Market Report For West Portland: Bethany
February 25, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Here are the trends as they are happening year for Portland, Oregon and the Tri-County Area. Things leveled off and now indications are that we are taking another hit or dip in values as Spring begins. The availability of mortgages, the credit crunch, and the unemployment rate are all in play here in Oregon. Stay [...]
Short Sales Make Up Bigger Share of Market
February 23, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Short sales jumped to 15.9 percent of home purchase transactions last month, according to a monthly survey by Washington, D.C.-based business research firm Campbell Surveys and mortgage industry publication Inside Mortgage Finance.
That’s the highest percentage of short sales since the survey first launched in July of last year, when short sales made up 12.5 percent [...]
February 2010 Market Stats for Oregon Real Estate
February 17, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Come see the latest and Greatest and I might add the most Complete Stats for 2010 so far and the Year over Year Comparisons for the entire Oregon Real Estate Market. This is the RMLS Report for mid February 2010 and it is something you will want to see. Days on the Market, Average Price [...]
Re\Max’s Owner Dave Liniger Urges Lenders
February 17, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Liniger to Lenders: ‘Release Properties’
LINIGER
Editor’s Note: The following is a Feb. 10 press release from RE/MAX International.
RE/MAX Urges Lenders to Release Properties
Record Foreclosure Numbers Need to Be Tackled Head On
(Denver, CO, February 10, 2010) – Dave Liniger, RE/MAX International Chairman and Co-Founder, urged government and economic leaders to push lenders to release [...]
Short Sales Heading Hopefully For Smoother Waters
February 16, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Here is a great article about some government and Private sector folks that are finally working on some sensible goals and outcomes for speeding up and short sales. If some of these things come to pass we just might see things get a little smoother and more predictable if you will in Short Sales which [...]
Housing Rent Values and Rates Drive Home Pricing
February 16, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Read this Article from Top to Bottom and see the results of our analysis:
Article From RealTrends.com
It may not be the most widespread measure of housing prices, but if you want to follow a powerful driver, look at rents. Specifically, it’s the rents Americans pay on condos, apartments or houses that are about the same size, [...]
What are the Top Rated Real Estate Sites in the US for Traffic??
February 15, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
People are often mystified as to how to get their Home marketed on the Web properly. Sure it is easy to get into the MLS but it is all about the eyeballs. Learning how to get the most exposure and making sure your agent is doing it right are a real trick. Look at this [...]
Cash For Keys Program Should be a Final Option: What you Need to Know.
February 15, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
We are getting a lot of Questions from People who want to Understand if they can or should just walk away from their home and we hear alot about the Cash for Keys Program. That might be an Option for you but it comes with some very real conditions and it also is not a [...]
Big Buying Incentive for Investors is Here!
February 13, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
It is still a great time to buy a home for the first time home buyer before the program runs out in Late April. But other investors are not aware of the government funding money out there available for them when they buy bank owned homes.
It is called the Neighborhood Stabilization Program or NSP. It [...]
