portland metro area: This CRAZY Market!! - 08/26/13 09:34 AM
Our market here in the wonderful Portland Metro Area has been pretty crazy over the past few months. July was no differnent!


Closed sales (2,766) topped June’s number (2,511) by
10.2%. This represents the best July for Portland since 2005, when there were
3,258 closed sales! New listings, at 3,877, were up 3.4% in July over the previous month, and 22.6% over July 2012. New listings, at 3,877, were up 3.4% in July over the previous month, and 22.6% over July 2012. New listings, at 3,877, were up 3.4% in July over the previous month, and 22.6% over July … (0 comments)

portland metro area: Portland Area Events for October - 10/04/11 08:19 AM
If you're wondering what to do this October or what is going on in the Portland Metro area, here are a couple ideas for you and your family!

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portland metro area: Buyers Who Wait May Lose a Lot - 03/05/10 10:09 AM
Buyers Who Wait May Lose a Lot
Potential home buyers who delay have a lot to lose. First-time home buyer and move-up tax credits worth $8,000 and $6,500, respectively, expire April 30. Buyers who qualify get a dollar-for-dollar reduction in taxes or a cash payment if they don’t pay enough taxes to cover the credit. Other factors that should spur buyers: Low mortgage rates. If the Federal Reserve stops buying mortgage-backed securities at the end of March, 30-year rates will almost certainly rise to more than 6 percent. Rising prices. About 30 percent of markets are already experiencing price increases. Prices … (1 comments)

portland metro area: December Snapshot for Portland Metro Area - 01/22/10 05:19 PM
Sales activity showed improvement this December versus December in 2008.
Closed sales were up 52.6%, while pending sales rose 40.9%
At December's rate of sales, it would take approximately 7.7 months to sell the 11,597 active listings.

If you'd like to know what the average sales price for the Month of December was in your area just contact me and I'd be happy to send the statistics!

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portland metro area: 10 Cities Where It's Smarter to Buy! Portland is #8! - 01/22/10 04:10 PM
10 Cities Where It's Smarter to Buy For people who want to own a home, the premium to buy—the spread between what they’d spend to rent and what they’d pay for a mortgage—is much lower than the 15-year average in many cities. To determine what cities are smart buys, Forbes magazine computed the premium and also identified locales where economists predict home prices will go up the most over the next five years. Here are the top 10 cities the magazine chose as the best places to buy right now.
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo Minneapolis-St. … (4 comments)

portland metro area: We Need You this Thanksgiving! - 11/04/09 05:18 PM
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portland metro area: For most, property taxes rise despite falling value in Oregon - 10/20/09 02:24 PM
Courtesy of KGW.com 
06:23 PM PDT on Tuesday, October 20, 2009By KGW.com Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Homeowners who've seen their property values drop during the past year may be surprised to open their mailboxes this month and find that their property taxes have increased.In Clackamas County, real property values declined 9.3 percent from a year ago. However, property tax bills mailed this week will increase an average of 8.7 percent.
In Washington County, real market values dropped by an average of 8.7 percent, while the average property bill will increase about 7 percent.
In Multnomah County, property tax bills … (0 comments)