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

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Life and Real Estate in God's Country (Lane County, Oregon)

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2009 

The Case-Shiller Index Over Time (as reported by Standard and Poors and the Wall Street Journal) Where have home prices been over the years in Portland, OR?  What does the Case-Shiller Index show us about the long-term trend in prices for homes for sale in Oregon's largest metro area? How do the...
10/31/2009
In recent months, we've noticed favorable market factors at the lower end of the price/size range for homes for sale in Eugene, Springfield and Lane County, OR. We've read about declining inventories and stabilizing home prices in many parts of the country -- as evidenced by information posted on...
10/31/2009
  You can tell a ghost by its building: If it lives in a business, it's likley buy now not-for-profit. If it lives in a school, it's probably well-educated. If it lives in a home....it's likely ...well...homey. If it lives in a graveyard, it must be home-less. If it lives around Las Vegas, it's p...
10/30/2009
  Sometimes on ActiveRAIN we blog for points. Sometimes we blog for business. Sometimes we just blog for fun.   This post is fun.       After reading a blog by Russel Ray (Good things happen when you are persistent and consistent (an ActiveRain success story), the neighborhood of Del Mar Heights ...
10/30/2009
  This is just an uncredited report from US Senate staffers suggesting the tax credit may be extended and expanded. It's just being noised around tonight. It's a long way from adoption by the full Senate....or the House. But if it happens it will be very good news indeed. There is a lot of latent...
10/28/2009
Wow.  This is so obvious.  So True. So often violated.What is it exactly that sells a house? Is it the price? Is it design? Is it the kitchen, bedroom, or the bathroom? In reality, it's none of these. What really sells a house are the buyer's emotions. In order to sell your house quickly, it's ve...
10/28/2009
  Want to be in the best position to negotiate on the price of your new home?   Want to be able to close in the shortest time possible?   Want to be sure you are not wasting your time or emotion?   Then follow this good advice:         This one kind of goes along with "When Can We Close?" from a ...
10/25/2009
If you are still one of those wondering how the economy turned so bleak, here is a great video that explains it very well. To be sure there are other more cosmic things going on (the de-industrializing of America, the poor spending habits of our government (and our families) and the lack of savin...
10/24/2009
Now here is an idea worth spreading around town....and country - the whole country. It wouldn't stand a chance of being adopted without an upper limit on: 1) the percentage being paid down......say max at 20%. 2) the total dollars of the deduction....say max at $100,000. It would also have to hav...
10/24/2009
Here's the basic residential listing data for the months of July, August, September - 2009 for the THURSTON (East Springfield) market area of Springfield, OR as reported by the Portland Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS):       New Listings may include properties previously listed by the sa...
10/20/2009
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