Market Trends on Bainbridge Island

Market Trends and Housing Data for Bainbridge Island, WA.

July 29, 2012
Summer 2012 on Bainbridge Island | Jen Pells Real Estate

Bainbridge Market Update | First Half 2012

Drum Roll, Please . . . Those of us in the real estate trenches have always considered the middle of 2007 as the peak of the Bainbridge market. The correction began on or about September 1, 2007 (let’s say at 3:30 in the afternoon for dramatic effect). So it is […]
July 9, 2012
Multiple Offers on Bainbridge Island - Jen Pells

The New Homebuyer | Trend Towards Better Not Bigger

Courtesy of: ImprovementCenter.com
May 20, 2012
Spring 2012 Sales on Bainbridge Island

What’s Been Going On? March & April saw a surge of sales on Bainbridge Island

Things have been sort of crazy in my world.  2006 crazy.  Crazy like multiple offers and 70 hour work weeks.  Crazy like I had four inspections this week, submitted three offers  – all three of which were multiple offer situations and I had two families in from out of state […]
April 18, 2012
Bainbridge Island Real Estate | 2012 | Jen Pells

Bainbridge Real Estate | 2012 First Qrtr Review

The Big Picture If you consider only the number of homes (or condos) that sold during the first quarter of this year, your initial reaction would probably be, “Ho hum.” Look carefully, though, and you will see some interesting things. If you include what is happening now, in mid-April, you […]
March 14, 2012

Bainbridge Island Market | Recent Sales

Current Bainbridge Island Market Conditions 2012 started off with quite a bang in our office.  In the last week of February alone I had four closings and the statistics right now of PENDING sales show growth and optimism for our market, especially in the higher end segment. Our $400-$600k market […]
February 19, 2012
Multiple Offers on Bainbridge Island - Jen Pells

Multiple Offers on Bainbridge – they’re back

10 Tips for Buyers in Multiple Offer Situations The swift activity in the under $500k market has brought back the multiple offers so commonly seen prior to 2007.   I had my fair share of them in 2011 with buyers.  While some buyers prefer to stay far away from multiple […]
January 19, 2012

Bainbridge Island Real Estate Stats for 2011

2011 Year End Review As real estate agents we entered last year full of optimism and hope that 2011 would usher in numbers far different from what we saw in 2010.  But, by the second quarter we realized there were not going to be any major positive shifts in our […]
December 22, 2011
FHA Loan Limits Restored to $475,00 in Kitsap County.

Kitsap FHA Loan Limits Back Up (again)

FHA Loan Limits Back Up Nov. 18, 2011-Dec 31, 2012 This December HUD confirmed that the 2012 FHA Mortgage Limits have been restored to the higher temporary loan limits effective November 18, 2011 through December 31, 2012.  On October 1st, the loan limits had rolled back to regular numbers, which […]