What is MARS and What does it mean to the Consumer?
April 25, 2011 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
There is an entirely new set of rules and laws regarding short sales service providers aimed at making sure consumers are protected. These new rules are stemming from the fact that so many people have been abusing consumers by fraudulent claims and false promises. Many of these same people take consumers money and run with [...]
How Will Foreclosure Effect My Credit??
April 30, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
From: http://www.davidkimmer.com/loanOptions/Education/How%20Foreclosure%20Impacts%20Your%20Credit%20Score/ How foreclosure impacts your credit score By Les Christie, staff writerApril 22, 2010: 4:44 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you’re delinquent on your mortgage, your credit score will suffer. Everyone knows that. The question is, by how much? Until recently, those answers were hard to come by. Credit bureaus were uncommunicative [...]
In Depth Market Stats for Oregon Show Continuation of Tough Markets
March 25, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Well things in many areas seemed to have bottomed out in the Real Estate Market in 2010. In Oregon some areas have flattened and are showings some signs of life. But overall there seems to be doubt that these markets have the ability to return to normal anytime soon. There is going to be a [...]
Foreclosure Report For March 2010: Portland in Flux
March 23, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Portland, Oregon For investors looking to the Pacific Northwest as a retirement destination, Oregon has it all — plus great affordability. The Market is really offering some great values right now both in short sales and foreclosures. “We are seeing some increases in the number of actual bank foreclosures and this trend will likely continue. [...]
January Foreclosures Down but Still Way Up from 2009 in Oregon
March 3, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
Overall Activity Up 15 Percent From January 2009, REOs Up 31 Percent From January 2009 More Than 300,000 Properties Receive Foreclosure Filings for 11th Straight Month IRVINE, Calif. – Feb. 11, 2010 – RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its January 2010 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
