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Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2018 Third Quarter Review

AUTUMN TEMPERATURES Checking the Thermometer No, Chicken Little, the sky is not falling. It has just shifted from clouds skittering past to a more mellow and peaceful sky. Every day, we hear news about the cooling real estate market but it’s important to consider all the factors that go into those reports. Yes, our market […]
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Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2018 Second Quarter Review

A WARM REAL ESTATE CLIMATE FLAG-WAVING SEASON Summer has come to Bainbridge, and with it our traditional celebratory activities. We had an energetic Third of July street dance, a festive Fourth of July parade, and a successful Rotary Auction that grossed more than $600,000. When we move our attention to local real estate statistics, everything […]
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Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report | 2018 1st Quarter in Review

THE SPRING BOARD Things We Know Are True In the real estate business, we know never to count our proverbial chickens. Offers aren’t made until directed by a client, offers aren’t successful until they are accepted, inspections aren’t completed until everyone is satisfied, and we never take a transaction closing for granted. Every step forward […]
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Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2017 Year In Review

CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR As we welcome a new year, let’s explore some dynamics that played out while we marched through the 2017 calendar. Our market saw a decline in the total number of residential sales for each year between 2013 and the start of 2017. Despite healthy buyer demand, the lack of inventory caused […]

Market updates Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2018 Third Quarter Review AUTUMN TEMPERATURES Checking the Thermometer No, Chicken Little, the sky is not falling. It has just shifted from clouds skittering past to a more mellow and peaceful sky. Every day, we hear news about the cooling real estate market but it’s important to consider all the factors that go into those reports. Yes, our market […]

Market updates Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2018 Second Quarter Review A WARM REAL ESTATE CLIMATE FLAG-WAVING SEASON Summer has come to Bainbridge, and with it our traditional celebratory activities. We had an energetic Third of July street dance, a festive Fourth of July parade, and a successful Rotary Auction that grossed more than $600,000. When we move our attention to local real estate statistics, everything […]

Market updates Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report | 2018 1st Quarter in Review THE SPRING BOARD Things We Know Are True In the real estate business, we know never to count our proverbial chickens. Offers aren’t made until directed by a client, offers aren’t successful until they are accepted, inspections aren’t completed until everyone is satisfied, and we never take a transaction closing for granted. Every step forward […]

Market updates Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2017 Year In Review CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR As we welcome a new year, let’s explore some dynamics that played out while we marched through the 2017 calendar. Our market saw a decline in the total number of residential sales for each year between 2013 and the start of 2017. Despite healthy buyer demand, the lack of inventory caused […]

Market updates Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2017 Third Quarter Leaves Fall as the Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Rises The Big Picture To paint an accurate portrait of the Bainbridge Island real estate market during this autumn season, it’s important to put it in the context of the broader regional economy. Through that lens, things are looking very good. Estimates for September 2016 through […]

Market updates Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report: 2017 Second Quarter Review MID-WAY THROUGH A GOOD YEAR A Bustling Springtime Even though the first quarter of 2017 didn’t start that slowly, it sure felt like it did. But the second quarter was a different story. We were flat-out busy between April and June. There were 141 home sales on Bainbridge during Q2, which was a 31.8% increase […]

Quarterly News letters Bainbridge Island Market Report | 2016 Year In Review A Promising Start to the New Year Familiar Themes With regard to the Bainbridge Island real estate market and its year-end numbers, the similarities between 2016 and 2015 are striking. In both years, the market struggled with a lack of inventory and strong demand, while the market trends (that actually began in 2013) continued to […]

Quarterly News letters Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report | Q3 in Review Just The Facts Reality Check It’s election season, which means we hear assertions from candidates that sometimes warrant a bit of fact-checking. The same rules apply to real estate. At Windermere Bainbridge Island, we’ve heard a lot of misperceptions and embellishments about the state of our local market. “The bubble is bursting!” “Prices are being […]

Quarterly News letters Bainbridge Island Market Report | 2016 First Half In Review A History Lesson The one constant in our real estate market is change. Ten years ago (yes, it has been 10 years!), we were in a very competitive market. Inventory was tight and prices were going through the proverbial roof, setting new highs. Then, in September 2007, that came to an abrupt end and we […]

Quarterly News letters Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report | 2016 Q1 in Review AN INVENTORY-DRIVEN MARKET The Same Old Tune Even as the birds of springtime sing their new songs of the season, we must hit repeat as we report – once again – on our local market’s low inventory. A lack of available homes continues to dictate what’s happening in Bainbridge Island real estate. On April 1st, […]

Quarterly News letters Bainbridge Island Real Estate Market Report | 2015 in Review Singing a Familiar Song In 2015, we watched as a trend that began in 2012 continued. For the past several years, we’ve had a steady decrease in available homes accompanied by increased values. In 2015 we saw more of the same – or less of the same, depending on one’s perspective. We are living and […]