Puget Sound Real Estate

What’s Happening | Kitsap County Real Estate 2011

During the first couple of months of 2011 there have been 330 home that sold in Kitsap Coutny.  These Kitsap County homes actually had a transfer of home ownership.  Contracts complete and lender funds available, home buyer and seller signed all of their documents as prepared by escrow.  Once all of the I's were dotted and the T's crossed there where deeds recorded at the Kitsap County courthouse that transferred the property into the new home owner's name.

If you want to learn more about how we transfer property in Washington State a really great site to visit is the Escrow Association of Washington site. There you can find definitions and explanations of the home buying process for Bremerton Washington.

Bremerton Homes Sold:  109 with an average asking price of $201,909 and a final sales price of $196,710.  These homes took an average of 159 days to sell.

Port Orchard Homes Sold:  93 with an average asking price of $228,224 and a final sales price of $222,127.  These homes took an average of 140 days to sell.

Poulsbo Homes Sold:  43 with an average asking price of $310,416 and a final sales price of $299,727.  These homes took an average of 166 days to sell.

Bainbridge Island Homes Sold:  44 with an average asking price of $552,523 and a final sales price of $529,570.  These homes took an average of 260 days to sell.

Silverdale Homes Sold:  13 with an average asking price of $276,531 and a final sales price of $265,837.  These homes took an average of 116 days to sell.

 

What do these numbers mean? Is it a good time to buy? Is it a good time to sell. It all depends on your individual situation. I would rather buy in a buyers market and I would rather sell in a buyers market if I have to buy another home with the proceeds. I am a fan of the NORMAL market – everyone can feel more comfortable and real estate transactions are not as stressful.

If you would like to find out the value of your home please feel free to contact me via phone or email. I would be more than happy to supply you with a FREE Market Analysis.

If you would like to purchase a home in the Kitsap County Real Estate Area please give me a call or contact me via email. We can discuss your future plans and I can set you up on an email campaign to receive the hot new listings quicker than YOU can find them.

“Statistics not compiled or published by NWMLS.” Equal Opportunity Housing All information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed”

 


 

Jo SossAuthor:Jo Soss

Jo Soss is the designated Broker and the owner of Homefront Realty in Bremerton Washington. Selling real estate in the greater Puget Sound area since 1994 she has vast knowledge in all aspects of a real estate transaction. Using today's technology with her signature personal service allows her to achieve complete customer satisfaction.

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Kitsap County Real Estate | Absorption Rate

Kitsap County Real Estate MarketKitsap 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 has access to.  Northwest REporter.

So after reading the latest release from the NWMLS I thought I would do some absorption rate statistics.  Sometimes I get really frustrated with stats because they are well - crap in crap out type of information.  Without correct data what do they mean?  For as many years as I have been a member of the NWMLS and that spans back to 1994 the statistics are an estimate at best. 

If you know the flap over Zillow "zestimates" well I don't think we should be too critical when our own association has a tough time policing itself when it comes to being accurate.  So I put these figures out there for you with the understanding that accuracies are "subject to". 

Now for the disclosure that I am required to by my NWMLS rules and regulations.  The statement is true for this article. I have compiled these statistics on my own, no copy and paste of the NWMLS's data.

“Statistics not compiled or published by NWMLS.” Equal Opportunity Housing All information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed"

This data is for all of Kitsap County, for all residential properties (condominiums excluded), mobile homes on land and townhomes/townhouses included.  Of course this is all subject to the listing agents input.

I do know that these figures are not perfect - I know of several homes that sold in March, April and May that are still showing "pending" or "pending inspection" as I have pointed out all depends on the listing agents input or lack there of. 

Technically any home that is available for sell would be any home that is listed yet not closed.  Here in the NWMLS area we have several "pending" possibilities. 

  • Pending BU Requested (79)
  • Pending Feasibility (5)
  • Pending Inspection (171)
  • Pending (339)

I have calculated these pending homes as not available - as in not actively available.  I don't show pending listings of any kind unless there is a short-sale property that my buyers are really, really and I mean really interested in.  With so much inventory why set a buyer up for heartache?  This past April I had buyers that went into a back-up type situation on a pending feasibility property and all that did was delay their home buying process.  Finally, we chose another home that will close soon. 

Kitsap Coutny Active homes for sale as of today - 1816

Last month in Kitsap County there were 187 homes that sold.  These homes closed and property ownership transferred through the Kitsap County Courthouse as recorded and complete.  That would mean that the absorption rate  is 9.71 months of inventory.  Please see the definition I use below on absorption rates.

 

The Definition of Absorption Rates:

Number of weeks it takes to sell the current inventory at the present rate of sales. Using absorption rates can help you define markets. My definition breaks down like this…

Normal Market - Between 5 and 6 months of inventory.

Seller’s Market - Between 1 and 4 months of inventory.

Buyer’s Market - 7 months and higher.

Now remember that absorption rates just track trends and isn’t an exact science!

 

What do these numbers mean?  Is it a good time to buy? Is it a good time to sell. It all depends on your individual situation.  I would rather buy in a buyers market and I would rather sell in a buyers market if I have to buy another home with the proceeds.  I am a fan of the NORMAL market - everyone can feel more comfortable and real estate transactions are not as stressful. 

If you would like to find out the value of your home please feel free to contact me via phone or email. I would be more than happy to supply you with a FREE Market Analysis.

If you would like to purchase a home in the Kitsap County Real Estate Area please give me a call or contact me via email. We can discuss your future plans and I can set you up on an email campaign to receive the hot new listings quicker than YOU can find them.

 

 

 

Jo SossAuthor:Jo Soss

Jo Soss is the designated Broker and the owner of Homefront Realty in Bremerton Washington. Selling real estate in the greater Puget Sound area since 1994 she has vast knowledge in all aspects of a real estate transaction. Using today's technology with her signature personal service allows her to achieve complete customer satisfaction.

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