Inside Bainbridge

If the name John Tawresey rings a bell, it might be from the headlines he made last year when he was arrested for a hit-and-run DUI at San Carlos Restaurant. Maybe you heard about it because Tawresey subsequently resigned from his position on the Bainbridge School Board after a previous hit-and-run charge came to light roughly…

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8:32 p.m. They didn’t come anywhere near the $12.8 million priciest home ever sold on Bainbridge, but these five luxury homes sold on Bainbridge in 2012 are nothing to sneeze at (or in.) 10445 Secretariat Lane NE | $3,400,000 You’d think a $3,400,000 home would have a lot of bathrooms sitting around waiting for people,…

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by Jim Peek with Sarah Lane, November 11, 2012, 5:21 p.m. What has happened every 18 hours here on Bainbridge since January 1st? A single family residence or condo has sold. Comparing November 1, 2011, year-to-date totals with those of November 1, 2012, we get the following results: Single Family Residences (up 50 percent in sales…

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Tonight, June 18, at 6:30 is the time to discuss the plan to build seven commercial buildings on the property on the northeast corner of 305 and High School. At this public participation meeting in the City Council Chambers you can find out more about the Visconsi Companies’ proposed commercial development, ask questions, and voice…

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The proposed shopping center project intended for the Northeast corner of Highway 305 and High School Road is only a month into the planning stages and yet already the pieces are beginning to fall into place. The offer from the Ohio-based Visconsi company to purchase the property from the Deschamps family is under contract. Visconsi…

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Even in a so-so economy, Windermere is confidently listing this Bainbridge Island house for almost $13 million. That’s because it’s not the kind of home you run across every day or maybe even ever. The design alone, by award-winning Miller Hull Architects, required more than 10,000 hours, and the construction, completed in 2002, spanned four…

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On March 16, this house on Grow Avenue was demolished as part of the Bainbridge Island Grow Community development site preparation. The development will be built on an 8-acre stretch of property that runs between Madison Avenue and Grow Avenue, behind the Pavilion. Twenty homes will be demolished to make room for the development. Here…

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by Kristi Nelson, Broker at Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty of Bainbridge Island Real Estate on Bainbridge Island in 2011 continued to see a decline in residential median home sale prices, down nearly 8.5 percent from 2010. The number of closed sales showed a slight increase of about 1.5 percent. Condominiums, however, fared much better, with the number…

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One of America’s top economists, Lawrence Yun of the National Asssocation of Realtors, sees the nation’s housing market poised for a “modest recovery” over the next three years. But Bainbridge real estate agents find themselves having mixed feelings about Yun’s predictions. On Friday, just a short walk from Disneyland and shortly after speaking to many…

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Home sales through October on Bainbridge Island are up 6 percent year-to-date compared with the same period last year, and the Island’s median price for single-family detached homes jumped 18 percent from the prior month, according to data compiled by Jim Peek, a managing broker with Windermere Real Estate on Bainbridge Island. Twenty-two single-family detached…

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by Jennifer Pells, Windermere Real Estate/Bainbridge Island 1. Farmer’s Market Is in the Winter Too The last outdoor Farmer’s Market is in a few weeks, on November 12th, and the market has had a great run this summer and fall. The addition of the local chefs series added a fun flair to an already enjoyable…

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By Jim Peek, Windermere Real Estate The median price for Bainbridge Island fell in September for the sixth month in a row and is now at its lowest recorded level in more than seven years: $564,000 – April 2011 $539,000 – May 2011 $521,550 – June 2011 $515,000 – July 2011 $468,750 – August 2011…

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Bainbridge Island home sales through September this year have pulled even with last year’s sales through September and are now 24 percent higher than the comparable period in 2009. ”We have essentially caught up with 2010 and without the $8,000 tax credit,” said Windermere Real Estate’s Jim Peek, who compiled the data. Through September 2011,…

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by Mark Middleton, RE/Max Unlimited, Bainbridge Island “The Lockbox Dilemma” Dear Mark, My Realtor wants to put a lockbox on my house so while we are at work, other Realtors can come in and show my place. I’m a little nervous because I am concerned who exactly can access this lockbox, which contains my house…

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by Jennifer Pells, Windermere Real Estate/Bainbridge Island Harvest Fair. September 25, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Johnson Farm. This celebration of fall features live music, food, refreshments, and “farm-fun” for the kids, including a 4-H petting zoo and Ride the Land Slide. For the adults, there is the best kind of garden: a beer…

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By Jim Peek, Windermere Real Estate We’re heading into the fall real estate market and it’s a good time to look at where we’ve been and look ahead to where we’re likely to end up in 2011. I’m a numbers guy. As a negotiator, I have to have a strong handle on the facts and…

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August recorded 24 single-family home sales on Bainbridge Island, up more than 11 percent when compared to August 2010. Battling sales in 2010 that were boosted by a generous homebuyer’s tax credit, home sales through August totaled 172 compared with 181 this time last year and just 124 in 2009. “The summer market closed strong,”…

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Bainbridge Island’s 2011 real estate market has three tales to tell. (1) Homes priced at $500,000 or less are selling well, and in fact they are outpacing last year’s home sales. (2) Yet homes priced from $700,000 to $1.6 million comprise nearly a “dead zone,” with a pace that’s 50 percent below 2010 home sales….

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