Boating Community Statistics

Boating Community Statistics for Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands

NOTE: This article should be of interest to owners and perspective owners of homes in the boating communities on Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands in the State of Washington.

I thought from a real estate perspective you might want to know what is going on in your boating community as well as some of the other boating communities on Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands. The following summarizes the average selling price for homes in the five boating communities on Whidbey and Fidalgo over the past 12 months commencing October 1, 2005 through October 17, 2006. This report separates the sale of waterfront properties and non-waterfront properties in each community. The intent is to provide the average selling price and selling price per square foot from actual sales data. Any questions, as always, please feel free to contact me.

On Whidbey Island, Washington

Sandy Hook in Clinton (8 sales total, 5 waterfront, 3 non-waterfront)

Waterfront – Average selling price $604,129. Days on market –76.
Average home size, 1642 square feet = $368 per square foot.

Non-waterfront – Average selling price $398,000. Days on market- 86.
Average home size, 1462 square feet = $272 per square foot.

Lagoon Point in Greenbank (15 sales total, 11 waterfront, 4 non-waterfront)

Waterfront – Average selling price $662,763. Days on market –140.
Average home size, 2139 square feet = $310 per square foot.

Non-waterfront- Average selling price $347,625. Days on market- 97.
Average home size, 1055 square feet = $329 per square foot.

Mariners Cove in Oak Harbor (8 sales total, 5 waterfront, 3 non-waterfront)

Waterfront – Average selling price $742,760. Days on market – 111.
Average home size, 2182 square feet = $340 per square foot.

Non-waterfront – Average selling price $437,333. Days on market – 28.
Average home size, 2556 square feet = $171 per square foot.

On Fidalgo Island, Washington

Skyline in Anacortes (51 sales total, 4 waterfront, 47 non-waterfront)

Waterfront – Average selling price $1,049,525. Days on market – 165.
Average home size, 2632 square feet = $399 per square foot.

Non-waterfront – Average selling price $426,965. Days on market – 60.
Average home size, 2347 square feet = $162 per square foot.


Shelter Bay in La Conner (61 sales total, 6 waterfront, 55 non-waterfront)

Waterfront – Average selling price $611,950. Days on market – 74.
Average home size, 2377 square feet = $257 per square foot.

Non-waterfront – Average selling price $336,951. Days on market – 63.
Average home size, 1997 square feet = $169 per square foot.


To find out what is currently for sale in each of these and 45 other Boating Communities from Olympia to Blaine, Washington go to http://www.boatcommunities.com/ If you are looking for a home in a boating community in the Puget Sound Washington area you will enjoy this website.

If you need assistance pricing or listing your boating community home, or want to scale up or down, please call me. I would be happy to help. You can call me at 360 240 9675 (home), 360 675 5953 (office) or 206 605 1436 (cell) or you can email me at joemarvin@BoatCommunities.com or joemarvin@windermere.com Regards, Joe Marvin