Dupont is a great place to invest

When it comes to Location-Location-Location, the city of Dupont is the right place to be. Its convenient location to Ft. Lewis, its location right off Interstate-5 and its location right on Puget Sound, with views of Mt. Rainier and the Olympic Mountains make this a truly desirable place to live. I guess that would also explain that despite a 1.05% decline of residential home values throughout the rest of Pierce County, Dupont home values actually increased almost 5% in 2007.

The average Dupont home appreciation in the past four years was 48%, or an average annual 12%.  

I've invested in a home in Dupont in 2003. I bought it back then for $169,000 (this price seems almost obscene now) and could now sell it (if I were crazy) for $269,000.     

Sandy Nelson
Realtor for Olympia Area Real Estate
www.sandynelsonrealestate.com