The SE Portland real estate market finished April with 252 closed sales, which is up from the 202 & 176 closed sales recorded in the prior months of March and February respectively. Of the 252 closed…
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The Obama administration's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) looks to be the temporary holding cell where delinquent and underwater homeowners bide their time until they enter the administrations…
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"Taxation Trap"1031 exchange, otherwise known as a tax deferred exchange is a simple strategy and method for selling one property, that's qualified, and then exchanging it for another property (also…
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The NE Portland real estate market finished April with 181 closed sales, which is between the 191 & 148 closed sales recorded during the prior months of March and February respectively. Of the…
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The North Portland real estate market (which is comprised of the zip codes 97203, 97217 & 97227) finished April with 70 closed sales, which is between the 74 & 66 closed sales recorded during the…
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The downtown Portland real estate market (which is comprised of the zip codes 97201, 97204, 97205 & 97209) finished April with 58 closed sales, which is up from the 47 & 37 closed sales recorded…
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The SW Portland real estate market (which is comprised of the zip codes 97219, 97221, 97225 & 97239) finished April with 105 closed sales, which is up from the 91 & 78 closed sales recorded during…
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The NW Portland real estate market (which is comprised of the zip codes 97210, 97229 & 97231) finished April with 129 closed sales, which continues an upward swing from the 99 and 60 closed sales recorded…
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The city of Portland real estate market finished April with 789 closed sales, which continues and upward trend from the 703 & 565 closed sales recorded in the prior months of March and February respectively.…
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Our local multiple listing service (RMLS) released their market statistics for April last week. Continuing a trend, the number of active listings are down and sales activity is up from a year ago. Consequently,…
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Today’s post is a relic from September 2008 that incorporates my favorite sport of baseball with a bit irony, sarcasm, and humor to capture the mood of the times, which back then was the height of what…
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Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Increase as Market Stabilizes By Shobhana Chandra - May 22, 2012 7:11 AM PT Sales of existing U.S homes rose in April for the first…
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Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah"May 2012 Portland Metro Real Estate Update!!Hallelujah!! x2 might I add!! Not only do we have sunshine in the greater Portland metro area but we are having some kind of frenzy…
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"There's Taxes Everywhere" - Matt Clinereprinted from the First American Title Company Exchange Newsletter! Remember: having a strategy for your investment properties, 2nd homes and even re-thinking…
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"Falling Short" - Generation SongShort-sales have been a challenge in our market for the last few years. New legislation is supposed to make it better. My personal experience is that, "I'll believe it…
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Why Should I Care" - Diana KrallThese are some very revealing and interesting historical statistics on mortgage interest rates. If nothing else dire happens in our very small one-world economy to "rock…
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I received word last night that my sister’s house is finally under contract after 1100 days of being on and off the market and should close escrow within the next 45 days. Hooray! The sales price is…
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The State of Oregon is transitioning from a non-judicial foreclosure state to a judicial foreclosure state, meaning that it will give homeowners the opportunity to appear before a judge in defense of…
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