Real Estate Business
January 26, 2010
I showed houses this past weekend to two separate families in two separate price ranges. Both families are working from two separate wants/needs lists, both have different limits and constraints. And . . . even in a time of year with a lean inventory (166 homes on the market), there […]
January 20, 2010
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
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, […]
January 5, 2010
2009 is in the record books and on Bainbridge Island, in regards to real estate, it was a memorable year for many buyers. This past year many deals were had on new construction. Several homes that were built in 2007 or started in 2007, just as the market declined, […]
December 26, 2009
Old Creosote Hill Road I was proud to represent the buyers in their purchase of this new custom home built by Bainbridge Island Builder Bob Grimm. And, the buyers were thrilled to move into their beautiful home before Christmas. Special thanks to Tom Rees at Bainbridge Island Mortgage […]
December 14, 2009
I could use one of those about now. I generally have a problem with uniformity; however, if it solves decision making problems on dark winter mornings and eliminates clothes shopping . . . sign me up. If you know me, you know I do not love to dress up. I […]
November 6, 2009
Update as of 11/06/09 President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 into law today. The legislation greatly expands the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit by making more first time homebuyers eligible for the credit and now includes homebuyers that are not first time homebuyers. This […]
September 9, 2009
Shrinking inventory + increase in the number of pending sales + increase in median sales price since January 2009 = a stabilizing marketplace! Here are the statistics: Active Listings August 2009 = 2029 Active LIstings August 2008 = 2769 26.72% decline in inventory (that is a good thing, less supply […]