Market Trends on Bainbridge Island

Market Trends and Housing Data for Bainbridge Island, WA.

January 10, 2011
The Poulsbo Boardwalk.

Waterfront and Second Home Sales Up on Bainbridge Island

Especially in the Northwest!  This Wall Street Journal Article outlines sales for the entire country.  Mercer Island, WA is showing some stellar increases, but I also wanted to compare it to some local numbers, which are also looking up. Sales of waterfront or homes with beach rights in the past […]
January 3, 2011

My Top 10 Homes on Bainbridge Island | 2010

My favorite homes of the 2010 Bainbridge Island Housing Market 10 Old Mill Road Original List Price $528,000 Sale Price $525,000 Days on the market 16 Date sold 8/23/10 I love this house because it was built by one of my favorite builders, Bill Corbin.  It is light, open and […]
December 16, 2010
Live Auction on the Driveway in North Town Woods

Thought About Buying a Home at Auction . . . Watch the North Town Woods Auction

This morning at 8am in the chilly 40 degree weather about forty people gathered in North Town Woods on Bainbridge Island for a live auction hosted by Williams & Williams Auction.  The only auctions I have ever been to have been on the courthouse steps.  But, this was a live […]
November 12, 2010
For Sale Pending and Sold data for Bainbridge Island October 2010

Market Data on Bainbridge Island through Oct. 2010

Below are some updated market charts with data through October 2010.  This data is for single family residences and excludes waterfront properties.  If you’d like to see this data for waterfront only, or data rendered differently, just email me and I can create the charts for you based on your […]
October 8, 2010
Bainbridge Island Housing Market 2007-2010

More . . . Bainbridge Island Housing Data from 2007-2010

These graphs take a step back and look at the last three years.  We are certainly on a downward trend in regards to price per square foot, but we see that irregular, erratic market at play through all of the seasons.  Winter months like December of 2008 and January of […]
September 27, 2010
Bainbridge Island Housing Inventory

Snapshot of Bainbridge Island Housing Market

The chart below compares single family homes on Bainbridge Island  – For Sale vs. Sold vs. Pended. You can see we had an inventory spike in July, which follows the seasonal trend of high inventory in the summer.  The current inventory number for September is 238, so we are already […]
January 20, 2010

Am I a Fortune Teller? No, I look at facts, let’s look at housing data from Standard & Poors

Once again. In October of 2008, I wrote a post looking at the history of housing prices in the Seattle area.  Since my clients are still asking me to predict the future (should we buy now or wait??) – I thought it was important to update this data to see […]
January 12, 2010
The ferry from Bainbridge to Seattle by Jen Pells Real Estate Agent

Looking Back, Moving Forward – December and 2009 Year End Housing Numbers on Bainbridge Island

2009 was no 2008 Those of us in real estate could really feel these numbers below as we closed up the year.  2009 was a different year than 2008.  I am hoping for a “normal” market as we head into 2010.  To look at the year end numbers very simply, […]