Walking Between the Drops - Life and Real Estate in Lane County, Oregon
Life and Real Estate in God's Country (Lane County, Oregon)
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2009
In recent months, we've noticed favorable market factors at the lower end of the price/size range for homes for sale in Eugene, Springfield and Lane County, OR. We've read about declining inventories and stabilizing home prices in many parts of the country -- as evidenced by information posted ...
08/30/2009
Below is some hard nosed -- but right on -- comment about listing prices from an experienced agent who works on the opposite U.S. coast but confronts the same reality as do we. My next post will deal with the same subject. Most agents I know will give a seller a price range during a listing p...
08/27/2009
This is a serious matter. I've had recent discussions about this issue with some sellers.In Real Estate NEWS . . . of the STUPID: A Damascas, OR man was arrested for stripping his house -- of EVERYTHING! Merriam-Webster defines "strip" as: Main Entry: 1strip Pronunciation: \ˈstrip\ Function: ve...
08/26/2009
This is about an embarrassing personal experience here on Active RAIN. Those who are going to feel bad for me should cease reading right now. For the less squeamish, here's the scoop: (Sadists, I knew you'd keep reading!) Sometimes, it seems like getting points on AR is getting a little too e...
08/25/2009
Sally Dunbar works in Real Estate in Sacramento. But she regularly plays here in good old Sea-to-Ski Lane County, OR. Her family's allegiance to a past-time that thousands of Oregonians claim as their own, gives a great twist to this blog posting. After 30 years, I finally got it right. It...
08/21/2009
The Portland Regional Multiple Listing Service has posted the MARKET ACTION report for Lane County, OR for JULY, 2009. The summary of that RMLS report says the MONTHS OF AVAILABLE INVENTORY dropped to 6.3 months. The MONTHS OF INVENTORY ratio is computed by dividing the number of active lis...
08/19/2009
08/16/2009
Here was the question: Here is the full pix: FROM THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
08/15/2009
This is not exactly in my neighborhood. In fact it's just over a far hill. Call it a Sisters city. And Bi-Mart is not what I'd call a big-box store...just a neighborhood business...that is employee-owned. Well, some folks said it would never happen (and some Sisters purists wish it never had...
08/12/2009
I wanted a really quick and easy business to profile for the current business-post contest here on ActiveRAIN. I picked a really RAPID one instead. I wanted a fast eating place with some local flare. I knew right where to go. I hurried along Eugene, OR's Franklin Boulevard and into the Gl...
08/11/2009
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