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Local Septic System Laws
We all work in areas where there are different laws governing lots of different aspects to a home purchase and sale. In the Puget Sound area we have several homes that are on septic systems. In Kitsap County there are over 60,000 on-site sewage systems. For years and years these systems were pumped or not [...]
Bremerton WA Real Estate | June Homes Sold 2010
During the month of June there were 88 homes that sold in Bremerton. [zip codes: 98310, 98311, 98312, 98314, 98337]. 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 prepared the closing packages. Once all the [...]
Does a Closing date on a contract mean anything?
Does a closing date on a contract mean anything? Do you take it seriously? What does it mean to all of the parties involved? What does it mean to the buyer, the seller, the lender or even escrow? When I write a contract I have usually been in contact with lenders and escrow personnel asking what their work [...]
Kitsap Harbor Festival May 29-31, 2010 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Festival events will take place on the waterfronts of both Bremerton and Port Orchard and will include Tall Ships, Vendor Booths, Farmers Markets, Classic Car Show, Seagull Calling Festival, Taste of Kitsap, Sailing Regatta, Live Music, Beer Gardens, Virginia V and Boat’s Afloat Show. You’re also invited to attend a Memorial Service aboard the historic [...]
Bremerton Farmer’s Market | Thursdays 4 – 7
The Bremerton Farmers Market is now open! Every Thursday, 4-7PM, at Evergreen Park you’re invited to come on down and connect with your local farmers and community members. Check out the Bremerton Farmers Market website details on vendors, live music performances and more!
VA Home Buyer | Saving for a Down Payment Depolyment Pay!
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE…… That’s the song that I sing when my husband heads out on a deployment. Yep, he is in the Navy but I have never had the pleasure of being involved with a Navy command. We have spent all of our years together hanging out with the Marine Corps. Deployment can be a very [...]
VA Home Buyer |Turn BAH into Home Ownership
I am sure as a military member you have heard this phrase about a million times in the last several years. Interest rates have been so low for so long that home ownership has been easier than ever before for anyone and this especially includes the military population, who until recently didn’t feel like they [...]
Bremerton Real Estate : 1941 Attic Video : Turn of the Century Home Buyers
One of the reasons I relocated to Bremerton WA was because of the history and early century architecture. I love older homes. Maybe it is because of one home I remember as a child that was in Puyallup. A true craftsman with a huge front porch and built in buffets, along with a really unique [...]
Multiple Offers Notification – Just might cost your sellers money
Who would have thought that in this buyer’s market you might find yourself in a multiple offer situation. Times have changed and I can honestly say that I have not been in this situation for the last 18 months. Sure there have been homes that one of my buyers might have wanted to put an [...]
Kitsap County Real Estate | Absorption Rate
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 the site that the public [...]