Portland Metro Real Estate Review

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In this forum we will offer discussions on a wide variety of subjects, but focus on Portland Metro and real estate. Hopefully our insights and experiences will inform, educate, challenge and entertain our readers week after week.

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2008 

The majority of home searches today start on the internet and buyers today want to see lots of photos!  It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words because nothing provides a potential buyer with more information than the photos.  And yet it is still WAY too easy to find examples of bad pi...
06/27/2008
  When it comes to real estate, we are living in different times than we in 2005.  There was all the reason in the world to trade-up back then.  Today though, people are either nervous or don't have the option of changing to a new house so what does one do?  Learn to love the house you're in. So ...
06/24/2008
The Tony and Libby Kelly Group | Keller Williams Portland Premiere | 503-753-7300 6327 SE 142nd Ave, Portland, OR Great Value in SE Portland OR. 3BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $199,000 Year Built 1999 Sq Footage 1,484 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors Unspecified Parking 2 Ca...
06/19/2008
The Tony and Libby Kelly Group | Keller Williams Portland Premiere | 503-753-7300 7871 SW 173rd Pl, Beaverton, OR Lovely Beaverton Home in great location! 4BR/2.5BA Single Family House offered at $399,900 Year Built 1995 Sq Footage 2,783 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 2 Parking 2 ...
06/17/2008
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  May Residential Highlights In May, sales activity in the Portland metro area picked up over last month. Compared with last May, however, activity continues to trend downward. From April to May this year, closed sales were up 17.8% (1,863 v. 1,582) and pending sales grew 2.6% (2,124 v. 2,070). N...
06/13/2008
Lenders are burdened with unprecedented numbers of foreclosed properties in their inventories.  To help unload they are discounting prices which sometimes starts a bidding war.  This could be an indication that we are nearing the bottom, or may just be wishful thinking.  This is happening the mos...
06/12/2008
A report released yesterday stated that the number of homes that went pending in April this year were higher than anyone expected.  The Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) rose to 88.2 in April, up 6.3% from March's reading of 83 and the highest level since Oc...
06/10/2008
The Tony and Libby Kelly Group | Keller Williams Portland Premiere | 503-753-7300 12755 SW 138th Ave, Tigard, OR Charming Rose Meadows traditional on very quiet street. Great home, great neighborhood, great price! 3BR/2.5BA Single Family House offered at $327,500 Year Built 1995 Sq Footage 1,678...
06/03/2008
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In this forum we will offer discussions on a wide variety of subjects, but focus on Portland Metro and real estate. Hopefully our insights and experiences will inform, educate, challenge and entertain our readers week after week.