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Great Salmon Hoax author to speak
at Kitsap Alliance rally |
| James Buchal, renowned author of The Great Salmon Hoax, will be the featured speaker when the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners (KAPO) holds it’s second annual rally Saturday, Oct. 6. Buchal’s books will be available at the rally... (Full Article) |
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KCAR welcomes new members |
| The Kitsap County Association of Realtors, (KCAR) recently welcomed 11 new members to the Association... (Full Article) |
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National Green Building event returns to NW |
| The 2002 National Green Building Conference — the only national conference dedicated to the residential design, development, marketing, building and financing of environmentally sensible homes — will return to Seattle, the site of the 2001 meeting... (Full Article) |
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B.I. firm featured at Sunset Idea House |
| Bainbridge Island bamboo floor and panel manufacturer, TimberGrass LLC, is a featured “Eco-Friendly Product” at the Sunset Magazine’s Idea House, in Redmond. The home opened to the public on Sept. 8 and is open to the public Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until November 18. A portion of the $6 admission will go to Habitat for Humanity of East King County... (Full Article) |
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Reid Real Estate demos fiber optics |
| As one of the first user’s of fiber optics in Mason County, the Belfair office of Reid Real Estate recently held an open house to demonstrate the technology... (Full Article) |
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NAHB to aid attack victims
Kitsap HBA kicks in 25 percent of auction proceeds |
| Saying, “The nation’s home builders are profoundly saddened by the terrible events of Sept. 11, and we are determined to do whatever we can to help alleviate the suffering and difficulties experienced by victims and their families,” Bruce Smith, president of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), announced the group has established the Home Builders Care Victims’ Relief Fund... (Full Article) |
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New Web site option for local Realtors |
| Bremerton’s Digital MediaZ, a web development and management firm, recently unveiled its OpenRealty web-site product aimed at real estate offices and individual agents... (Full Article) |
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Trio joins Coldwell Banker on Bainbridge
New office manager named |
| The Bainbridge Island real estate firm of Coldwell Banker Marie Gallagher & Associates recently added three new members to its staff... (Full Article) |
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Windermere in Port Orchard adds three |
| Windermere Real Estate recently announced the addition of three sales associates, Andrew Welch, Leann Knight and Kim Bartell, to its Port Orchard office... (Full Article) |
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RE/Max Unlimited North benefits Holly Ridge Center |
| Penny McLaughlin, owner of RE/Max Unlimited North has gladly agreed to donate 20 percent of her commission to Holly Ridge Center for any real estate business that is referred through Holly Ridge... (Full Article) |
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Bainbridge building changes hands |
| The 9,300 sq. ft. Custom Printing Building, located at 308 Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island has new owners. They are Jim and Mary Ann Magnano of Seattle. The sellers were the Roben Family Limited Partnership of Bainbridge Island... (Full Article) |
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The ‘Big Grab’ continues to threaten Realtors
By J. Lennox Scott |
| The “Big Grab” — I’ve written about it before, but it’s time for an update. It’s quite possible that you haven’t heard this term used before, that is unless you work in the real estate or banking industries. However it’s quite serious and something that home owners and the business community should be made well aware of... (Full Article) |
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Award winning project to be featured in Sunset Magazine |
| Bernie Baker Architect, P.S. of Bainbridge Island has been honored with the A.I.A./Sunset Western Home Awards “Special Award” for his Guesthouse Remodel using an outbuilding and water tower from the early 1900’s... (Full Article) |
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Ed-Con 2001 scheduled for October |
| The largest Real Estate Education Conference (Ed-Con) in Washington is scheduled for October 4 and 5 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue... (Full Article) |
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Contaminated sites offer development opportunities |
| The cleaning up and redevelopment of brownfields won’t occur on a meaningful scale without legislation that covers petroleum-contaminated sites and protects potential builders and developers from federal liability, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) First Vice President Gary Garczynski told a House panel recently... (Full Article) |
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JLS donates $10,000 to support
Bainbridge Little League team |
| John L. Scott Real Estate, which operates six offices in Kitsap County, presented a check for $10,000 to the Bainbridge Island Little League All-Star team. The donation was made to support the families of the players after company president J. Lennox Scott learned that some of them would not be able to see their sons play in the Little League World Series due to financial hardship... (Full Article) |
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Four join Wells Fargo Mortgage |
| Wells Fargo Home Mortgage recently welcomed four new staffers to its Silverdale office. Gena Black brings 23 years of experience in mortgage underwriting and lending, sales, loan processing and branch management to the firm... (Full Article) |
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Local property managers upgrade education |
| Janice Beam of Realty Station Inc., Lindsey Green of Action Now Property Management, and Meredith Anderson of Pickett Property Management, all recently completed an intensive, two day management course on risk management for the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) which outlined innovative and important issues affecting the residential property management field... (Full Article) |
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Today’s best places to live can be gone tomorrow |
| Don’t rely too heavily on those “Best Places” lists when you’re are looking for a place to call home. It’s not that the lists published by several magazines aren’t accurate, says Bery Sperling, who devised the methodology and collected and analyzed the data for all 17 years of Money’s “Best Places to Live” features... (Full Article) |
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eBay acquires HomesDirect.com |
| Online auctioneer eBay Inc. has acquired HomesDirect.com, a company that specializes in the sale of foreclosed properties. The Pasadena-based HomesDirect, was majority-owned by the venture-capital firm Idealab... (Full Article) |
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McLaughlin featured speaker at Star Power |
| Penny McLaughlin, owner of RE/Max Unlimited North in Poulsbo, recently returned from a teaching and learning opportunity at one of the top educational forums in the real estate industry, Howard Brinton’s Star Power Annual Conference... (Full Article) |
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Web Shui launches new Web site |
| Web Shui, L.L.C. has launched a new web site at www.webshui.net where it offers a wide range of web related services including Web design, web master and site maintenance, consulting, it redesigns and template web site designs. Free initial consultations are also provided... (Full Article) |
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Local NARPM officers installed by national president |
| The Kitsap County chapter of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) recently installed its officers for coming term. Melissa Prandi, the national president of the organization, was the installing officer... (Full Article) |
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