Annette Sievert's Real Estate Blog

Reading clients when they are not clearly communicating is not always easy. And when different vibes (or none at all) are coming from two people, it makes it even harder. Interestingly, very often, those two people do not even know of each other what their thoughts are. Men often do not say a lot...

Corvallis, OR has a comparably stable real estate market. Our inventory is limited and has always been. Ask somebody who bought a house here in the 70s to 90s and you get this answer a lot: “there was nearly nothing on the market”. This has not really changed. In any given price category there is...

Corvallis           Price Range Active Listings as of 3/5/2012 Sold Listings Last 6 Mos. Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 2 0 0.00 * * $100,000 - $149,999 3 6 1.00 3.00 237 $150,000 - $199,999  20 23 3.83 5.22 106 $200,000 - $249,999 35 55 9.17 3.8...

Albany (Linn County)         Price Range Active Listings as of 3/5/2012 Sold Listings Last 6 Months Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 31 19 3.17 9.79 130 $100,000 - $149,999 52 74 12.33 4.22 131 $150,000 - $199,999  43 53 8.83 4.87 138 $200,000 - $2...

North Albany (Benton County)         Price Range Active Listings as of 3/5/2012 Sold Listings Last 6 Months Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 0 0 0.00 * * $100,000 - $149,999 1 7 1.17 0.86 134 $150,000 - $199,999  14 12 2.00 7.00 110 $200,000 - $249...

Lebanon           Price Range Active Listings as of 3/5/2012 Sold Listings Last 6 Months Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 21 38 6.33 3.32 115 $100,000 - $149,999 31 43 7.17 4.33 107 $150,000 - $199,999  17 13 2.17 7.85 99 $200,000 - $249,999 9 6 1....

Philomath           Price Range Active Listings as of 3/5/2012 Sold Listings Last 6 Mos. Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 * 1 0.17 * 53 $100,000 - $149,999 5 3 0.50 10.00 195 $150,000 - $199,999  8 13 2.17 3.69 120 $200,000 - $249,999 6 1 0.17 36.0...

Slowly but surely it comes. Foreclosures in Corvallis, OR have been an intimate affair so far and judging from the NODs (Notice of Default) for the last two years it will stay that way. You read an occasional NOD, but that is it, the rate is minimal compared to what is going on in most other mark...