4-5-2002
Horizon Mortgage opens in Bremerton
Tacoma-based Horizon Mortgage has opened its seventh branch at 3940 Kitsap Way in Bremerton. The firm has other offices in Silverdale, Seattle, Olympia, Federal Way, Spokane and Chehalis...   (Full Article)
4-5-2002
Quicken becomes online mortgage provider
for Yahoo! Real Estate
Agreement brings together popular online real estate site and
leading online lender to create an invaluable home-buying resource
Quicken Loans Inc., a leading online mortgage lender, has announced that it is now offering online mortgage services and content on Yahoo! Real Estate...   (Full Article)
4-5-2002
Trio joins John L. Scott on Bainbridge Island
The John L. Scott office on Bainbridge Island recently welcomed three new agents.

Jenifer Shipley is an experienced real estate professional who has worked in the industry for over eight years. At one time she also owned a property leasing and management company, as well as an interior design business. She comes to the company from Crested Butte, Colo...   (Full Article)

4-5-2002
Travatte earns e-PRO designation
Justin Travatte, a real estate agent with Windermere Real Estate in Port Orchard recently earned the e-PRO Internet Professional designation from the National Association of Realtors...   (Full Article)
4-5-2002
Kesti honored by Windermere Mortgage
Windermere Mortgage Services has announced that Cherie Kesti is a recipient of its Circle of Excellence award. Only the top 20 percent of the President’s Club is honored with the Circle of Excellence designation...   (Full Article)
4-5-2002
Kalamar earns ASP designation
Jonell Kalamar of RE/MAX Town & Country in Port Orchard recently earned the Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) designation...   (Full Article)
4-5-2002
Doe joins Windermere at Poulsbo office
Windermere Real Estate recently announced the addition of sales associate Connie Doe to its Poulsbo-North Kitsap office.

Doe, who was previously a sales associate with Brenda Prowse Properties, Inc. in Poulsbo, can be reached at (360) 779-5202.

3-8-2002
Anderson purchases historic Bremerton
building for growing construction management group
Eric and Sandie Anderson of Art Anderson Associates have purchased the original 1902 Bell Telephone building on Fourth Street in downtown Bremerton. The sale closed January 31. The Andersons also own the historic building at 2nd and Pacific, which houses the firm’s corporate headquarters...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
NAHB president to speak at Kitsap Smart Growth confab
Gary Garczynski, the 2002 National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) President will be returning to Kitsap County on Monday, March 25...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Eide new manager at JLS Kingston
Longtime Kitsap real estate broker Doug Eide has been named to manage the Kingston office of John L. Scott Real Estate. Eide has a long history in the local industry, starting out with Spot Realty in 1979. In 1983, when Spot owner Mike Dick broke up and sold off the 18-office company which spanned four counties, Eide, along with his wife Dee, bought the Port Orchard Spot office where the pair worked...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Bainbridge Island Home Tour 2002 set for May 11
Bainbridge Performing Arts’ 13th Annual Home Tour takes place Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Performing Arts has already selected the homes to be showcased on this year’s Home Tour...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
KCAR honors members, installs new officers
The Kitsap County Association of Realtors (KCAR) recently installed the officers for the 2002 business year and recognized the contributions of its members for 2001. The Annual installation and Awards Banquet was held at PSNS on January 11. The following Officers and Committee Chairs were installed...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Central Market selected for green design
Poulsbo’s Central Market has been selected by the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment for exhibition in the Environdesign 6 program...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
John L. Scott Bainbridge welcomes Bettens
The Bainbridge Island office of John L. Scott Real Estate recently welcomed Patricia and Doug Betten to its staff. Patricia is new to real estate and her husband Douglas has been a real estate professional for over nine years...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Barbara Crabtree re-elected to NWMLS board
Barbara Crabtree, broker at the Bainbridge Island office of John L. Scott Real Estate, has been re-elected to the board of directors of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS). She will serve a three-year term as the Kitsap County representative...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Windermere helps fire victims
The Windermere Foundation, which focuses on funds for homeless assistance programs, emergency housing and homes for battered women, has made an emergency contribution of $1500 to the Denise Young family. The family was displaced by a recent house fire in Suquamish...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Study finds GMA cause of higher home prices
Washington and Florida most severely impacted states
GMA directly responsible for 26 percent increase in Washington
A new study by the Reason Public Policy Institute finds that statewide growth management laws in Florida and Washington are costing homebuyers thousands of dollars. The report, released in December, show that Washington State’s Growth Management Act (GMA) was accountable for 26 percent of the increase in the state’s housing prices between 1995 and 2000...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
New OSHA record keeping rules in effect for builders
As of Jan. 1, many homebuilders are required to tract occupational injuries and illnesses using the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new record keeping system...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
“Smart Growth” and smart initiatives will lead
to economic vitality over time if done correctly
By J. Lennox Scott, President
John L. Scott Real Estate
Economic vitality is a common topic these days both nationally and locally. And something that has a large effect on this vitality is the cost of housing. The reason for this is that housing prices impact the cost of living, which effects what businesses spend on employment compensation. And the prosperity of businesses is what largely dictates the vitality of any economy...   (Full Article)
3-8-2002
Archer-Chisholm joins Pacific Northwest Title
Laura Archer-Chisholm has joined Pacific Northwest Title Insurance Co. as the sales and marketing representative for the North Kitsap and Bainbridge Island areas. Archer-Chisholm was born and raised on Bainbridge Island and currently lives in Hansville.

Reach her at (360) 692-4141.

3-8-2002
WBMA elects local pair to office
The Western Building Material Association, a regional trade association serving the building material industry in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, recently elected Jeff Swan, president of Port Orchard’s Evergreen Lumber as its vice president and Tom Waggoner, of Kingston Lumber & Supply, in Kingston, to a seat on its board of directors.