Page 1.Pull FactorPage 2.Pull FactorPage 3.Pull Factor In the Friday, June 18th Echo Press there was a great article on Alexandria's Pull Factor. You can get more information on this statistical information as well from Jason Murray over at the Alexandria Area Economic Development office at 320-763-4545. But in a nutshell, you can see that…
In attending a meeting on the Knute Nelson Grand Arbor project here in Alexandria, I was provided with these numbers that I thought you may find interesting. AGE 55 AND OVER: In 2005, there were 10,220 citizens here Estimated 2030, there will be 17,410 citizens here. A 70% increase AGE 65 AND OVER: In 2005,…
Talked with Sarah today from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department and she said that to date they have had 59 foreclosure sales. A SALE: is where a property owner is served notice that they are being foreclosed on, the sale date has been set and then the sale actually occurs. A lot of activity has…
Rate Sheet from 6.24.2010 The attached interest rate sheet was delivered to my office on June 24, 2010. I put it in my blog so that a couple of years from now we could go back and look at it. I can only say that this real estate environment is probably one of the best…
Haven’t been here for awhile. Was gone to Maine…Cape Cod and New York City. Little roadtrip with the family. Anyway, the inventory levels here in Alexandria and Douglas County are escalating again. Last year showed some signs of a repreive, this year now we have surpassed the levels once held. Here are the statistics: RESIDENTIAL.Peak…
1999-2009 Assessed Values in Douglas CountyEnclosed are the values of real estate, as reported by the Douglas County Tax Assessor. This chart shows that in all of Douglas County in 1999, we had $1,715,323,400 in Taxable Market Value. In 2009, we had $5,209,785,300 in Taxable Market Value. Look at the percent change in Estimated Market…
Current MLS inventory on lakehomes stood at 418 listings as of this morning. That surpasses the one set on July 30, 2007 of 417 listings. Of those 418 listings, 246 are in Douglas County. The highest number that I have posted for that Douglas County statistic was August 26, 2009 when Douglas County lake homes…
I have received the Alexandria City assessed valuation and since 2004, it appears that the Alexandria City’s tax base has increased about 36%. Not bad, considering a lot of people say that things have gotten worse…must be a mindset as the numbers don’t seem to be pointing in that direction. Now there was some annexation…
Reading Celeste Beam’s article in the Echo Press on June 4th, I was elated at the great news for the county. Celeste said that the news was mixed, I didn’t see any “bad” news. Sure some of the sectors are down, such as employment in construction, but compared to what? Overall, Alexandria and Douglas County…
Reading a couple of reports (Wells Fargo Securities) about the data from the tax credit, I will share… Housing Data Wrap-Up May 27, 2010: “Once the tax credit program ends, home sales are likely to retest the lows hit following what was originally thought to be the end of the first-time homebuyers tax credit last…
