Natural beauty and recreational activities help explain the appeal of Whitefish, which is an hour and twenty minutes by plane from Seattle. There is a clear, 7-mile-long lake ringed by hills and covered with lodgepole pine, Douglas fir and larch forests. Whitefish lies just below Whitefish Big Mountain Resort with Glacier Park International Airport 15 minutes away. To give you an indication of the size of Whitefish, the town is larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
The northwest Montana city of Whitefish has a population of 7,067 (2005 census) and has something for everybody. The resort town has long been a magnet for hikers, anglers and hunters who enjoy its broad valleys, snowcapped mountains and trout-filled rivers. Interesting to note that one in three Whitefish residents have hunting and fishing licenses.
In the absence of a sales levy in Montana, voters approved a resort tax that would add an estimated $1.5 million to city coffers, or 7% of its projected 2007 $20.6 million budget. This resort tax paid for street repairs and bicycle paths which further added to the wonderful ambience of our small-town appeal. Downtown Whitefish is a seven-stoplight area with one and two story weathered wood and brick buildings. Future development will be limited because approximately 2.4 million acres in Flathead County, or 73% of the total, is owned by the U.S. government, according to the U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management. It’s a good time to buy into Whitefish, zip code 59937.
People come to Montana for what Montana is, and they don’t want to change it. Compared with the ski resorts of Aspen or Sun Valley, Idaho, Whitefish retains the rustic flavor of its roots as a logging town. Although an estimated thirty homes are being built each year at well over $1 million a home, there is still affordable housing in the area. It takes an experienced realtor to get you where you want to go, and that’s where I come in.
You will find a wide variety of useful information and resources designed to help you buy or sell a home more effectively in the Flathead Valley. From information on the local community, to advice about finding a mortgage or preparing your home to sell, it's all available here on my web site. You can also search for your ideal home by viewing current listings with detailed descriptions and photos.Or you can get help determining the value of your home by requesting a report that includes the prices of similar homes that recently sold or are currently for sale in Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Eureka, Kalispell, Lakeside and Whitefish. Whether you're buying or selling, feel free to contact me and I will be happy to help you with all your real estate needs.
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