Should I Wait For Spring To Sell My House?
No. You shouldn’t wait. The house from the picture had two offers yesterday. On one of the worst days of this stom in Portland offers still came in. If you are waiting for Spring it is because you don’t think houses sell now. Talking to a friend who is using another Realtor, it happens, he […]
Freezing Temps and Your House
This is a view from my listing on Canyon Ln when I checked on it Monday. Everything checked out fine but I overheard something last night that I hadn’t thought of at the time. You may not know you have a broken pipe until the pipe thaws. So as today warms up a little bit […]
Map Based Foreclosure Search Of The MLS And Other Goodies
After opening up the search page you can toggle to search for short sales and foreclosure homes. It uses keywords and an algorithm to pick them out of the RMLS. Another fun search that should yield a list of motivated sellers is this one. You can search by days listed and, this one surprises me, […]
Will Home Prices Bottom Out In September 2009?
As anyone who has visited here with any kind of regularity will know, I am not a fan of prognostications. Someone high up in the banking industry told me that by th eend of the year rates should be right around 7%. They are not. He says that rates should actually be lower now as […]
Thoughts On Real Estate Right Now
I have been slow to post and the posts that I have done are posts on The Blazers and other non real estate things. There has been almost no good news. Where I can easily post about the importance of demossing your roof or talk about not plugging all of the foundation vents because […]
Short Sale Frustration
A homeowner came to me 5 weeks before the foreclosure date of the home. Not much time but possible. I started, at what I thought was a low price, but no offers. I kept dropping the price and we were lucky to get a lowball offer. In short sales, any offer is desired as it […]
Pricing Your Home
I did an Comparative Market Analysis for a possible client today in NW Portland. The average sales price I am finding consistently recently is about $165 per square foot. I have never really followed that number in the past but with such a high a inventory it is becoming a consistent barometer. What I […]
The Easiest Transactions
The smoothest transactions are the one where each side is doing their best to be fair. Though some would argue that each side is trying to be fair to their own needs. I have had a few deals where everyone was just trying to be reasonable and it was so smooth and it was divine. […]
Anyone Can Have A Bad Day
Even Michael Jordan can get beat unexpectedly. Michael Jordan has a expensive “Flight School” Camp where people can learn from him and play him one-on-one. One opponent surprised him back in 2003. More info here. As nice as it is to see a regular Joe, in a basketball sense, get a win, Jordan says something […]
Short Sale Perspective
I was talking to a friend recently about their home. It will be foreclosed on in a matter of days. I asked what their agent had down with the price and if they given all of the necessary documents to the agent. “What documents?” The agent they used had a longer established relationship and I […]
Foreclosure News
Citigroup will halt certain foreclosures and rework $20 Billion in loans. The bank plans to reach out to 500,000 homeowners in the next 6 months. They helped 270,000 since 2007. Foreclosures fell dramatically in October in comparison to the last few months. 7.5 million Americans owe more than the current market value of their home. […]
Happy Halloween
The market is scary enough but here is a little extra.
It Is Finally Blazer Day!
Here were are finally. After a year and half since we knew we had him, Greg Oden gets to show us what he can do. I honestly think we, and maybe even Greg Oden, got “lucky” to be out last season. Remember when Dennis Dixon went down for the Ducks last year. Even their […]
Google Android Phone
This is a picture from the 3 megapixel phone. I won’t be taking any photos of homes with it. Since this is non-real estate skip past or click here to read more. And this will be a stream of consciousness post.
Monday News Links
When Warren Buffet speaks, I pay attention. What the Bailout does for taxpayers. Lien on the Nines luxury hotel for about $6.5 million. The Pearl’s biggest developer gives his opinion on the Portland Market from his vantage point.
