Market Update

    Prices flat, NOT DOWN for Portland Real Estate in March

    Portland’s RMLS recently reported RMLS March Market Action Report. As I was reviewing the numbers at the beginning of the month I expected that we would report a year-to-year price decline for the first time. But, as March data trickled in during the early part of April, prices were high enough […]

Lifestyle

Florida on Portland: Happiness is Good

There is a saying that the only two things that people don’t like to buy on sale are real estate and stocks. I talk to many would-be homeowners and investors that are content to stay on the sidelines, waiting out the inevitable decline in our real estate market.
Home prices and investment properties are the […]

Finance-Mortgages

Fed Cuts, Mortgages, Junk Bonds, & John Galt

I’ve been asked why Fed rate cuts have not resulted in lower mortgage rates. This question came up from two clients yesterday. Last night I sat down last night to write about it, and ran across this post in Transparent Real Estate.
Pat does such a great job laying this out, I was […]

Caring for your Home

Summer Home Maintenance Tips

Summertime in Portland is a great time to tackle home repairs and maintenance, as the weather is great for several months. If you did experience any damage during the rainy winter months, now is the perfect time to start planning your home projects. Here are a few tips to keep your real estate investment in […]

Buyers

Too Beautiful to be Showing Houses?

Too nice yesterday to be out looking at houses. It seemed like everyone was out having fun or working in the yard. Not us. Greg and I spent the entire afternoon showing houses in Southeast Portland.
Some general observations from our day in the market:

There are a growing number of short sales in […]

Sellers

Preparing Your Home to Sell

Putting your home up for sale takes a bit more effort than hiring a great listing agent and sticking a sign in your yard. The current state of the Portland real estate market requires effort on the part of the home owner as well. Here are a few easy steps you can take to make sure that your home is picture perfect when that potential buyer walks through the front door over the next few weeks.

Read the complete story for all the details. We will continue to share with you a series of tips for sellers, whether this is your first time putting a home on the market or just need some tips to help make your home standout from the crowd.

Neighborhoods

Southeast Portland Hawthorne Abernathy Tour of Homes for April 12, 2008

Portland Real Estate Cafe’s Hawthorne - Abernathy - Clinton Tour of Homes
This weeks Cafe Crawl - Tour of Homes - is scheduled to start on Saturday at Noon. This a great way to see several homes in the Hawthorne / Clinton / Abernathy neighborhoods of Southeast Portland in the $339,000 - $525,000 price range.
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