Walking Between the Drops - Life and Real Estate in Lane County, Oregon

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2009 

  I have learned:  That into every really good thing I read, a few typos fall.   Don't let the typos below, keep you from enjoying peering into Andy Rooney's soul.   If you take the time to read these ~ I promise you'll come awa with an enlightened perspective.  They're written by  Andy Rooney ~ ...
06/24/2009
Data-wise, what could be better than knowing the median home selling price for SANTA CLARA or any other Eugene, OR neighborhood (RMLS data area)? The median home sales price (see my last blog entry) is a great measure of central tendency -- a way to know what a whole class of data is doing. But t...
06/20/2009
In May, 2009, the median sales price for homes in Eugene, OR's SANTA CLARA neighborhood (RMLS area) was up from this April but down from May, 2008. SANTA CLARA's median residential price for May was $226,700.  That is lower than the median for May in any the past four years -- putting this measur...
06/20/2009
In May, 2009, the inventory of homes for sale in Eugene, OR's SANTA CLARA neighborhood declined dramatically from the high recorded in May, 2008. The number of active listings declined 34% from 2008 (and was also 23% lower than in 2007). This is great news for SANTA CLARA sellers.  A decline in i...
06/20/2009
This is good news for sellers of properties listed a prices above the median.Maybe it is if the focus is on the mortgage-backed securities market. More specifically on privately-issued mortgage bonds. Just a few months ago there was hardly any market for them at all, and if there were one, the pr...
06/16/2009
Here is a second analysis from the same source that makes a lot of sense to me.Is the recession near the end? Is the American economy on its way to recovery? The answer is probably yes. That's good news, right? Not so fast, say some economic analysts. And they mean, literally, that the stock mark...
06/11/2009
Here are the sad new facts.    But interet rates are still very low.Last week mortgage rates moved up rapidly, moving up from 4.91 to 5.29. This week mortgage rates again jumped up .3 points going from 5.29 to 5.59. On May 21st rates were sitting at 4.82 which was a 40 year low. Now just a few we...
06/11/2009
More good news.The Washington Post said:   The Federal Reserve's Beige Book report released Wednesday found five of the Fed's 12 regions reporting improved business activity. Most reported an increase in home sales and some stabilization in new-home construction, albeit at low levels. Good news! ...
06/11/2009
The following post is timely. This whole tax credit idea was Johnny Izakson's idea to begin with.  He is a former RE broker. He wanted $15,000 originally.  But I am not sure extending the credit to all buyers will help in the end. It will just bid up prices through demand-pull inflation. Then wha...
06/11/2009
My sentiments exactly:On January 10th 2009, the Obama team came out with their economic recovery plan that they were going to immediately get implemented.  They put out a really nice report with a lot of big numbers.  These are the best and brightest people working on the economic plan.  They had...
06/09/2009
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