Roundup on total property sales


Written by | The Bellingham Herald | January 20, 2010

While down overall for the year, several Whatcom County communities were busy with property transactions in December.

Last month 165 properties were sold in Bellingham, up 33 percent compared to December 2008, according to data from First American Title in Bellingham. Total property sales include residential, industrial, commercial and undeveloped land.

For 2009, Bellingham had 1,806 property sales, down 9.7 percent compared to 2008.

Ferndale, Lynden and Blaine totaled 156 property transactions in December, up from 107 in December 2008. For the year, those three communities had 1,651 property sales, down 7.6 percent compared to 2008.

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  1. Ted Wood says:
    January 21, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    How about building permits–single family, multi and commercial/industrial??

  2. Dave Gallagher says:
    January 22, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Hi Ted,

    Good question. Bellingham hasn’t released its December totals yet, but they issued 616 permits through November 2009. In 2008 they had 776 permits and 946 in 2007.

    In unincorporated Whatcom County, there were 855 permits issued in 2009, down 25 percent in 2008, when there were 1,142 permits issued.

    I’ll take a closer look at the breakdowns you mentioned to see what trends can be found.

  3. Ted Wood says:
    January 23, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    Thanks Dave, It will be interesting to see the breakdown

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