Tag Archives: general real estate
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Short Sales in Southern Oregon
Posted on December 9, 2011 by Agent In A Kilt in Foreclosure, Real estate.Short Sales:The brief definition of a “short sale” is when the owner of a house owes more to the bank(s) than the house can be sold for, and therefor a sale requires the bank to release the lien for less than full value.My House is Worth Less Than I own on it. What can I [...]
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What everyone seems afraid to ask or….
Posted on December 9, 2011 by Agent In A Kilt in Real estate.What everyone’s afraid to ask….OR….. The “How’s the Market” Blog Another year has passed in the great recession that we all are going through. It has been a tough time financially for many of us. Being a real estate professional, I still get asked how the real estate market is, although admittedly not as often [...]
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Ashland Summer Not So Hot
Posted on August 18, 2011 by Agent In A Kilt in About Ashland, General, Real estate.This has really been another mild Summer in the Rogue Valley. For an area that has normally seen a handful of 100+ degree days by now, they are nowhere to be seen. This is good news to many who do not like that hot weather…plus good news to keep the forest fires down, and the [...]
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Foreclosures Rising
Posted on June 6, 2011 by Agent In A Kilt in Foreclosure, Real estate.This last week there was an interesting article in the Medford Mail Tribune about a Jacksonville man who won a court case on his foreclosure proceeding, and also a weekend article in the Oregonian about Foreclosure filings in Oregon being up 236% Together they make an interesting article, but I wished that it was a more NY [...]
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End of Tax Credit
Posted on October 5, 2010 by Agent In A Kilt in Real estate.Pending sales are up nationally as the rebound from the “end of the tax credit” has worked its way through. I listen to a podcast from NPR called Planet Money. They do a great job of making the financial news that we all keep hearing about, whether from the government, banks, or Wall Street, etc…make [...]
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An analysis of the effect of the home buyer tax credit
Posted on September 17, 2010 by Agent In A Kilt in General, Real estate.My last newsletter asked the question of what effect did the home buyer government stimulus money have? My answer was I thought that the short term impact was huge. But I was really curious about what the long term impact was going to be. And I concluded last time we’re really just in a wait [...]
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When Discrimination is Okay
Posted on March 1, 2010 by Agent In A Kilt in Real estate.I guess it takes something as horrific as this to get me to start writing again. Aryan Nation Wants To Locate Headquarters in John Day, Oregon First, I would like to commend Gene Officer, the Realtor quoted in the story, for his comments. I would also like to commend all other Realtors in the area [...]
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Seller’s Market under $200k—but not over
Posted on June 15, 2009 by Agent In A Kilt in Real estate.I’ve been looking at the added sales volume we have had in the Rogue Valley lately, and hearing stories (and experiencing) multiple offer situations. It has been feeling like a seller’s market in many ways. However, it all seems to be in the lower price range. So I just ran a few numbers. For the [...]
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May Stats Are Here
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Agent In A Kilt in Real estate.With every set of statisics I run or receive there is always good news….and there is always some bad news. That is the nature of real estate. What is good for sellers, is not necessarily good for buyers…and vice versa. That being said…it appears that we are approaching a point in the market where the [...]
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By the numbers–short sales and REO’s
Posted on February 4, 2009 by Agent In A Kilt in General, Real estate.In the last 3 months in Jackson County 384 total sold residential properties 125 sold REO properties 35 sold Short Sale properties Median price of REO/short sale properties is 20% lower than non-duress properties Total 42% of the sold market is REO/Short sale In the last 3 months in Ashland 39 total sold residential properties 4 sold [...]
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