Welcome to the College Real Estate Page for Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Many parents ponder whether they should buy or rent while their students attend college. For some the answer is to buy and for others the answer is to rent. College Real Estate hopes to help you find which is the right answer for you. Another great tool in helping you decide is our College Real Estate guide book that walks you through the entire process of buying student property. We hope you find this site useful and welcome any and all feed back. If you would like to be connected with a College Real Estate's exclusive Realtor in Spokane, Washington please visit our buying page. If you have decided that buying student housing is not the right answer for you and would like to be connected with a leasing specialist please visit our leasing page.
Gonzaga University, home to 4,500 proud students, is a private Catholic university in Spokane, Washington. It was founded in 1887 by a Jesuit society and named after the patron saint of youth, St. Aloysius Gonzaga. The campus is located on 108 acres of grassland along the Spokane River in a residential setting and within walking distance of downtown Spokane.
Spokane is the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest, the second largest city in Washington state, and the fourth largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The city is set in the forested Rocky Mountain foothills, the Selkirk Mountains. The Spokane River passes through the city, tumbling through several falls downtown before making its way into the Columbia river.
A full year’s tuition will run you $26,120. Then, add typical room and board at $7,520.
The school tries very hard to direct students toward financial aid. For the 2006-2007, nearly 96% of undergrad students received financial aid.
Just slightly north-east of downtown, the area boasts three campuses that connect in one large district of academic energy and student vitality. The district contains Gonzaga University and its 6,000 undergraduate students, as well as Washington State University - Spokane and Eastern Washington University's Riverpoint Campus. Plans call for dramatic increases in the student population in coming years, as well as additional housing, services, and entertainment geared toward a young, professional audience. Significant renewal and renovation, primarily of professional and medical business, is occurring in the area east of Division, west of Hamilton and north of the I-90 freeway.
Most reports suggest that the Washington real estate market is stable, and that foreclosure rates today are the same as they were more than 10 years ago. In fact, home appreciation in Washington out-performs the rest of the nation with year-to-year price increases every quarter since 1995. Gonzaga is situated amidst a residential area in Spokane, with several houses available on the market.
You will see apartments on almost every other street corner when you’re nearing the Gonzaga campus. However, due to a recent increase in enrollment, finding the one you really would like may be more difficult than in years past. Start looking at least 2 months before you want to move in, and bear in mind that there are also many houses nearby with residents leasing spare bedrooms and garage apartments. Keep your eyes peeled for these when you’re driving through the area. The landlords will be getting back to you by phone, so keep it handy, because if they can’t reach you, they will likely move on to the next person on the list. You’ll find 1 bedrooms start around $400, and generally, you can add $125+ for each additional bedroom.
College Real Estate’s goal is to make the moving transition as worry and stress free as possible so we have created a moving center which provides you with helpful information from your utility providers to local grocery centers, restaurants, churches and much more.
College Real Estate also offers a How To database that will keep a new homeowner or those of you renting a house or an apartment from paying an arm and a leg for a service that can easily be done yourself. You can learn how to fix the garbage disposal, light the pilot light, the best way to get rid of rodents, and many other useful lessons. We invite you to take advantage of this knowledge or even post your own helpful article.