Archive for December, 2008

How to Win in 2009

December 29th, 2008 \\ Uncategorized

2009 promises to be a very interesting year. We’ll have a new president, new predictions on where the market is going, and new lending rules to contend with or celebrate, depending on where the coin falls. In any market there are factors to consider when buying or selling and here are my tips on how [...]

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Portland Inventory Report by Zipcode – Year End 2008

December 22nd, 2008 \\ Uncategorized

Here is your Year End 2008 update to inventories by zipcode. This shows which parts of town and which types of property are selling and which ones are sitting. Inventory is figured in months with 6 months being balanced, less than 6 months favoring sellers and more than 6 months favoring buyers. If I missed [...]

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Does weather affect the market? …and what you can do about it! Part Two

December 15th, 2008 \\ Uncategorized

Well – In a word, YES. We are in for a cold week here in Portland and it will definitely affected the number of people that are getting out there and looking at houses. We’ve also had a very small amount of new listings hit the market in December which means there really isn’t much [...]

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December is for investors + first time buyers… Version 2

December 8th, 2008 \\ Uncategorized

I was looking through my archive when I found this post from last year. I think it is just as appropriate this year so I’m going to re-post it with updates for this year in italics. It’s that magical time of year where most people are planning for trips and telling their clients the market [...]

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Case Shiller index – What everyone forgets to mention

December 1st, 2008 \\ Uncategorized

On the last tuesday of the month the Case Shiller index is released. This is the most widely used index on the health and direction of the national real estate market. See the latest report Here. What this shows is the resale of the same homes and whether it went up or down in value. [...]

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