http://westsoundlive.com Jo Soss-Olson | Skyline Properties, Inc. | 360-990-1433 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:31:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you thinking of buying a home in the Bremerton area of Kitsap County?  Are you a first time home buyer or do you qualify as one under the IRS guidelines?  If you are, you might want to start thinking about putting both feet into the Bremerton housing market.  If ... http://westsoundlive.com/bremerton-time-home-buyer-8000-tax-credit-time-running/ I have been thinking about absorption rates lately with all the talk of how the area housing market is improving.  The NWMLS (Northwest Multiple Listing Service) releases data every few weeks and of course monthly market data reports.  If you want to read more from the NWMLS you can bookmark ... http://westsoundlive.com/kitsap-county-real-estate-absorption-rate/ During the month of May there were 63 homes that sold in Bremerton.  (That is 2 more sold homes than in April.)  These Bremerton homes actually had a transfer of home ownership.  Contracts complete and Lender funds available the home buyer and seller signed all of their documents as escrow ... http://westsoundlive.com/bremerton-real-estate-homes-sold/ During the month of April there were 10 homes that sold in Silverdale.  These Silverdale  homes actually had a transfer of home ownership.  Contracts complete and Lender funds available the home buyer and seller signed all of their documents as escrow prepared the closing packages.  Once all the I's were ... http://westsoundlive.com/silverdale-real-estate-april-homes-sold/ I love Google Alerts! It is amazing what you can find out by setting up your key phrases targeted to your market area. This evening this US News & World Report article came through.  This is an exciting piece of news. Of course it doesn't surprise me, we are ... http://westsoundlive.com/news-world-report-names-bremertonsilverdale-1-top-10-housing-markets-10-years/ During the month of May there were 48  homes that sold in Port Orchard ( 10 less than in April).  These Port Orchard  homes actually had a transfer of home ownership.  Contracts complete and Lender funds available the home buyer and seller signed all of their documents as escrow prepared ... http://westsoundlive.com/port-orchard-real-estate-may-homes-sold/ I am sure you have heard all the doom and gloom from a million different news reports concerning the lending industry mess, how several loan programs once available are no longer, how zero down loan programs are almost non-existent and how hard it is right now if you have ... http://westsoundlive.com/va-home-loan-kitsap-county/ Times have changed for all home buyers. The days of being able to receive very substantial market equity in a three year time span has all but disappeared in most areas. In the Kitsap County area we have been lucky that our market although slow and undergoing a ... http://westsoundlive.com/naval-base-kitsap-military-member-purchase-home-market-climate/ Not a bad time to purchase a home in Bremerton, Washington. In fact it is a great time if you are a 1st time home buyer and qualify for the $8,000 tax credit - CREDIT! NOT loan! Read the information I have written about the program here $8,000 First Time ... http://westsoundlive.com/bremerton-homes-200000-bremerton-buyers-market/ During the month of April there were 58  homes that sold in Port Orchard ( 6 more than in March).  These Port Orchard  homes actually had a transfer of home ownership.  Contracts complete and Lender funds available the home buyer and seller signed all of their documents as escrow prepared ... http://westsoundlive.com/port-orchard-real-estate-april-homes-sold/