Jen Woodbury's (jenwoodbury) Blog

I came across this article in The Oregonian that highlights stats showing Portland, Oregon home prices have increased a half percent in August. Although home price increases in Portland are slight, it’s still a trend of increase sustained over 5 months and not the decrease we had been experiencin...

After seeing the pictures and talking to friends on the East Coast, I’m dumfounded by the damage of Sandy. Homeownership has many benefits but it can also be stressful. How can we be prepared before a disaster or storm hits? Here are some simple yet very important steps: 1. Call your insurance ag...

Sometimes doing my job is just plain fun. When I pull updates for Lake Oswego homes, this is one of my favorite categories; over $1million. The below information from MLS shows Lake Oswego houses sold over $1million in the past 60 days. Click on the link to view some beautiful properties and love...

One of the most wonderful benefits of real estate is doing business close to home. As I walk my dog Laki through the neighborhood of Westlake or attend a concert in the park, I enjoy a quick smile or conversation with neighbors. The ones who know I’m in real estate often ask questions about the ...

As usual, we went from summer to winter in "0-to-60." Now, I LOVE the Pacific Northwest but this time of year, I find myself adjusting from outdoors to indoors and while “adjusting”, I found this cool event calendar. Just plug in your dates, select an event type and click search. It pulls up a hu...

I’ve been watching to see when this site (linked below) posted September foreclosure info Portland Oregon real estate and the numbers look good. The site has numbers posted until Sept 12. You can follow the below link and see overall Oregon numbers, or, choose and focus on a specific county. The ...

Owning Portland Oregon real estate has some fun benefits! Wet winters, well, not one of them….BUT…for those of us who love and own dogs, we worry when winter comes and our furry family member doesn’t get out much….so Portland Oregon delivers with Fido’s Indoor Dog Park. Laki, my dog, as the vet s...

If you’ve been watching the Portland Oregon home market, buyers, sellers and Realtors alike have seen the inventory level decline. Zillow reports the inventory in the Portland Metro Area at Bottom Tier (lower price range) at a decline of -7.4%, Middle Tier at -10.4% and Upper Tier at -12.7% and a...

I read this article and thought the author certainly isn’t from our market because the bidding war is here. Yet, I like the five tips offered to create demand for your home. The five tips are certainly “old hat” but I agree, homes should be priced well (within market), agents should do a brokers ...

Too many buyers receive a huge stack of paperwork from sellers that goes unread. In this stack, if the home is part of an HOA, you’ll have HOA docs, meeting minutes, house rules…on and on. Although the real estate agent isn’t expected to read all HOA docs for every home they facilitate the sale f...