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New Listing on Fircrest in SE Portland Hills, Bordering Happy Valley

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Come take a look at this new listing on Fircrest in SE Portland! Craftsman style home with tons of custom trim work, tile & wood floors, large deck and yard, 4 bedrooms, plus a main floor office, granite counter island kitchen, 3 car garage and more offered for $359,000!... [Read More]

Foreclosure List for January 24th 2013

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Here's the list of foreclosures for today January 24th 2013. The first link goes to new foreclosures listed within the last 24 hours, the second link is to all foreclosures currently on the market in the Portland metro area. To see the newest matches from RMLSweb click he... [Read More]

On the verge of another real estate boom? The numbers we're seeing are suggesting it's possible

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

The National Association of Realtors (NAR), just released an article detailing some of the numbers for the national 2012 real estate market and they are very encouraging. First off, total home sales in 2012 were the highest we've seen in 5 years, and the annual rise in home ... [Read More]

Positive signs on housing market everywhere, even in my daily Google alerts

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

I have various Google alerts setup for keywords like housing market, sellers market, buyers market (and a lot more) specifically looking for news articles related to the real estate market, using Google alerts just saves me a bunch of time as I don't have to go find the arti... [Read More]

Today's Foreclosure List for January 16th 2013

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Here are the new foreclosures listed for sale within the last 24 hours. To see the newest matches from RMLSweb click here. For a complete list of available matches click here. If you are not already working with a Realtor and would like to see any of these homes please... [Read More]

New home listings increasing in the new year pending sales flat lining and closings dropping

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

So we're just two weeks into the new year and we're seeing some trending happening with the daily tracking of RMLS data that I do and it's a bit mixed. First off, inventory is still declining for the most part, down to 4,478 homes currently listed as of today which is wel... [Read More]

New Foreclosures for January 15th 2013

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

Here's today's foreclosure list for January 15th 2013. Don't forget, if you are looking for a Realtor to assist you in finding and buying a foreclosure, please give me a call! Also, this list is emailed out daily, if you would like to be included in that list, please send... [Read More]

New to the area? A Realtor may not be your best source for some information

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

I've had this happen, believe it or not, more times than I can count...Pick up a client from the airport or hotel and after initial greetings I get "the question". I've heard it in many different forms, but in the interest of being politically correct and avoiding a potentia... [Read More]

Sellers do not have to sell at list price and in fact, they don't have to sell at all

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

In reading through some of my daily articles on real estate I came across a Q&A about a foreclosure where a buyer was countered by the bank well above asking price and was asking if that was legal or not. I'm not going to bother linking to the site here as it was more of... [Read More]

Portland sees big jump in real estate home sales for 2012, RMLS Market Action Report for December 2012

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

RMLS just released the end of year December 2012 Market Action Report and it confirms everything we've been talking about in terms of the real estate recovery happening here in Portland Oregon. Homes sales in Portland Oregon jumped 19% in 2012 compared to 2011, from a tot... [Read More]

Foreclosure list for January 12th 2013

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Here is today's foreclosure list showing all new foreclosures on the market in the Portland metro area listed within the last 24 hours, as well as a link to all foreclosures currently on the market: To see the newest matches from RMLSweb click here. For a complete list of... [Read More]

New year market activity for Portland metro and surrounding areas

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

I've been a bit behind in getting my daily tracking numbers together but I just hammered them out to get them up to date and here are the highlights. As usual for the end of a calendar year the canceled / withdrawn and expired category saw a huge spike on the 31st of Dece... [Read More]

As the economy picks up mortgage rates will begin climbing

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Mortgage rates are still low compared to last year, however with the economy beginning to recover they are starting to climb again and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. As cited by Inman News rates last week were 3.34% for a 30 year fixed mortgage and are no... [Read More]

Housing affordability on the rise, 2012 may be a record

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

The National Association of Realtors (www.realtor.org) index on affordable housing is arranged such that a score of 100 essentially means that a median income is exactly enough to afford a median priced home, the higher above 100 the number is the more affordable a median pr... [Read More]

Foreclosure List for 1/10/2013

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Here are the new foreclosures listed for sale within the last 24 hours as of today January 10th 2013 To see the newest matches from RMLSweb click here. For a complete list of available matches click here. If you are not already working with a Realtor and would like to ... [Read More]

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