Real Estate Business
January 10, 2011
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 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
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 […]
December 14, 2010
Details About the Home Single family waterfront home with three wings 170 feet of waterfront .96 acres Built in 1998 Designed by architect Seri Yeckel 6,405 square feet in three glass atrium connected buildings (wings) Five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms Two large studios with built-ins and storage 6 bedroom septic […]
November 12, 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 […]
November 10, 2010
This is a great opportunity to purchase a home, under market value, on Bainbridge Island. This is a short sale, but the bank has already approved the price. What does that mean? That means, one of the most challenging parts of a short sale is to get the bank to […]
October 21, 2010
At our office meeting this week, my Managing Broker, Casey McGrath brought up an article about how a broker in San Jose, Lisa Blaylock, had an appealing philosophy that got her clients to look at the market with a new set of lenses – and ultimately got fence-sitters to hop […]
October 9, 2010
According to an article published in the LA Times, buyer’s wants and needs lists have changed over the past decade. With the downturn in the economy and a move towards practical versus showy, the following shifts are becoming apparent as builders and developers change up their blue prints. Today’s buyers […]