Archive for May, 2009
Naval Base Kitsap | As a Military Member do you Purchase a Home in this Market Climate?
Times have changed for all home buyers. The days of being able to receive very substantial market equity in a three year time span has all but disappeared in most areas. In the Kitsap County area we have been lucky that our market although slow and undergoing a huge price correction we haven’t been as [...]
Naval Base Kitsap | Kitsap County Homeownership
As a military member relocating to Naval Base Kitsap do you purchase a home? It is a very complicated process which needs some investigation and education before making a decision. You should ask yourself some questions like these at the minimum. Do I have upfront money to buy a home? Can I get financing? Is [...]
Naval Base Kitsap | Schedule of Events
Schedule of Events sounds better than organization – RIGHT!? For a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) relocation, you have three choices on how to move your household goods: commercial movers hired by the military, a DITY (do-it-yourself) move, or a partial DITY move which is a combination of both. I have never done a full [...]
Naval Base Kitsap | Installation Overview
LOCATION Naval Base Kitsap is located in Kitsap County of West Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula. Naval Base Kitsap is composed of Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor and Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton. Naval Base Kitsap is part of the Navy Region Northwest. Bangor is the submarine community and Bremerton is the Ship community. Bremerton [...]
Naval Base Kitsap | Take Charge | Know Your PCS
When I say “Take Charge” I mean it. There are so many military members that have no clue on what the move process is even though they have been threw it. A few months down the road they find out from speaking to someone else that they missed out on some huge entitlements. Remember it [...]
What’s a buyer’s market?
A very simple way to explain the definition of a buyer’s market is a simple statement such as, a market which has more sellers than buyers. Low prices result from this excess of supply over demand. So how does the real estate profession calculate statistics to arrive at the conclusion there is more supply than [...]
Why sell in a buyer’s market
The truth of the matter is most home sellers become home buyers. Let me try to explain how selling in a buyer’s market could be even better for you in the big picture. Usually, when you have decided to sell your home it is to find another home, and so the switch from seller to [...]