Live and Play at the Beach

The Long Beach Peninsula offers a great deal of opportunity and excitement for those wishing to visit, or live. The video at left is a promotional video from the folk at funbeach.com.

Winter can be an excellent time to visit the beach and watch powerful Pacific Storms crash the beach and the rocky bluffs. It can also be a great time to look for vacation or permanent homes. I ran some research on Pacific County through the multiple listing service and found that the coast has a disproportionate softening in the market during the winter months. Generally real estate is a little softer overall during winter. Locally in Clark County there is a roughly 25% up tick in listings, and closed sales during the late spring through summer. The coast however has a larger swing in the winter versus summer comparison with sales falling off more dramatically in winter time.

This can translate into a better deal for the savvy buyer. Those trying to sell in winter are very likely doing so out of some form of necessity. Whether it is a job change, finances, family matter, whatever the cause, the need is real and that means the seller may find themselves in a more negotiable mood.

Sellers willing to negotiate in this recent strong market are hard to find, but winter at the coast could very well provide the exceptions to this general state of affairs among sellers. If you are someone that has longed for an opportunity to own a vacation property of to permanently retire to the coast, winter can be the best time to take action.

For insights on retiring to Washington State, please visit, Retire to Washington. For insights into the real estate market for Southwest Washington, visit this blog, Realtor® Rod.

Whatever you desires at the beach, the Long Beach Peninsula has much to offer. So go have some fun at the beach.

Snow on the Beach?

The Washington coast does get snow on occasion but not as often as the Portland or Seattle areas. last weekend a minor snow event occurred in the Portland area but the coast was all rain for the most part. If you have always wanted to walk on a snowy beach with the waves crashing and all that winter wonderland about, timing will be critical. The NW Oregon and SW Washington coastline is just a tad too warm for snow most of the time. When it does snow however, it can be a significant event. The coast gets much more precipitation than the inland areas and so if it is falling as snow it can be heavy.

from Long Beach Peninsula Website

The beach is beautiful all year round, but a snowy beach is just magical. Those of you that have spent anytime in the North Eastern US or Alaska know how awesome the coastline is when covered in the winter blanket. Here is the Pacific Northwest the coastline generally endures rain with few intrusions from winter weather.

If you want to see the wonders of a snowy coastline in Washington, you will have to be prepared to wait for the opportunity and pounce when it arrives. It will mostly likely be fleeting.

That's all I have for you this time; I'll be back next month.

Hiatus!

I will be away form the blog for a little bit, I'll catch up next time :) Meanwhile here are some fun Coastal Events you can check out! Check out more here.

There is much to see and do and this winter has been mild so far. Check out the crashing waves of the mighty Pacific and while your there check out some real estate.

I'll be back next time with some more great Coastal properties.