January 18, 2025

A Look Back at the 2024 Market & Ahead to 2025

Change is Hard The phrase I repeated the most last year was “Transitions are hard!” 2024 was a transitional year. We started shifting out of a hot seller’s market into a cooler seller’s market and by fall of last year we saw a true balanced market for the first time since 2015. […]
January 17, 2025

My Top 10 Homes on Bainbridge Island | 2024

It is never hard for me to come up with ten homes for this list. The harder part can be narrowing it down to ten. We have such charming and unique homes here on the island. It is such an honor to visit and connect clients to them over the […]
January 16, 2025

Windermere’s Top 5 Predictions for 2025

Real Estate, the Economy and Bainbridge Island We have turned the page on 2024 and 2025 is officially in motion. The real estate world here on Bainbridge Island is already seeing activity. Hear what Windermere’s Chief Economist, Jeff Tucker, has to say about real estate in our region and his […]
January 27, 2024
15935 Euclid Ave NE on Bainbridge Island sold by Jen Pells Windermere Bainbridge

My Top 10 Homes on Bainbridge Island | 2023

Looking back on 2023, it resembles one of the most “normal” years in real estate in a long time. But, the new normal, right? Interest rates crept up and peaked at 8% and that kept inventory low. Many of the sellers who sold really had to sell for a big […]
January 1, 2024

Changes to Real Estate Law in Washington

Effective January 1, 2024 Significant changes are on the horizon for real estate laws in Washington, coming into effect on January 1, 2024. This marks the most substantial revision to the agency statue since its inception in 1997, addressing the evolving real estate landscape. The revamped pamphlet formerly known as […]
December 30, 2023

Matthew Gardner’s Top 10 Predictions for 2024

1. Still no housing bubble This was number one on my list last year and, so far, my forecast was spot on. The reason why I’m calling it out again is because the market performed better in 2023 than I expected. Continued price growth, combined with significantly higher mortgage rates, might suggest […]
March 9, 2023

New to Market 6345 NE Buckskin Ln

6345 Buckskin Lane NE MLS# 2041669 $1,398,000 OPEN HOUSE: Thursday 3/9- 10am-1:00pm OPEN HOUSE Saturday 3/11 – 1-4pm Fabulously updated home in one of the most popular neighborhoods on the sunny south end. Charming 3-bedroom home on a spacious 1.25 acre flat lot with two flexible modern outbuildings perfect for […]
February 3, 2023

Matthew Gardner’s Top 10 Predictions for 2023

Hear from Windermere’s Chief Economist, Matthew Gardner, for his take on the 2023 Housing Market. 1. There Is No Housing Bubble Mortgage rates rose steeply in 2022 which, when coupled with the massive run-up in home prices, has some suggesting that we are recreating the housing bubble of 2007. But […]