Walking Between the Drops - Life and Real Estate in Lane County, Oregon

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Life and Real Estate in God's Country (Lane County, Oregon)

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2011 

Sunday, December 25.  Christmas day at our house:  After church, gifts, and food it was time to get seriously down to the game of real estate:  In this case the real estate game was a multi-hour experience with my daughter-in-law's brand new Monopoly game. It wasn't just any old ordinary Monopoly...
12/31/2011
Friday, December 23.  Returned from Grandma's house ....you, know:  Over (Snake) River (several times) and through the woods (in Oregon's Blue and Cascade Mountains - there are no woods on I-84 in Idaho) from Grandmother's house we go. Along the way, while not driving, I reviewed the real estate ...
12/31/2011
Among today's featured posts on ActiveRAIN was one by an attorney who used it to announce that his firm would no longer do short sale closings...apparently in an attorney closings state.  His post garnered, at last count 228 comments - most of them agreeing with his decision.  However, I must res...
12/27/2011
    THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN   SOUTH LANE COUNTY'S SOUTH LANE SCHOOL DISTRICT        IS TO COMPARE       THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS   The November inventory in South Lane remains near that experienced in the early years of the last decade. M...
12/25/2011
  THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY'S WILLAMETTE HIGHWAY AREA       IS TO COMPARE     THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS   The Willamette Highway area continues to be over-burdened by an inventory of simply historic proportions.... ...
12/25/2011
 THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN  NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY'S MCKENZIE RIVER VALLEY       IS TO COMPARE     THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS   The McKenzie Valley continues to be a severe buyer's market.Sales are at half that during the boom, the number r...
12/25/2011
  THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN NORTHERN LANE COUNTY'S  MOHAWK VALLEY      IS TO COMPARE     THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS Sales in the Mohawk Valley remain slim.For the second year in a row only one home sold during November -much fewer than during...
12/25/2011
  THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN NORTHERN LANE  AND SOUTHERN LINN COUNTIES, OR    IS TO COMPARE    THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS    Sales in the Coburg/I-5 North area remain too slim to draw huge conclusions. This November, inventory is down only sli...
12/25/2011
THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN EUGENE, OR  IS TO COMPARE THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS    This November, West Eugene inventory jumped down to pre-boom/bust levels.But closed sales came in at only a very low level.Even so, average price came up somewh...
12/25/2011
THE MOST MEANINGFUL LOOK AT DATA FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN EUGENE, OR   IS TO COMPARE  THE CURRENT MONTH WITH THE SAME MONTH IN PRIOR YEARS   This November, Southwest Eugene inventory remains essentially unchanged for a third year.  But closed sales saw at least an eleven year low.  That left average...
12/25/2011
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