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Cruel Summer / Cooler Fall
The last 18 months have been quite a ride, especially when it comes to the real estate market in Kitsap, King, and Pierce counties. Turns out we haven't seen a mass exodus from Seattle, but more and more buyers have been exploring areas outside the cities. Remote work...
The Shift
The market is correcting and prices are slowly coming back down to Earth. Or at least asking price, anyway. Summer 2021 has been interesting, to say the least. While some homes have been flying off the "shelf" at 45% over asking, others have begun to sit. Some have...
Is This the Top?
Many have speculated that we're in a bubble and it's about to burst. This has been going on since last May, when the market roared back to life after a couple months of lockdown. Probably safe to say at this point that this market is here to last. At least until...
Is the Wind Shifting Yet?
You know it's been too long when you look at the blog and realize it's been SIX MONTHS since the last post. Ooops. What can I say? It's been a wild ride.STILL GOING STRONGJust when we thought that there could not possibly be fewer homes for sale, the next month proves...
New Year, New Inventory?
Though 2020 finally came to an end (thank GOD!!!), the inventory situation hasn't changed much. The buyers are still coming, and the sellers aren't moving. Last March and April, we had no idea what was going to happen. It took a few months, but eventually more homes...
Fall/Winter 2020 Predictions | Puget Sound Housing Market
Back-to-school time is normally the second-busiest market of the year here in the Puget Sound area. Get the kids settled, and then it's off to the races for those who are looking to move. Of course, this year is different, for sooooo many reasons. The biggest, of...
Hot Summer Market
How is it AUGUST already!? Oh yeah. June and July were so busy I barely had time to realize the sun has finally come out. 🙂 Although COVID put a total wrench into the early spring market, summer has quickly rebounded to (almost) normal levels of activity. The hungry...
The Junuary Market
It's July. Or so I've been told. The calendar says it soooo...I guess it must be true. The weather has been gloomy (typical June), and we've all been at home so long, the days of the week no longer seem to matter much. Fortunately, summer is just around the corner on...
Can’t No COVID Keep Us Down
It's encouraging to see new listings are now popping onto the market. Spring may be coming after an extra-long winter market. The impacts of COVID-19 were not seen all at once. It took a little while for things to really slow down. There were a few weeks in early...
COVID-19 Spring Market Impacts
Still Hanging On In the greater Seattle region, home prices are still holding firm. Though there was a 38% drop in new listings for April in Kitsap and King Counties (28% in Pierce County), the median price increased as inventory became more limited: Price Increases...
Real Estate in the Age of Coronavirus
It's a new world, for now. Hopefully the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak ends soon and we can get back to business as usual. I'm not going to get into the economics or the social impacts. There's enough of that in the news. What I do know about is that so far, two...
Why Zestimates Are Like Fortune Cookies
If you own a home, or know people who own a home (OK, so everyone), you've probably gone online to check your Zestimate on Zillow. Or maybe you get those email updates from Zillow or Redfin. It feels pretty good, right? These days, you're probably seeing regular,...