Brenda Prowse's (hdnelson) Blog

In the Kitsap County real estate market, we have been monitoring how affordability has improved for conforming conventional borrowers as a result of the reduction in median sales price and rates. Affordability for that class of buyer (admittedly limited) has improved to mid 2004 levels with the r...

Homes in Silverdale were selling for a median price of about $318,500 at the end of December, up about 1% from a year ago. The number of YTD closed sales was down 3.7% from a year ago, compared to a drop in closed sales of 18% for the County as a whole. The number of pending sales YTD is up 1.6% ...

Homes in Poulsbo were selling for a median price of about $355,000 at the end of December, up about 1.4% from a year ago. Kitsap County median prices were up 6% over the past year. The number of closed sales YTD has increased 13% compared to last year, and the number of YTD pending sales has incr...

Using the example of Kingston - the largest housing market in North Kitsap - homes were selling for a median price of about $357,250 at the end of December, up about 7% from a year ago. Kingston prices fluctuate more than some of the other markets because of the lower listing and sales volume. Ki...

Homes in Bremerton were selling for a YTD median price of about $211,475 at the end of December, up about 6% from a year ago. The December median price for closed sales was $170,750, indicating that prices may be coming down. Kitsap County median prices were up 6% over the past year. The YTD numb...

Homes on Bainbridge Island were selling for a median price of about $680,000 at the end of December, up about 3% from a year ago. The December median price for closed sales was $605,000, indicating that prices might be beginning to fall. Kitsap County median prices were up about 6% over the past ...

There is a recurring scene in the movie, "Shakespeare in Love", where in the midst of what appear to be dire circumstances with performing the play, Hugh Fennyman (Tom Wilkinson) frantically asks Philip Henslow (Geoffrey Rush) "What do we do?" Henslow replies, "Nothing. Strangely enough, it all t...