Moving to Bainbridge Island
December 28, 2014
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is an odd space for me. The excitement of Christmas is over and the realization that another year is ending comes right on its heels. On the one hand I love the idea of a new year. A clean slate, a fresh start. But, […]
October 24, 2014
Boomtown Across the Water Seattle is booming. Our urban neighbor has many thriving employers (including Boeing, which sometimes gets characterized as a “bad corporate citizen” but it’s still a company that brings lots of business and jobs to our region!), herds of building cranes downtown, and is frequently included on […]
October 1, 2014
September went by in a flash. And the colorful month of October has officially arrived. I have said many times how much I love the weather in October on Bainbridge Island. It is sunny. It is crisp, but cold and the colorful leaves make a perfect backdrop for many fun […]
July 11, 2014
Summer in Full Swing Around here we all say there is no better place to be in the summer than the Pacific Northwest. True story. For our family summer means a lot of sports. From soccer to softball to crew my kids are in it and we are there watching […]
June 6, 2014
Market Volume Down 26% During the month of May Bainbridge Island recorded 16 home sales, a decrease of 58% from last year. Even during the doldrums of 2008 Bainbridge recorded 21 sales. Even including the 12 condominium sales the number is still off 40% from last year’s home and condominium sales. This marked the fourth […]
April 22, 2014
Waiting for the Bloom The inventory bloom, that is. Last year’s 1st Quarter in Review highlighted the increase in the number of homes sold during that quarter over the same period in the previous year. We probably could have made a similar claim this year because the demand was there, but […]
January 31, 2014
Inventory. Inventory is the big topic of conversation in the Bainbridge Island real estate world. As we close the door on 2013 and move into the 2014 market our inventory is historically low. 2012 was a banner year for volume on the island with 386 total sales. Last year the […]
January 19, 2014
Riding the Waves The expression “in like a lion, out like a lamb” seems to apply to our 2013 market. At the end of the first half of the year, we were up an impressive 21% from the 2012 numbers of homes sold. In the third quarter, that statistic cooled […]