Annette Sievert's Real Estate Blog

Corvallis           Price Range Active Listings as of 10/21/2010 Sold Listings Last 6 Mos. Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 * 3 0.50 * 83 $100,000 - $149,999 9 11 1.83 4.91 135 $150,000 - $199,999  34 45 7.50 4.53 118 $200,000 - $249,999 47 72 12.0...

According to an article from this morning home sales are up 10%. Further down it says 35% of these are foreclosure. That means only 6.5% are "real" home sales, that up from the lowest point in 15 years (-27% in July). I guess every slither of light is light but there is still the foerclosure mess...

Dear Seller, shop around! 12 questions to ask before you list (edit/delete) We shop for cars, for loans, for electronics, for furniture. But for one of the biggest deals in our lifes, selling our home, Aunt Tilly's cousin, who is an agent, gets the job. No questions asked. Or somebody who offers ...

As CNN Money and now Bloomberg report this morning Bank of America halts all foreclosure proceedings in all 50 states. There is no time line as to when this mess will be cleaned up. There is also no doubt this is a necessary step. Nevertheless be prepared that BofA will not be the only bank doing...

Routine is back in our lives, good, reliable routine. My husband goes to his medical office in the morning, the boys hit the bus, I am picking up where I left my busy Real Estate career before we went to Europe in July. Slowly but surely the afternoons fill with activities. First it was only Chin...

The end is there. No, not the end of days, the end of summer vacation for our children. 3 months of leisure time, waiting to be filled with camp, sports, and other meaningful activities. Blissful, definitely expensive, sometimes unharmonious. We have, since our children started school, tried to s...

When my husband and I decided to leave Upstate NY (7 months of winter and a snowstorm in June can really help with making up your mind) we wanted to find the perfect spot to move to and grow roots. We made lists of things we wanted (surprisingly, one was a warmer climate) and then found a great w...

....unfortunately not great. Most brokers are working hard to find common ground between current and (even more important) future market conditions and the still not adjusted expectations their sellers have. In 2011 the ARMs of 2006 are resetting. A lot of homeowners who have them are under water...