Record Snow Makes Home Selling Challenging

Nearly sixty inches of snow this past December has made selling Spokane real estate especially difficult. Vacant homes with piled high snow and snow berms from street clearing add hurdles to the few clients interesting in viewing homes.

clipped from www.boston.com Spokane buried by record Dec. snows December 31, 2008 SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane residents were trying to dig out yesterday after a record-breaking month of snow collapsed roofs and clogged streets. The center of a supermarket roof in north Spokane collapsed Monday evening, prompting the evacuation of that store. A fire official said one minor injury was reported. Two more collapses were reported yesterday morning, at a church gymnasium and a hardware store. No one was injured. The collapses occurred as Spokane set a monthly record for snowfall, at 59.7 inches, after 8.3 inches was recorded in the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. Monday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ellie Kelch. That's more snow than the area receives in a typical winter.