I know this is horrible, but for whatever reason whenever I hear this neighborhood’s name, I always think of toilet paper. There is a brand called White Cloud, and for whatever insane reason I think of it when talking about Cloud 9…I think I need to work on a different association… View Larger Map Now…
Dear Readers… As a tech geek, I’m always looking into new ways to market my Salem Oregon real estate listings…so I’m wanting some feedback from you guys who read my posts. I have done custom blogsites for my listings you can see one here at 970 Heather Lane. I recently got inspired to do an…
Salem Oregon home owners in trouble…Credit markets failing…unemployment increasing…home prices plunging…Salem Oregon real estate drops…foreclosures on the rise…stock market in turmoil screamed the headlines last year and well…so far this year as well. In an attempt to help homeowners, as only they can, the federal government created the HOPE program five months ago which was…
If you are looking for real estate in Salem Oregon and want to live in a stable neighborhood, Woodscape might be a good choice for you. Now Woodscape is actually three separate sections, Woodscape, Woodscape Glen, and the newest part, Woodscape Green. Homes in the original part of Woodscape were built in the 1970’s and…
With the words short sale and foreclosure being batted about and a first time home buyer tax credit, buyers have been emailing me and asking how to purchase real estate here in Salem Oregon. Typically it is a fairly straightforward process. First, you need to talk with a local lender to see what you qualify…
The Wall Street Journal had an article recently about the increase in lending guidelines for purchasing a condo. Now, normally you wouldn’t think that would be such a big deal here in Salem Oregon because we don’t have a lot of condos, but…here is what the article stated. The government-backed mortgage-finance company stopped guaranteeing mortgages…
This is a really good video for buyers considering purchasing a house this year and hoping to use the tax credit. Here are the yes’s and no situations about who qualifies.
With the Madoff Ponzi scheme, mortgage fraud, and it seems pretty much any fraud you can think of running amok in our nation, I guess it comes as no surprise that someone is trying to deal with it. In Cook County Illinois home sellers are going to be required to fingerprint their right thumb as…
In case you didn’t hear…not sure why you would hear all the way here in Salem Oregon…a South Carolina real estate agent was caught on tape trashing a competitor’s real estate signs. A SC real estate agent, Mullen, had been having problems for months with his signs being stolen and vandalized. Setting up a “sting”…
With the turn of the market, these smaller Salem Metro area towns are not experiencing enough home sales to do any meaningful analysis since the numbers are so low. I’ll give them to you just as a reference to where things are currently, but an analysis with 1-3 sales can’t be done. Dallas: 30 day…
