Edgewood, WA Real Estate Blog

Like a lot of places, here in Edgewood a lot of sellers and a lot of agents seem to be having a hard time moving from fantasy land to reality.
I don’t know if it’s sellers unwilling to grasp that yesterday’s sales prices were available yesterday, and/or if their agents don’t know what’s going on… and, [...]

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The risks of holding raw land have never been higher.
FEMA recently updated their flood maps. More area is now included in floodplains. The Tacoma News Tribune ran an article on it yesterday worth reading. What they didn’t mention was that Pierce County recently updated their floodplain building requirements that may make your [...]

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Statistics for August for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.

Number of Active listings: King & Pierce County WA

Number of Active listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma, & Federal Way WA

Number of Sold listings: King & Pierce County, WA
Number of Sold listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma & Federal Way WA

Average days on market: [...]

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Here’s the third place winner from Donna Succo of Onalaska:
3rd Place – Peach Salsa

4 cups peeled, pitted & chopped peaches
1.2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
4 jalapeños, minced
3 cloves minced garlic
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp lime zest
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp fruit pectin
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp lime juice

In a large saucepan [...]

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Statistics for August for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.

Number of Active listings: King & Pierce County WA

Number of Active listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma, & Federal Way WA

Number of Sold listings: King & Pierce Count, WA
Number of Sold listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma & Federal Way WA

Average days on market: [...]

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Here’s the second winner from Kathleen Seaton of Bonney Lace, WA:
2nd Place – Kat’s Kickin Chipolte Salsa

3 vine ripened tomatoes
3 Roma tomatoes
1 head of garlic roasted
1 red bell pepper roasted
1 yellow bell pepper roasted
3/4 cup sweet yellow onion diced
1 fresh peach finely diced
4 chipolte peppers in adobe sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cilantro
1 [...]

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Here’s the winning entry for this year’s Salsa Showdown at the Puyallup Fair. The Spicy Plum & Green Chile Salsa entry was from an original recipe created by Corey Long of Federal Way, WA. It was the unanimous first place selection of the three judges.
Spicy Plum & Green Chile Salsa
Ingredients:

1 roasted green chile, [...]

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I survived as a judge at the Salsa Showdown last night. I was apprehensive at first. There were 15 entries to taste. But they were all good. Some hot, some mildly hot , and a few started “smokin” as I unscrewed the lid. But none were “excessive”.
There [...]

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