Buying and selling in Kitsap County.
Two processes, one standard. Here is exactly what happens between the first conversation and the keys, on both sides of the table.
- of list price for sellers
- 99.18%
- of list price for buyers
- 95.48%
- homes sold
- 1,000+
- years in real estate
- 25+
Selling
Get your home valuedWe find the number before the market does
A real valuation against the comparables that actually apply, not an automated estimate. You will see the range and the reasoning, including the case for pricing lower than you hoped when that is the truth.
We fix what changes the price
Paramount Construction handles the work in house, so the list of what is worth doing comes with real costs and a real schedule rather than a referral and a shrug.
The launch is planned, not posted
Photography, video, the listing copy, and the timing of going live are all decided in advance. Most of a home's offers arrive in its first ten days, so those days get the attention.
The negotiation is where the money is
Terms, timelines, and contingencies move a deal as much as price does. This is the part that produces 99.18%.
We work out what you are actually buying
Commute, ferries, schools, taxing district, well or city water, and what the winter is like on that road. Two homes a mile apart can be very different purchases.
You see it before the crowd does
Search is set up properly and you hear about the right homes early, including the ones that are coming and the ones that quietly came back.
The offer is built to be accepted
Price is one lever of several. Knowing which ones the seller cares about is why buyers here close at 95.48% of list on average rather than bidding over it.
Nothing falls apart at the end
Inspection, appraisal, financing, and the walkthrough are the stages deals die. They get managed, not just monitored.
Where we work
Kitsap, Pierce and Mason counties, with most of the work in and around these towns. Local knowledge here is street by street, not county wide.
- Port Orchard
- Poulsbo
- Silverdale
- Bremerton
- Gig Harbor
- Olalla
- Brinnon
Before you call, the awkward questions
The three that come up most, answered the way they would be answered on the phone.
Doesn't the agent just want me to buy the most expensive thing?
The incentive argument is fair, and the answer is what actually gets said in the car. Part of my job is telling you which house has a problem you cannot see and which one is priced past what it is worth.
Buyers I represent close at an average of 95.48% of list price. That is roughly four and a half percent under asking, which is not what talking someone up looks like.
I'm not ready to buy yet. I don't want to be chased.
Then do not start a search. Read my monthly letter instead, decide in your own time, and get in touch when something changes.
One email a month, an unsubscribe link in every one, and no call follows it. The letter exists precisely so that early is not the same as committed.
I'm moving from out of the area and I don't know what I don't know.
That is the normal starting position here, and it is the expensive one. Gorst, the ferry schedule, well versus city water and which school district an address actually feeds are all things that change the answer.
Twenty-five years in this county and more than a thousand homes sold, all of it inside Kitsap, Pierce and Mason. My town pages start that conversation for free.
In their words
I put my trust in James, not only for his calm, reassuring manner, but for his actions from day one to closing. My home sold faster than I expected in a difficult market, and at the price I aspired to.
He got our offer accepted over everyone else's, even though we weren't the highest bidder.
The best realtor I have ever worked with. He's helped us buy and sell multiple times, and we'll keep working with him.