I was meetiing with the sales representative for a vendor we use for advertising a day or two ago and I asked him what he was hearing from other agents about the Portland Oregon market.  He said he was noticing agents were starting to share pages for advertising, etc., rather than have their own page and then he pointed to one agent who has been around a long time and said that this agent was really happy for this market and loves it because it gets rid of all of the jelly donut eaters. I laughed so hard and thought that is so true.  If you just get back to basics and work really hard it is such a great time for those of us who know how to do that.  I happened to be talking to another long time agent and passed the comment on and we both laughed and she said she can remember this agent saying that years ago when times were tough in real estate.  We have one client right now who is on her fourth offer - she has lost the last two to multiple offers and one to a  bad inspection . Her price point is $250,000 or less and if you read the newspaper today you would swear there wasn't a buyer living in that price range - I would love to have that type of scenario recounted in the newspaper on a daily basis - I can't help but believe it could help spur the market.  I also have another client in the $500-650 range and do you think we can find much inventory - you would be surprised - we really can't that fits their needs.  No jelly donuts for us today - we've got work to do!

Chris Balmes with Chris Balmes Properties

503-319-7026/503-427-0372

Real Estate Principal Broker in Oregon and Washington

 

Is It The Time To Buy a House?
12/30/2007
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IS NOW STILL A GOOD TIME TO BUY A HOME? By Matt Stashin, President/CEO Pacific Residential Mortgage, LLC What a great question! It seems as though everywhere we turn the media is bombarding us with negative information about housing markets… more
Positive Attitude about Real Estate Profession
12/28/2007
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Real Estate in Portland, Oregon Current mood: excited Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes What a shift, but what a good shift for somebody with great courage and wisdom. We had a newly licensed realtor join Chris Balmes Properties yesterday and when we… more
Learning about Real Estate in Germany
12/24/2007
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Good morning all… Happy Christmas eve morning. What a great time to express thankfulness for everything we have and everything we have experienced so far in our lives. The world is amazing to me - maybe I am just becoming so much more aware… more
Virtual Office Concept
12/21/2007
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Chris Balmes Properties, http://www. chrisbalmesproperties. com/ is proud to announce the addition of two new agents this week. Eunice (Sam) Price comes with a wealth of knowledge and many years of real estate experience. We are so happy to have her… more
A Day In The Life of a Realtor
12/19/2007
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The last two days have involved arranging and working with home inspectors. Talk about the business changing for agents, it has really changed for home inspectors. The days of the "good old boy" home inspector network is all over. Those.. more
It's a great Time to Buy
12/18/2007
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You know for all of this talk of the real estate market being terrible we have had the busiest few weeks and should have a fabulous January for closings. I have to wonder what would happen if the media would do a total role reversal and print… more
Great Fixer Coming Today!
11/25/2007
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Am on my way to a great fixer in Sandy area - will be less then $170, 000 - they want to sell it today… anyone have any interest? 3 BR/ 1 Bth Needs some TLC. Great price range, so it will go fast. Perfect first time home or as an investment… more
Frustration with Media
11/24/2007
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Just finished reading the newspaper this AM and everyday I get so frustrated with the media! There is one negative article after another - it is a perfect time in my opinion to be buying investment properties - you can't beat the interest rates… more
 

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Tualatin, OR

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