quarter of 2018 with a look at days on market, median sales prices, inventory and more around the Sound. While Seattle and the Eastside saw remarkable increases in the number of homes for sale, trends were slightly different on Bainbridge Island, as the median sales price increased on a quarterly basis—not seen in any other area surveyed—and inventory remains relatively low at 2 months.
Read MoreThe housing market numbers from the first quarter of 2018 are in and Bainbridge Island has continued to stay popular and creating high buyer demand. The first quarter of 2018 showed an increase in an overall number of homes sold on the Island - up 28 percent from the same time last year despite a sharp 60.7 percent inventory decrease. There were 57 homes sold in the first quarter of 2017 and 73 homes sold in Q1-2018.
Read MoreThe annual Realogics Sotheby's International Realty waterfront report was recently released, with a fresh new website to boot. The report is typically released every August with data from the last twelve months, so in this case: July 2016 through June 2017. The report focuses on waterfront sales throughout the Puget Sound region, "including those with frontage on the Sound and connected channels north to the Canadian border; the upper reaches of Hood Canal; all navigable lakes and rivers; and smaller lakes and tributaries, excluding creeks and ponds." Additionally, only single family home sales were used in the study.
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