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New Listing: Riverfront Acreage with House, Cabin, Shop & Garden House

We just listed this beautiful home on the Coeur d’Alene River:

Killarney Lake Road 

We hate to brag, but we can’t help but notice the noteworthy comparisons between this lovely property and its namesake, a beautiful National Park on the Emerald Isle:

The charming town of Killarney Ireland is situated in the southern region of County Kerry, snuggled between sparkling lakes, deep forests, and high peaks. County Kerry is famous for its mountain ranges, cliff-filled coastlines, and beguiling islands and peninsulas. Killarney, also called Cill Airne, serves as the bustling center of this gorgeous region. The town of Killarney itself is gracefully charming and the nearby Killarney National Park can’t be missed.

http://www.destination360.com/europe/ireland/killarney

Like its namesake, this Killarney Road Riverfront Acreage is an idyllic place to call home.  We can’t promise a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but we can promise vistas of golden pasture, amethyst river, emerald pines, and purple mountains.  A rainbow of color! 

Here are a few more of its amenities:

5+ Acres
(.71 Acre on the Coeur d’Alene River)
located near the Killarney Lake Boat Ramp & Dock
off Highway 3

Cedar-Sided 2 Bedroom Home
SHOP, Garden House & Guest Cabin

No need for the “Luck 0′ The Irish”

because this property is priced to sell…
And that’s NO BLARNEY!

Check it out at
www.RealEstate-Browser.com

or call

Christy Oetken

of Windermere Coeur d’Alene Realty
for more details.

208-660-0506

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A Creek Runs Through this 6 Acre Parcel!

A Ticklish icy splash…a mischievious winking flash…
tittering and giggling and skipping along the rocks on the water…

 The West Fork of Pine Creek
gambols through this 6 acre natural wonderland. 
Come and play!

Build your dream home on this buildable 6 Acre parcel. 
Like to hunt, hike or sight-see?  This parcel backs up to BLM land, too!

Call Randy Oetken

of Windermere Coeur d’Alene Realty for more details:

208-660-0518

Randy@RealEstate-Browser.com

Check it out at www.RealEstate-Browser.com 

Take a Virtual Tour

 

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GATED 15 ACRE LAKEFRONT ESTATE | LUXURY HOME

 

– GATED 15 ACRE LAKEFRONT ESTATE | LUXURY HOME.

View a photo tour on www.LuxuryPortfolio.com

 

Call to schedule your private tour of this Luxury Estate

Christy Oetken
208-660-0506

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VIRTUAL TOUR: Selkirk Meadows Homes by Rosenberger Construction

NOW is a great time to build! 


Rosenberger Construction will build your Custom Estate in 2011.

Call Randy Oetken of Windermere Coeur d’Alene Realty to review floorplans for The Bridger, The Sequoia and The Madison.

208-660-0518

Randy@RealEstate-Browser.com

Take a Virtual Tour of Rathdrum’s Premier Neighborhood, Selkirk Meadows

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Presenting ‘The Madison’ by Rosenberger Construction

If you decide to build, you want a home that reflects who you really are and the life that you really want to live.

THE MADISON, by Rosenberger Construction  accommodates your lifestyle.

The social ‘you’ needs a home that helps you welcome your friends and family. With a spacious Kitchen, open-concept Great Room, Covered Front Porch and Covered Back Patio, this home is an hospitable space to receive your guests.

Also on the main level, the Office and Laundry room help minimize the hassles of the daily grind, like tele-commuting, bill-paying and doing laundry.

 

THE MADISON honors your need for solitude in the 2nd floor Master Suite. Additional 2 bedrooms & bath let you remain close to the ones who need you.

Low-maintenance Hardiplank Siding, finished 2 Car Garage & handsome Masonry Accents satisfy your needs for convenience and pride of ownership.

After all, your home is a reflection of you.
This 2155 sq ft classic will serve you in classic style for years to come.

Call Randy Oetken of Windermere Coeur d’Alene Realty
to inquire about this

3BR/2.5BA home
to be built on 4.8 acres
in incomparable Selkirk Meadows

208-660-0518

Randy@RealEstate-Browser.com

Check it out at www.RealEstate-Browser.com

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Real estate: It’s time to buy again

Forget stocks. Don’t bet on gold. After four years of plunging home prices, the most attractive asset class in America is housing.

 From his wide-rimmed cowboy hat to his roper boots, Mike Castleman fits moviedom’s image of the lanky Texas rancher. On a recent March evening, Castleman is feeding cattle biscuits to his two pet longhorn steers, Big Buddy and Little Buddy, on his 460-acre Bar Ten Creek Ranch in Dripping Springs, a hamlet outside Austin in the Texas Hill Country. The spread is a medley of meandering streams, craggy cliffs, and centuries-old oaks. But even in this pastoral setting, his mind keeps returning to a subject he knows as well as any expert around: the housing market. “I’m a dirt-road economist who sees what’s happening on the ground, and in 35 years I’ve never seen a shortage of new construction like the one I’m seeing today,” declares Castleman, 70, now offering a biscuit to his miniature donkey Thumper. “The talking heads who are down on real estate will hate to hear this, but America needs to build a lot more houses. And in most markets the price of new homes is fixin’ to rise, not fall.”

Castleman is in a unique position to know. As the founder and CEO of a company called Metrostudy, he’s spent more than three decades tracking real-time data on the country’s inventory of new homes….

