🌱 How fast are Long Beach-area home prices and sales really rising?
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- How fast are Long Beach-area home prices and sales really rising?
- Why kite lovers worldwide flock to Long Beach every August weeklong festival.
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- Saturday: Sunny, breezy and warmer, temps: high: 75, low: 57.
- Sunday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 81 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• County home sales, prices surged in May (chinookobserver.com) — Home sales across Pacific County, including the Long Beach Peninsula, jumped 41% in May compared with last year, even as the broader region saw a decline. Median prices climbed sharply in south county and Raymond, while inventory also rose, all against a backdrop of higher mortgage rates tied to global economic tensions. 
• 11 Washington Summer Festivals Locals Look Forward To Every Year (everafterinthewoods.com) — Long Beach will host the weeklong Washington State International Kite Festival August 17–23, 2026, filling the peninsula’s wide beaches with colorful kites, competitions, and workshops. The guide also highlights other major summer festivals around Washington, but emphasizes Long Beach’s ideal winds, coastal setting, and nearby attractions like Cape Disappointment State Park.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Commissioner and crew were honored to be invited and inspired to have attended Lummi Nation’s inaugural ribbon cutting that launched a first-in-the-nation brand new 16-bed Secure Withdrawal Management and Stabilization (SWMS) Center.
We know that the road to recovery is often a long one but with cutting-edge community centers such as the Lummi Nation’s, you don’t have to do it… (Nextdoor )
- Snow Peak posted a job opening for Campfield Housekeeping Associate in Long Beach. Apply here.
- Travel + Leisure Co. posted a job opening for Title: Housekeeper - WorldMark Long Beach Resort in Long Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Long Beach here.
🗞 Nearby News
Raymond
- Coast Weekend Calendar June 11 to June 18 (discoverourcoast.com)
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