Merry Christmas to You.

No snow yet this year, but here are pictures from other years.

Snow here is fun as we don’t get it often and when we do it usually doesn’t stay long. We can build a snowman, have a snowball fight, and slide down the hill on our toboggan and usually by that time the snow has melted off the roads.

I believe that we yearn for a White Christmas because new snow looks pure and it thus represents the purity of Christ, the pure expression of love from God to us.

Luke Chapter 2 verse 10-11 “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”

May the joy and peace of Jesus Christ’s presence envelope you now and throughout the New Year.

So long from Grants Pass Real Estate.

chuck

What is new in Real Estate in Grants Pass?

Three Local Real Estate Companies Join Forces.

Agents from ERA Prestige Homes, Coldwell Banker Doran Taylor, and RE/MAX Ideal Brokers, Inc. are merging to help agents survive and remain competitive in the still challenging real estate market. Bob Gervais, owner/broker of RE/MAX office said, “We will have, at the least, about 45 full-time, seasoned professional agents. We will not only survive, but thrive.”

Michael Masters, owner/broker of ERA Prestige Homes, said, “I have released my agents to work for one of my competitors, since there are just too many offices to survive in the challenging market.” He plans to stay with ERA until his commitment to ERA is up. Then Masters plans to join the REMAX management group.

Coldwell Banker Doran Taylor is closing. Bob Chalupa, owner/broker is retiring. Most of his agents are expected to move to RE/MAX.

RE/MAX will have the synergy of three good offices combined in one office and the excitement and positive energy that comes with that.

So long from Grants Pass Real Estate.

chuck

Brrr! It's Cold!

Last night, I was sitting beside the wood stove toasting my back and thinking about the temperature. It was unseasonably, unreasonably cold. 18 degrees when I went to bed and 10 degrees when I got up. Frosty as you can see.

Crinkly, icy frost. However, the cold weather is good for our fruit trees here in Grants Pass Real Estate as they need a certain number of cooling hours in order to produce fruit. (Cooling? Doggone this is cold!) Also tulips need the cold in order to bloom. I remember reading an article years ago where a lady from Florida was asking why her tulips would not bloom. The answer was to dig up her bulbs and put them in the fridge for 2 or 3 months in order to chill them enough to bloom. Not here. Even in a normal cooling year, the tulips bloom when you leave them in the ground.

When the sun came up a little more, things looked a little better, but still only 15 degrees. This is unusual temperatures for us. Yesterday Grants Pass broke a record for cold temps going back to 1896.

Global warming.

So long from Grants Pass Real Estate.

chuck