Ahh Christmas lights 2012. Time to celebrate those who go to excess with their Christmas and Holiday decorating. Keep up the good work. Today we salute you and all things that twinkle!               If you have any creative lights we would love to see thatm and are happy to share. Just e-mail the pictures to info@thecascadeteam.com and say "Christmas Lights 2012" in the subject.  

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By Wendy | Freshome

When buying a home most of us consider residential neighborhoods with traditional homes. Few would consider the idea of converting nonresidential structures into homes but there are those who are more adventurous. The range of unusual structures is broad; from grain silos to old fire towers architects have stretched their imaginations to create truly unique homes.

1. Airplanes

Boarding an airplane, one expects to travel somewhere.  No one expects a plane to remain firmly on the ground or to be home to its owner.  In Benoit Miss., after an ice storm destroyed her home, Joanne Ussery along with the encouragement of her cousin, took a decommissioned 727 and converted it.  With an investment of thirty…

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 By Rusty Weston | Forbes.com

They say wealth should be shared. After all, what good is having serious money without friends and family to help celebrate the high life?
Renting a party hall is practical but impersonal. For ultimate party privacy and exclusivity, homeowners have turned to posh, if not over-the-top party spaces with Oscar-worthy home theaters, glitzy ballrooms and great rooms that open into infinity pools or gorgeous bay views.

Read on for six of the most outrageous party rooms:

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Trophy Room, Las Vegas, Nev. Price: $16.5 million; many more pictures in the listing, 7000 Tomiyasu Lane
The Primm Compound, as it is known, sits on 10 acres, spans five buildings and 50 total rooms with…

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In Chandler, the median sold price for Single Family Detached real estate for November was $210,000, representing a decrease of 4.5% compared to last month and an increase of 24.3% from Nov 2011. The average days on market for units sold in November was 56 days, 39% below the 5-year November average of 92 days. There was an 8.4% month over month decrease in new contract activity with 428 new contracts; a 3.9% month over month decrease in all Pendings (new contracts + contracts carried over from October) to 754; and a 1.3% increase in supply to 622 active units.

This activity resulted in a contract ratio of 1.21 pendings per active listing, down from 1.28 in October and an increase from 0.68 in November 2011. The contract ratio is 137% higher than the…

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In Gilbert, AZ, the median sold price for Single Family Detached real estate for October 2012 was $215,000, representing a decrease of 0.5% compared to last month and an increase of 36.9% from Oct 2011. The average days on market for units sold in October was 57 days, 38% below the 5-year October average of 92 days. There was a 5.6% month over month increase in new contract activity with 491 New Contracts; a 0.5% month over month decrease in all pendings (new contracts + contracts carried over from September) to 883; and a 5.2% increase in supply to 549 active units.

This Gilbert houseing activity resulted in a Contract Ratio of 1.61 pendings per active listing, down from 1.70 in September and an increase from 0.76 in October 2011. The contract ratio is…

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$ 350,000 - 943-207th Ave NE , Sammamish

 
  Bedrooms : 4
 
  Bathrooms : 2.5
 
  Sq. Footage : 1,470
 
  Year Built : 1978
 
  Garage Spaces : 2
 
  Type : Residential
 
  MLS® Number : 429013
 
 
 
 
OFFERED BY: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:
  Matt Jensen
Branch Manager - Issaquah Highlands Office
206.909.8200
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Rare lake-view home in the Inglewood Hill area of…

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$ 389,900 - 16934 Laurel Hill Lane Unit 157 , San Diego
 
  Bedrooms : 3
 
  Bathrooms : 3
 
  Sq. Footage : 1,460
 
  Year Built : 2007
 
  Garage Spaces : 2
 
  Type : Residential
 
  MLS® Number : 120059668
 
 
 
 
OFFERED BY: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:
  James Hall
Designated Broker - DRE# 01704157
760.274.5708
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Nearly New Town Home in the sought after 4S Ranch community. One of the best locations with mountain views! Your new home offers 3 bedrooms plus 3 full bathrooms (one full bedroom bath…

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We generally think of the holiday season as causing explosions of bad (if sweet) sweaters, creating waistline expansion and snowballing into bank account shrinkage. But there are loads of less obvious implications of the holidays - both good and bad - in every area of life.
For example, I recently read that household energy use spikes almost 39 percent in December (bad), due to holiday lighting (good) and baking (good) and all the extra time we run the furnace for our holiday guests (good). Depression and alcohol use go up, but so does charitable giving. Stress goes up, but so do acts of kindness.

What if we applied that same, balanced eye to understanding the effects the holidays are likely to have on your local real estate…

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High demand, low inventory sparking multiple offers, market momentum

KIRKLAND, Wash. (Dec. 5, 2012) – Real estate brokers expected some seasonal slowing during November, but last month’s falloff was less than what some industry veterans anticipated. Members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported 6,522 pending sales last month -- the highest total for November in six years.

"The market is done with needed correction," declared one broker.

New figures from the MLS show last month’s pending sales rose 6.9 percent compared to a year ago, and was the best November for mutually accepted offers since 2006 when members tallied 7,022 pending transactions. As expected, the volume dropped from October’s total of 8,312…

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Metro Phoenix’s median real estate price climbed 5 percent in October after four months of remaining flat. The region’s median price of an existing house reached $157,000 in October, up from $150,000 during the previous few months, according to Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.  “The summer lull ended, and we had an influx of snowbirds and other buyers,” Mike Orr, director of Real Estate Theory for the business school, said in the report. Metro Phoenix’s median home price is up 34 percent from a year earlier.  An increase in sales in October pushed home prices higher.  “We’re seeing about 5 percent more sales activity this October than last October,” Orr said. The price and sales increases occurred as the supply of homes for sale…

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