Posts Tagged ‘housing market’
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
The latest market report for the Portland Real Estate market shows a steady level of continued price reductions on homes for sale around the Portland Metro area. Back in August we talked here on the McDonald Group Real Estate blog about the Portland Business Journal article stating that thirty-two percent of Portland homes for sale in early summer experienced at least one price reduction, ranking Portland No. 16 on Trulia’s list of price reductions in America’s 50 largest cities. Those numbers are sticking around.
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Tags: First time home buyer, for sale, home buying, Homes for sale, housing market, interest rates, Lending, Low Prices, mortgage, portland market, Portland Real Estate, portland real estate market, real estate, Short Sales
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Friday, August 20th, 2010
Check out the new neighborhood profile detailing the neighborhood of Buckman in Southeast Portland, filled with quirky culture, classic Old Portland homes, and some of the best dining and shopping in town. The Buckman neighborhood is progressive and proud, and provides easy commuting access downtown via the Burnside, Hawthorne, and Morrison bridges. Buckman includes parts of two of the most popular retail districts in town, Hawthorn and Belmont Streets, complete with vintage stores, great brunch spots, and open parks. Combining the best of urban accessibility and comfortable, small-neighborhood atmosphere, Buckman is quintessential Portland.
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Tags: First time home buyer, for sale, foreclosures, home buying, housing market, interest rates, neighborhood, portland, portland market, portland real estate market, SE Portland Home
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
In a report published in the Portland Business Journal yesterday, we learned that thirty-two percent of Portland homes for sale, listed since the beginning of this month, experienced at least one price reduction. That ranked Portland No. 16 on the website Trulia’s list of price reductions in America’s 50 largest cities.
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Tags: First time home buyer, for sale, home buying, Homes for sale, housing market, interest rates, Lending, Low Prices, mortgage, portland market, Portland Real Estate, portland real estate market, real estate, Short Sales
Posted in Bank Owned, Investment Information, Market Report, Mortgage Rates, Moving To Portland, Portland Real Estate, Real Estate Tips, Short Sales, Tips When Buying a Home | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
(No, that is not me in the picture). Below is a link to a recent article referencing the commonly heard of Lawrence Yun , NAR Chief Economist, stating that the housing market is improving. I can’t speak for other states or cities but I can tell you what we’re seeing in Portland. Homes under $250,000 that are in good condition and located in good areas (especially those in inner NE/SE) are moving. Homes priced under $185,000 are selling even better. In fact it’s become very competitive. Homes above the $300,000 aren’t moving nearly as fast and of course the higher the home price from there the longer to sell. My advice?
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Tags: advice, housing market, Lawrence Yun, NAR, pending home sales
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
We’re seeing lots of new activity in the market and RMLS’ posting of Oregon and Washington lockbox activity numbers shows the increased activity:
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Tags: Bank Owned, housing market, portland real estate market, REO, Short Sales
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
RMLS released the latest RMLS market action report for December 2008 yesterday 
and I just posted my take/summation (call it what you will) on our website. Take a peak at it as of course the report is overall negative, sales down, appreciation down etc but there are some positive notes as well primarily in that inventory actually fell last month. Also with the coming inaguration of Obama I think there’s a decent chance to see a market uptick in the numbers for the February report; take a few moments to read my take on it to see why.
Tags: housing market, real estate statistics, rmls market action report
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
“He who parties the most suffers the worst hangover”.. or something like that. Regardless, we’ve weathered the foreclosure storm very well! Portland, According to Forbes.com places Portland, Oregon as #10 in a list 
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Tags: best city, fastest growing, forbes, forbes.com, housing market, housing markets, portland, Top 10
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