I hope you and your loved ones have enjoyed a wonderful summer! For me, these have been busy and exciting times. Over the past 16 months I have helped twenty five clients buy or sell their homes, protecting their interests during the process, and skillfully negotiating to ensure they received fai
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09/12/2009
After posting record high levels of housing inventory in January, the estimated monthly supply of available homes in Lane County has dropped to 8.1 months in May. One year ago this month the number was 8.6 The average home sale price in May 2009 was $224,200 (down 15.5% from May 2008), and there
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06/17/2009
The owner of this charming East Eugene home has made extensive updates to increase the comfort, value, and income potential. Located in the desirable Laurel Hill Valley with access to Edison Elementary, Roosevelt Middle and South Eugene High School Easy biking distance to the University of Oregon
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06/10/2009
The owner of this cute home within walking distance to Churchill High School has made a number of investments over the last two years to increase it's value to the next owner. New roof New Exterior Paint New Concrete drive & patio Improved Landscaping New Carpet New Plantation blinds. Furnace ma
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06/08/2009
Waiting with anticpation for this to come through. When it does become available, you'll hear it first from Fred!The biggest problem that most first time home buyers have is coming up with the down payment. I have posted several times in the past various ways to get the down payment together, but
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05/19/2009
When I worked up the market analysis for this classic craftsman, I found only one comparable sale in the previous 9 months! The pace of sales in this charming, historic town about eighteen miles south of Eugene is positively glacial. I knew it would take a combination of optimal condition, aggres
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04/23/2009
We're still in a strong "buyers market", but home sales are up nearly 35% since February. The current available inventory of 1,919 residential properties would last 9.7 months, down 52.9% from a record high of 20.6 months in January 2009. Comparing March 2009 with March 2008, closed sales dropped
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04/15/2009
As anticipated, sales activity in the Greater Lane County area showed gains compared to January 2009, but continued to slide when compared to February 2008. Comparing February 2009 with February 2008, closed sales dropped 31.8% and pending sales fell 16.4%. Perhaps the best news is that our aver
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03/13/2009
I've used palm, and windows mobile pretty extensively, and I thought my next phone would be a blackberry - I wanted connectivity with Top Producer. After borrowing a first gen iPhone for the weekend I was hooked. I found that I could log in to my top producer account on safari, and while it may n
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03/10/2009
Inventory, listings, sales, and sale prices decline for the October 2008 reporting period. Each month the RMLS (Regional Multiple Listing Service) publishes market statistics for it's service area. As a Eugene area Realtor I focus on the data for Lane County. Being intimately familiar with these
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11/16/2008
