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Portland’s real estate market is booming!

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Portland Metro Area market data

North Portland is seeing explosive growth as well as Oregon City!  

What’s the Market in Portland like right now you ask?

The latest market report from March 2014 shows real estate activity continued to see upward momentum this last month in the Portland metro area! There were 3,090 new listings, a 31.3% increase over the 2,354 new listings posted in February. This was also a 2.9% increase from the 3,002 new listings posted last March. Pending […]

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Fiscal Cliff Bill Addresses Key Housing/Real Estate Issues

The Senate bill that finally passed the House by a 259-167 vote extended a number of federal tax code provisions that are important to homebuyers, sellers, builders and real estate professionals. For huge numbers of financially distressed owners of homes with underwater mortgages, this was the biggest issue in the entire fiscal cliff debate. The […]

Do short sales actually sell?

The Realtor Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) of Portland did a breakdown of the entire Portland areas’ short sales, bank owned and regular listings and how they compare. It shows that of those listings, how many actually sold. For short sales this is valuable information. I often have clients ask me how long short sales take […]

Interest Rates Hit Historic Lows…Again!

You know, one day we will look back and think, “why didn’t I care more when interest rates were so insanely low?!” I bet people who purchased in the 80’s who dealt with interest rates around 15% would appreciate our 3.84%! Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.84 percent with an average 0.8 point for […]