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Snowmobile Parks in Washington State
The sport of snowmobiling is growing every year and it easy to see why. Snowmobiling offers a wonderful family and friends experience as opens up opportunities to see Washington’s back country scenery. If you are like me, you can’t get [...]
Home Buyer & Seller Information
Purchasing Short Sales & Bank Owned: Deals or Headaches?
Bank owned and short sales properties dominate the Snohomish County real estate market and it’s no surprise that many buyers are actively searching for these types of properties. But are these properties the bargain of the century or are they [...]
Snohomish County Market Updates
Snohomish County Lot Sales 4th Quarter 2009
The lot sales in the 4th quarter of 2009 Snohomish County has increased by 36% over 3rd Quarter 2009, a significant gain since it’s not typical for banks to be lending to builders. More impressively, the prices on vacant land [...]
FEMA grant to help Snohomish County residents
Summer seems to have finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The warmer weather means families will be spending more time outside working on their tans but for people living in the Snohomish County flood plain the warmer weather is not as welcomed. As the temperatures rise all week long, residents bordering the Snohomish, Skykomish, Pilchuck and the Stillaguamish Rivers will be keeping a watchful eye on their rivers.
That is not all bad news though. On June 30th Snohomish County received a FEMA pre-disaster mitigation grant which announcing that four homes will have their foundations elevated to protect against recurring flood damage. This comes as a big relief and in 2006 the “county joined FEMA’s Community Rating System to help reduce the vulnerability of structures prone to flooding damage”.
In addition to the FEMA grant, homes within designated areas of Snohomish County are eligible to buy to flood insurance at a 25% discount. That amounts to approximately 1,500 residents could potentially qualify for the flood insurance discount.
Related Pages
– Snohomish County’s Flood Website
– National Flood Insurance Programs
– Flood Smart
– MetLife’s Flood Prevention