…Today Castleman is witnessing an extraordinary reversal of the new-home glut that helped sink prices just a few years ago. In the 41 cities Metrostudy covers, a total of 78,000 houses are now either vacant and for sale, or under construction. That’s less than one-fourth of the 343,000 units in those two categories at the peak of the frenzy in mid-2006, and well below the level of a decade ago. “If we had anything like normal levels of buying, those houses would sell in 2½ months,” says Castleman. “We’d see an incredible shortage. And that’s where we’re heading.”

To see where real estate is truly headed, it’s critical to keep your eye firmly on the fundamentals that, over time, always determine the course of prices and construction. During the last decade’s historic run-up in prices, Fortune repeatedly warned that things were moving too fast. In a cover story titled “Is the Housing Boom Over?,” this writer’s analysis found that the basic forces that govern the market — the cost of owning vs. renting and the level of new construction — were in bubble territory. Eventually reality set in, and prices plummeted. Our current view focuses on those same fundamentals — only now they’re pointing in the opposite direction.

So let’s state it simply and forcibly: Housing is back.

Excerpted from

Real estate: It’s time to buy again

March 28, 2011 5:00 am

Read the full article:

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/28/real-estate-its-time-to-buy-again/

For more information on New Construction in North Idaho, visit Our Listings page.

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Gated 15 Acre Coeur d’Alene Lakefront Estate

Reminiscent of an English Country Manor, mortared in Rocky Mountain Granite, this singular Lake Coeur d’Alene gated estate has few rivals.  While premium waterfront property typically claims no more than a mere acre or two, this massive gated estate is nestled on a full 15 Acres, on 510 feet of deep water lakefront.

Incomparable cerulean lake views from large Palladian picture windows adorn most spaces of the 7330 sq ft  6 Bedroom, 5.5 Bath Main House.  Generous expanses of Eastern Butternut hardwood flooring, tongue-in-groove vaulted ceilings & hand-hewn beaming grace the interior of this Cross-gabled Tudor Revival. Interior hallways and a grand foyer are founded in Idaho Diamond Plate Rock.

Grand Stone Fireplace takes a well-deserved seat of honor in the formal living room.

Sun-drenched Palladian picture windows frame a breathless blue Lake View from the exquisite Formal Dining room, featuring a built-in sideboard.

That St Charles cabinetry is augmented in the Gourmet Kitchen, & faces a full suite of appliances, including built-in refrigerator.  The chef who masters this domain is treated to another Lake Vista, as well as a large granite island breakfast bar with prep sink & gas Cooktop.

Fairy-tale Master Suite has a Gas Fireplace framed in a charcoal surround with White Mantle & hearth.  The restful watery dreamscape is again a dominant focus to this heavenly retreat.

Trophy room is perfect for any prize: from big game or your Biggest Games. Equipped with a “Murphy” bed and its own bathroom, this could also serve as a 6th bedroom or guest room.  Daylight lower level boasts a Home Gym, Wine Room & Theater Room with two rows of theater-style seating. Also included in lower level are 2 full bedrooms with bath, sitting room and secret safe room.

Main Level Family Room features a wood-burning fireplace in a rocked wall with media niche, flanked by two walls of Lake Views, one of which opens onto an Outdoor Patio.

The grounds are beautifully landscaped with paved walkways and stairways, granite rockwork walls, lush shrubbery, colorful flora & Champion-Quality Tennis Court.

The Luxury 1500 sq ft guest house could serve as two separate guest quarters. Main Level has a Rocked Corner Fireplace in the Great Room, Master Suite & Full Granite Kitchen. Upper Level features a Bedroom Suite with Granite Kitchenette.  Guest House also features un-impeded Lake viewing.

Scenic patios boast views of Lake Coeur d’Alene and pine-, fir- and tamarack-studded mountains.  By day, bask in sunny North Idaho perfection from the Sandy Beach at the waterfront. Swim, fish or launch almost any type of watercraft from the 1110 sq ft, 3-slip Boat Dock with Lift.  Gather around the Outdoor Fireplace at day’s end for an evening of star-gazing.  An adorable single-room ‘Duck House’ on the waterfront might be suitable as artist’s studio or a play cabin.

Located five miles from The Golf Club at Black Rock, a world-class members-only community.

Call Randy or Christy Oetken of Windermere Coeur d’Alene Realty 208-660-0506.  Check it out at www.OwnTheLifestyle.com

Visit http://www.realestate-browser.com/viewdetails.php?nid=79146&mls=11-2666 for more information.

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Dalton Gardens Home: Possible In-Law Quarters

SOLD!

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Coeur d’Alene Condo in the Village

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2011 Windermere Market Review

Hello, Friends!

 Our Annual Windermere Report (see link below) is an overview of last year’s real estate market and a forecast of the trends, opportunities, and challenges we can expect in the coming months.

Forecasting the future is always a risky business.  However, we continue to remain optimistic about the future of our local real estate market.  Why? Because families and retiring baby boomers will continue to seek out healthy communities that offer recreational opportunities, excellent schools and quality health care.  And here in Kootenai County, we have these in abundance!

Are you interested in learning how all of this relates to the value of your property in today’s market?  Whether you are evaluating investment strategies, tax or estate planning, or perhaps considering a change of address, we are here to help you! We would be happy to prepare a market value report for you, compiled on activity in your local neighborhood and specific to your property.

If you would like a custom market value report, or if you know of someone who needs professional advice regarding real estate, please don’t hesitate to call us.

In the meantime, we hope you find the “Windermere Report” informative.  We look forward to talking to you soon.

Sincerely,

Randy & Christy Oetken

2011 Windermere Market Review