Exodus from Long Beach? (Vancouver, Pacific: real estate market, house, living)

[AmigoNico]

Hi folks. This isn't quite "Vancouver area," but I'm guessing a lot of folks in the Vancouver area will have visited Long Beach and have some insight. Zillow shows a lot of listings for the area -- is there a problem? Is it about a tsunami being overdue?

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/?searchQueryState={%22pagination%22:{},%22mapBound s%22:{%22west%22:-124.09487938183594,%22east%22:-123.86004661816406,%22south%22:46.30396099878527,% 22north%22:46.49892910700699},%22isMapVisible%22:t rue,%22mapZoom%22:13,%22filterState%22:{%22sortSel ection%22:{%22value%22:%22pricea%22}},%22isListVis ible%22:true}

[texasdiver]

Pretty much every single beach town on the Oregon coast is also full of listings. For example I checked Manzanita which has 74 zillow listings and Pacific City which has 116 listings. I don't think Long Beach is necessarily unusual for the coast. They are probably mostly vacation properties not full time residents. That's the nature of the real estate market all up and down the coast.

[Diana Holbrook]

There isn't a mass exodus from Long Beach that I know of...


It's an area that has had a lot of booms and busts and building spurts and slow times depending on economics. I think tsunamis are a consideration living out there, to be sure.... but I don't think that's the driving factor.

[AmigoNico]

OK, thanks folks.

[jribe]

this is actually quite normal for the WA coast - if you ever talk to realtors there they will tell you the same. People will also keep their house on the market for YEARS and not care, won't drop prices much because they understand how their market works.