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Below is a list of constantly update short sale single family detached homes in Beaverton. What is a short sale? Click here. [idx-listings linkid=”67576″ count=”40″] Here is a map of all of the short sale homes available on a map.
This list of the most expensive homes in Beaverton is updated daily.
UPDATE: A new study shows that hands-free cell phone laws had no effect on accidents. “The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), examined insurance claims for crash damage in New York, Connecticut, California and Washington, D.C., before and after handheld bans took effect and found no […]
I have wanted to put this into words for a while and then I came across this book excerpt with pretty much encases the points I wanted to make. I found this author from this post. I was originally trying to find an article I had seen before where a study found that home maintenance […]
Hope your Christmas is as much fun as this kid’s. http://i48.tinypic.com/5lw2yr.gif
We need employment to pick up for home prices to recover. This map shows what has happened over the last couple of years.
One Home Nine months Four buyers Bank silliness Mortgage Insurance confusion Equals Acceptance. Yay!!
If you can’t beat them… Picture from Failblog.org If you have some pictures of Christmas light decorations from the area, send them too me and I will put the best up here just before Christmas or maybe come up with something even better to do with them. Send them to [email protected]
I have talked to clients who have seen photos and virtual tours of homes before we went to see the homes. Time after time I hear them say, “This is room is bigger than it looked online.” Virtual tours give the buyer a false sense that they have seen the home which allows them to […]
The government has extended the tax credit in length and depth. It will go until May 1, 2010 and there is an added credit of $6500 for anyone but still $8,000 from new buyers. So where do we stand now in regards to closed sales? In August 2009 we had 1841 closed sales in the […]
We are only waiting on the President’s signature and there is no sign that he won’t. Below is a summary of the new modifications in the extension and expansion of the tax credit: 1) The $8,000 tax credit will be extended and available for first-time purchases before May 1, 2010. 2) A new $6,500 tax […]
Lifehacker is one of my favorite websites. They feature tips, shortcuts, and downloads that help you get things done smarter and more efficiently. Their site is a tech heavy but they have useful and fun tips for around the house every once in a while. Here are some of of their recent tips. Need to […]
Friday, October 30 Visit the Davis Graveyard, a Milwaukie home turned Halloween spectacle. In Oregon City, head to Main Street for safe trick-or-treating. Trick-or-treat in Old Town Sherwood. Admission is one can of food. Click here to see the Saturday events from AroundtheSunBlog.com
I don’t have the answer but I hope this shakes some answers out of the intertubes. I have gone to almost all of my closings. A couple of times my schedule conflicted with a rush or a change and I have only had loan officers at my closings maybe 3 times. Bad customer service. I […]
Ahh, the first-time homebuyer’s tax credit, the deadline is approaching and the government is trying to figure out what to do, again. Last winter they couldn’t decide if it was going to be $7,500 or $15,000 and how it was going to be applied. I quit paying attention after they gave a bunch of false […]
Eddie Murphy has had his home on the market for five years! That’s even before everything went to down the drain. He started at $30 million and now has it listed for $15 million. Taxes are $200,000 a year. You can buy an average house every year with that. Just fascinating. It has all of […]
