Bainbridge Island Real Estate

Bainbridge Island is ranked second on the 2005 CNN/Money Best Places to Live list, and once you travel there it's easy to see why. Just 35 minutes from downtown Seattle by Ferry, Bainbridge Island is a world apart from the hectic pace of city life.

Discovered by Captain George Vancouver in 1792, the 28-square mile parcel of land that would one day become Bainbridge Island was described as lush and beautiful – traits that can still be used to describe the area today.

Often considered a suburb of Seattle, nearly half of the Bainbridge Island working population commutes to the city each day. Aside from its obvious beauty, why bother to live here if you have to take a ferry to work? Because Bainbridge Island also offers small town familiarity and an excellent education system – desirable traits for those who are raising families.

Bainbridge Island is committed to its youth population, having never failed to pass an education-related tax levy. Stewarding programs that encourage leadership, foster teamwork, and develop social skills are ways that the community hopes to ensure the future of the island.

Bainbridge Island real estate can get pricey – multi-million dollar waterfront estates offer the most breath-taking scenery and living quarters imaginable. Cozy beach cottages in the $500,000 range aren't as likely to break the bank. And waterfront condominiums – and non-waterfront homes – can be purchased in the low $300,000's. The average sales price for a single family home or condo was $826,684 in February 2006.

Property prices aside, the nearly 22,000 people who live on Bainbridge Island will attest that CNN/Money was on the mark when giving their community recognition as being one of the best places to live.

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