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The City of Bremerton’s Comprehensive Plan includes the adoption of several detailed Sub Area Plans for several areas inside the City of Bremerton’s boundaries. These sub plans contain very detailed land use and development standards for areas that have been identified as areas where future growth will occur. If you live in, work in or [...]

The quote listed below is one I have used in my marketing materials for several years, so today when I ran across this news article on MSN from US News and World Report I just had to share. It is true. Not all real estate professionals are equal. Just like in other professions there are [...]

Following is information for the first six months of the 2008 local Kitsap County Real Estate Market. This information is the Average Days on Market (DOM) along with the Average % of List Price received on Solds all listed by Market Time. Silverdale 0-30 Days 31-60 Days 61-90 Days 91-120 Days 120+ Days No. of [...]

Can you WiFi on your commute? Can you read a book or knit a scarf on your commute? Many people that live in the Bremerton / Silverdale area of the West Sound do. How do they do that you ask? They work in Seattle and commute on the ferry. The Washington State Ferry System is [...]

Please, forgive me for being so late with the Month of May’s activity, sometimes business gets in the way, which is a very good thing in this market! Here is the Real Estate Market Activity for January – May 2008. Check back each month to see the monthly 2008 trend for Bremerton WA. This is [...]

I have always enjoyed walking, but while raising a family I never lived in an area that was close to much of what I needed. The house I own now is very close to shopping but feels very remote, I have the best of both worlds. I chose my home based on how close it [...]

Homes on Market :: 2153 Median Market time for 2008 :: 74 Days Homes on Market right now longer than 120 days :: 781 of which 75 have been on the market longer than 365 days – yes, longer than ONE YEAR! Of the homes listed for sale between $200,000 and $300,000 there are 211 [...]

When I first entered the real estate profession back in 1994 I was told that in order to survive in this business you must become a listing agent. You must go after the listing; a listing is like money in the bank. So that is what all of us newbie’s did, we went after the [...]