent numbers released by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service showed a 15.9 percent increase in sales of single-family homes and condos in December 2012 compared to the same month the previous year. The MLS stats also showed a 16.4 percent increase in the category’s median price [...]
Local RE/MAX agent honored by N. Puget real estate group
Filed on 04. Jan, 2013 in People
RoseMarie Longmire of RE/MAX Whatcom County was recently honored as the Skagit County Realtor of the Year by the North Puget Sound Association of Realtors. Longmire has been in real estate since early 2007. She has a long association with the North Puget Sound Association of Realtors, holding multiple leadership positions such as president, treasurer and chair of the [...]
Preparation is key for buyers as Whatcom’s housing market improves
Filed on 04. Jan, 2013 in News
Whatcom County’s housing market is showing some of its best signs of improvement in five years, but a stronger outlook will bring new challenges for sellers and buyers in 2013, according to one local real-estate expert. The county’s median home sales price in 2012 was $250,000, an increase of 3.2 percent from 2011, according to [...]
With new parent firm, Big Fresh Media expands into digital realm
Filed on 17. Dec, 2012 in New Businesses, News & Features
Many big, fresh ideas start small. Mark Lee and Doug DeVries of Bellingham have spent the past decade growing their tech startup, Big Fresh Media, into a Web development firm with more than 20 employees, a variety of digital services and a division devoted solely to IT support, called Tech Help. “You hear about big [...]
November sales show housing market still ahead in Whatcom
Filed on 05. Dec, 2012 in News & Features
Whatcom County’s housing market continued an upward trend in November, according to new numbers from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Closings on single-family homes and condominiums rose 9.1 percent last month compared to November 2011. So far this year, residential and condo closings are up 14.8 percent from 2011. Whatcom NMLS brokers closed 192 sales [...]
