Moving to Bainbridge Island
March 3, 2012
This week’s blog post is written by islander Amy Lenahan – a good friend and client who moved to Bainbridge Island from Chicago in 2010. Amy now writes her own blog, Little Blue Journal, which features her own observations about island life. As I have done in the past, I […]
February 19, 2012
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 […]
February 10, 2012
About the Weather . . . Does it Really Rain All the Time? There is a poster you can buy in souvenir shops in Seattle that we locals find amusing. It says “We Turn the Rain Off When You Leave.” Kinda true. My parents look at the weather forecast from […]
January 31, 2012
Bridging the Gap The best way to describe what the Bainbridge Schools Foundation does is – bridge the gap. They bridge the gap between state funding and the amount of money really needed to run a school – and run it well. Since 2006 BSF has been working hard to […]
January 29, 2012
Sellers are Getting their Houses Ready I have several buyers putting their homes on the market right now in states, far, far away. They are preparing for their relocation to Bainbridge Island. These buyers often inquire about the PROCESS. The process of timing and orchestrating the sale, and then the […]
January 19, 2012
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 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 […]
December 21, 2011
New Waterfront Homes on Lynwood Center Road The national news is reporting good news in regards to housing starts. Housing starts and new permits jumped to a 1 1/2 year high in November, the highest level since April of last year. While good news on the nation level is indeed […]