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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Troubled homeowners choose strategic mortgage default
January 24, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
By Amy E. Buttell, Cyberhomes Contributor With one-quarter of all homeowners underwater and many unable to refinance, more are considering what was previously unthinkable: walking away from their homes, even though they can afford their payments. It’s an idea that’s gaining currency. Experian, a credit rating firm, and Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm, estimate more [...]
Special Financing Available in Oregon for Builders Inventory
January 21, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment
This is a new Finance and Warranty Program all wrapped into one and it is a heck of a program. You need to qualify and purchase one of the homes that is on the list that is published by Community Financial Corporation in Lake Oswego. Having said that there are some terrific values here. Get [...]
