The median price for homes sold in Anacortes in December was $355,000, down about $28,000 from December 2007, when the media price was $383,071.
Eighteen homes were sold in December, a month when the number of sales is traditionally low. A year earlier saw 21 homes sold in Anacortes. But, there are more than 200 homes listed for sale in Anacortes.
Looking at 2008 as a whole, there were 230 homes sold, down 28% from 320 sold in 2007. But, the median sales price in ‘08 was $413,637, up from $373,750 for homes sold in ’07.
Anacortes realtor Linda Harris said she’d prefer to look ahead with a positive attitude. “I am very hopeful that fresh solutions will usher in better times. Interest rates remain extremely competitive,” she said.
Harris is starting off the year with a new firm, Coldwell Banker Island Living, having moved over from Windermere Real Estate.
She added, “Selection and prices are good, enabling many to enter the marketplace, perhaps, for the first time. This can be just the jump-start for better things ahead and a more balanced, healthier market for us all in 2009.”