Market Trends on Bainbridge Island
Market Trends and Housing Data for Bainbridge Island, WA.
January 17, 2025
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
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
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
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
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 […]
February 3, 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 […]
January 14, 2023
In my real estate world 2022 started off a lot like 2021, but when summer rolled around, the crazy market we were simultaneously starting to get used to and tired of, finally started to shift. The market we knew could NOT last forever, finally SLOWED DOWN. You will recognize some […]
January 27, 2022
In my real estate world 2021 seemed to fly by. I think many of us felt like 2021 was more of a 13th month to 2020 versus a new year. Although we were optimistic for 2021 to bring us big, positive changes, many things remained the same. That was very […]