For those who want more detailed information about the South Sound area, we offer "The Insiders". From bankers, mortgage professions and inspectors to the tradesmen we all depend upon to keep our homes and properties in good shape, it normally takes time and a few mistakes to know who you can trust. In our dozen years here, we have met some dependable, friendly people who we believe you would want to meet.

Insider information

• Introduction from Mike Mostyn - "The South Sounder"

This website is the central hub for everything we do to market our area and it's real estate. It is an expression of the purpose and intent of Mike Mostyn who would like to tell you about The South Sounder and what we are trying to do.

• How is the area's real estate performing? - TrendGraphix charts

Asking a Realtor about the market is like asking the fox to show you the henhouse.  What you want is to see the numbers for yourself - actual numbers, charted monthly from individual MLS results. These monthly charts are updated around the 10th of every month, downloaded directly from TrendGraphix and offered free for your research by The South Sounder.

• Real Estate Predictions

Pricing a home correctly the first time is critical to selling it in this kind of lagging market. It requires extraordinary information from a lot of different places. To help you predict the housing market, here are some dependable tools.

• Local Calendar of Events

If you plan to visit our area, you might want to experience our community by attending one of our special events. Our calender is currently a page in our South Sounder Quarterly Newsletter (.PDF) but soon, will be more accessible and more often updated. If you can't download this file, you may first need to install Adobe PDF Reader. Do that by clicking install Adobe Acrobat - it's free.

• Local Assets - We Support These Businesses

Every community has it's "good guys." Download our .PDF list of local services - everything from appraisers to well drillers, plumbers to pest control, even important local government offices. Download our list and tell them "Windermere sent you". If you can't download this file, you may first need to install Adobe PDF Reader. Do that by clicking install Adobe Acrobat - it's free.

• 10 Steps to Market Real Estate

The South Sounder is a full-service Realtor with a more digital approach to listing real estate. Before you commit to listing your home with a Realtor, I invite you to take a look at my "10 Steps to Market Real Estate". In my view, extensive use of technology is not an option – it’s the way it’s done.

• QR Codes

We at The South Sounder rely upon QR codes to give more impact to our brochures, lawn signs and just about everything else we do. Learn what they are and why we like them. Then, look for us on your smart phone.

• Oysters, Clams, Mussels and Geoducks, oh my!

Buying waterfront property in Washington's Puget Sound means you often have "tideland rights". That means you can raise your own seafood. Taylor's Shellfish Farms has seed available to grow your own, clams, oysters mussels and geoducks. They can show you how to do it and even provide a recipes for fresh clam chowder - good people to know.

• Special Information - For Boaters Only

Sail Magazine consistently claims three places to be the best boating in the world - the Greek Islands, the Caribbean and the Puget Sound. If you and your family are interested in sport boating, sailing, fishing, water skiing and alike, you're going to like it around here.

• Septic Systems - The "Green Issue" of the Puget Sound

In this day and age, we all want to be ecologically connected with our surroundings but when you live on Puget Sound, septic systems are taken much more seriously. Keep Our Sound Clean - septic system knowledge that could save you thousands.