Things Are Looking Up - Way Up Over the first three months of 2008, 34 homes sold on Bainbridge Island. The next year, 37 sold in the first quarter. By 2012, first-quarter sales rose to 55. How many this year? Eighty. That is 45% higher than last year (which we felt was pretty good at
Storming Back With the arrival of the new year, we also welcome a fresh new start to our local real estate market. As we tally the 2012 year-end statistics, we have reason to think that 2013 might look a bit brighter than its predecessor. Putting Things in Historical Context The number of Bainbridge Island’s
2013: Another Good Year for Housing Well, the time has come again to polish up the old crystal ball, gaze into it, and see what's in store for the housing market in 2013. Having spent long hours staring into the mists, it appears as if this year will be about as easy to predict as
The fiscal cliff package that was approved this week includes a provision that will help maintain a viable short sale market in the year 2013. The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act was set to expire on December 31, 2012. This act provided an exemption to the normal rule that forgiven debt is taxable income.
I love our town this time of year! The decorations are stellar, for a small home town feel, store merchants are jovial and passers by are in the spirit of giving! Here are a couple of things you simply must do: 1. Winterfest on Bainbridge Island-12/21-12/23 Annual Holiday Garden of Lights at Bainbridge Gardens. Take
At the present time we have only 112 active residential listings on our market. Usually at this time of year we are closer to 200 active listings. However, buyers are out there and they are taking advantage of the low inventory, great prices and even better rates. Quite a few cash buyers have even come
What a Long, Strange Trip it's Been: It's About Time- Even during the darkest hours of 2008, we knew one thing for sure: Bainbridge Island real estate would recover because our market is supported by fundamental strengths, including the fact that it’s a great place to live. Looking back at the first three quarters of
Everyone knows I love this time of year! The colors, crisp nip in the air, pumpkins, Halloween candy, imagination, indian corn, trick or treating, pies and everything that goes along with the start of the holidays! I LOVE it all! Usually, my home is fully decorated for Halloween this first day of October. However, this
Being a third generation islander, I love to go to the Bainbridge High School Homecoming every year. This year did not disappoint! First off, the weather was FANTASTIC...there is nothing better than walking to good old BHS in the dark not wearing a jacket! The blue and gold was prominent everywhere, from painted faces (and