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February 3, 2010
The first signs of spring; the grape hyacinths are bursting thorough the leaves, ahead of the tulips and hydrangeas. The bare winter trees make for great climbing. Grey, Not So Good Last week I trudged out to my garden beds and looked at them. Brown and soggy, covered in leaves, […]
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 6, 2010
One of the original homes on Haley Loop, built by Cox Homes in 2001. One of the newer homes built by Chaffey in 2007. A newer custom home on Haley Loop built by Landmark Homes in 2006. A newer home on Ledgestone Loop built by Western Devco in 2008 . […]
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 23, 2009
On Tuesday, my daughter’s classmate, Ian, had open heart surgery at Stanford Medical Center. Ian’s surgery was required to graft a new pulmonary artery and valve. Ian had the surgery at six weeks old to create the pulmonary artery he was missing at birth, but now at six years of […]