You can move your mouse over the lines to see specific stats. It’s quite interesting to see where people are coming from and going to. For example, the long red line pointing down to Texas shows that 28 people moved out of Franklin County and relocated to Harris County, TX — that’s where Houston is. Did one of our businesses relocate to Houston in 2008? I don’t recall.

The map comes from this tool on Forbes.com, and the data is from the IRS. Since the IRS doesn’t report inter-county moves of less than 10 people, some relocations in and out of Franklin County won’t show up.

Pasco & Franklin County Relocation Map is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.

1. Flagler County, Fla.
2. Kendall County, Ill.
3. Rockwall County, Texas
4. Pinal County, Ariz.
5. Sumter County, Fla.

Here’s why I think Franklin County isn’t on the list: The list is using population estimates to chart growth between 2000 and 2008/2009. Pasco’s growth has continued well into 2009/2010, so Franklin County may not show up on a list like this until there are more current numbers.

Franklin County not on Fastest Growing Counties list is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.

Groundbreaking at Osprey Pointe happened back on February 22, and phase one of the project is now underway. This phase covers 20 acres right in the middle of the park and five building sites, along with a 20,000 square foot office building that’s due to be completed in January, 2011. The Port is already looking for businesses to lease all or some of the first floor of the anchor building. (The Port itself will occupy the second floor.)

The mailer has a lot more information about the project, not to mention several architect’s renderings — one of which is below — and maps of the whole area.

The mailer says that Sam Good is the guy to contact at the Port of Pasco for more information. 509-547-3378

Osprey Pointe Mailer Shows New Business Park is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.

Cari McGee Real Estate

She’s actually on Facebook a lot more than she’s blogging, so that’s the best place to chat with her about the market and what’s going on around town.

Follow Cari on Facebook for more Pasco real estate conversation is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.

The city’s real estate tax rate will now be 0.5%, meaning the city gets $500 on the sale of a home priced at $100,000. That’s the max allowed under state law, and both Kennewick and Richland are already collecting the full 0.5%.

The city says the tax increase will add $400,000 to the capital improvements fund.

You can read more about the real estate tax increase and other news from last night’s council meeting in this TC Herald article.

Pasco Real Estate Tax Going Up is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.

2007
Permits Issued: 518
Valuation: $100,797,598

2008
Permits Issued: 398
Valuation: $77,858,825

That’s a 23% drop in both permits and valuation from year to year.

On the flip side, industrial building permits and valuation were both up in 2008 in Pasco.

Pasco Housing Starts Down in 2008 is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.

The city planning folks report that only six (6) permits were issued for new, single-family homes in November. Six! That’s the lowest monthly total in 10 years in Pasco.

For a little perspective, I’ll point you toward a post from last March that Cari wrote on her own blog:

Pasco Real Estate- Busting at the Seams and a Bust for Sellers

She talks about how the city may be growing at an amazing rate, but explains that new homes were also sitting on the market much longer than comparable homes elsewhere in the area. So, even during the high-growth periods in Pasco, there were some real estate anomalies going on.

Pasco Real Estate Slowing Down? is a post from the Pasco Real Estate Blog.