Portland Real Estate Cafe’s Sunday Tour of Homes
View up to 9 homes without any pressure or hassle! This is a great way to see several homes in a neighborhood in your price range. This week we have scheduled the Hawthorne and Mt Tabor neighborhoods in the $349,000 - $415,000 price range. Tour […]

This year Easter fell on this first weekend in Spring, so you may not have had the opportunity to make serious headway on your Spring Cleaning. You may not have even had the time to get your required tasks organized. If you’re really serious about Spring Cleaning, you may have already examined […]

This weeks Mortgage Market Guide reviews the financial markets of the previous week and which could affect the Portland Oregon real estate market.  The past weeks we saw some wild swings in both directions, but in the end fixed home loan rates came down by about .25% to end the week.
The key economic reports due […]

Here’s a great site to check if you are in looking for a house in the Portland real estate market and want to be able to walk to all the local amenities.  It’s called Walk Score.  You enter an address and the site returns the Walk Score on a scale of 1 to 100, with […]

This weeks Mortgage Market Guide reviews the financial markets and the certain impacts to the Portland Oregon real estate market.  The past week was up and down again, but we saw fixed home loan rates come down by about .25% to end the week.
Several key economic reports are due for release this week including:  Housing […]

Buying a home is a major ordeal for most people and finding a Realtor to help you with your purchase is a necessity, especially in today’s Portland real estate market. The relationship between a buyer and their agent is based on trust and mutual understanding, and finding that agent can be an ordeal […]

RMLS released their RMLS February Market Action Report on the state of our local housing market. What typically gets reported after these monthly reports is the change in our mean home price, and perhaps something about housing inventory. Portland remains one of a few major cities that continues to report rising home prices, although the […]

The weekly Mortgage Market Guide provides an overview of the financial markets as they relate to mortgages and quite possibly the local Portland Oregon real estate market.  This past week was again a volatile market as we saw fixed home loan rates go up by about .375% with possibly more increases to come.
The fluctuation in […]

Researching mortgage loans will help you avoid making the wrong decision on your financing which could cost you thousands of dollars down the line. Choosing right mortgage is critical in the current Portland real estate market. A mortgage can also be a great investment tool, which is very important since buying a home […]

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.