Buying your first home in Beaverton, Oregon,can be a scary thing. You are spending a lot of money, probably more money than you have ever spent in your life. College costs a lot of money, but nothing compared to owning a home. But unlike college, you actually get to use the money you spend the d
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03/31/2009
April 15th is fast approaching and in Beaverton, Oregon, as well as most places aroundthe country in 2008, we finally saw the dip in home prices that themedia was telling us about all through 2007! Now I have lots of investors, homeowners, and even people looking to buy, all wondering how this t
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03/31/2009
When I meet people buying their first home, they always tell me stories of their friends who, by the time they were done, hated the home because it caused so much stress during the home buying process.This amazes me as one of the things I enjoy seeing is that smile on peoples faces when they unl
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03/30/2009
Have you ever had one of those listings that you work and work and work some more, but you swear that underneath that listing is a Indian Burial ground? Well, I have one of those listings and it is from a past client. They wanted to price it right, so I took the listing. Well, that was where thi
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03/29/2009
Yesterday one of my clients calls and says he has decided to go with his local bank because the interest rates on their Veterans loan is ¼ lower than anyone else,which is fine by me.I prefer you use a preferred lender because I know it will close then, but, still at least it is a local bank.This
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03/29/2009
Twice now in the past year I’ve have seen the heart break of a potential client moving to Beaverton Oregon. They move here without actually investigating Beaverton and the surrounding areas of Tigard, Portland and Hillsboro where homes can still be rather expensive.Now, home prices have dropped
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03/28/2009
This chart below breaks down Tigard Oregon Real Estate sales by neighborhood, for the week ending 03/27/2008. Sales have been off since last year with the pending sales in Tigard, Oregon were down 25.4% from 2008 for the month of February when the last stats came out. The news isn’t a good thing
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03/26/2009
This chart below breaks down Beaverton OregonReal Estate sales by neighborhood, for the week ending 03/27/2008. Sales have been off since last year with the pending sales in Beaverton, Oregon were down 25.4% from 2008 for the month of February when the last stats came out. The good news is that t
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03/26/2009
When I am out with my school aged children during traditional school time, the question they get asked the most is, “Why aren’t you in school?” My children have been asked this so many times, it’s not even unusual for them anymore. In fact, they usually smile when they answer because they know t
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03/26/2009