Today I attended the annual “State of the Base” meeting with the North Puget Sound Area Realtors.  Captain Geoff Moore, Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), gave a 20 minute presentation that included some interesting facts and figures affecting life and the real estate market in the North Whidbey region. Environmental Impact […]

The real estate sellers’ market continues in Western Washington and Island County.  Windermere Real Estate’s quarterly economic report, “The Gardner Report”, has just been published.  The data for home sales in the third quarter of 2017 shows that Western Washington, including Whidbey Island, remains entrenched in a strong sellers’ market.  Island county shows a 10.3% […]

If you were trying to sell your home in the North Whidbey real estate market in late Summer of 2017, there was a difference between how “hot” the market was for homes in the $200-$300K range and those in the $300-$450K range.  As the video below explains, homes in the lower price range ($200-$300K) were […]

The May 2017 edition of my newsletter “The Good Life” has been released.  This edition features a review of the book “Grit” by Angela Duckworth and an analysis of the real estate market statistics for North Whidbey Island.  Every two months “The Good Life” shares ideas for purposeful living and maximizing real estate investments. Download The […]