The turn of the leaves
Home buyers and sellers forget about real estate for a minute and less talk about warm apple cider.
Fall is here…
For the past four years, we have taken the kids to Bauman Farms. I got the official count down from my kids…only 6 more days ’till it opens! It typically opens Oct 1, but they are open starting this weekend (unbeknown to my kids)… Every community has its special events and hidden gems. Pumpkin patches…
The economic food chain
Anyone who has watched the Lion King has listened to the song Circle of Life as they talked about the food chain. Grass is eaten by antelopes who in turn get eaten by lions. When the lions die they decompose and fertilize the grass that the antelopes eat. Each plays their part in the food…
Funky loans move aside…hello unemployment
It was recently reported that the unemployment rate drop we had in July bumped back up in August to 12.2%. I think most people realize that our economy has many woes and it won’t be an easy or fast recovery. It has been talked about ad nauseum in pretty much any real estate forum that…
The struggle with Silverton
Silverton Oregon real estate…what’s going on? Silverton has probably been one of the local Salem Oregon area real estate markets that has struggled the most. Where Keizer is almost at a normal state, Silverton continues to struggle coming down to reality. Why do I say this? I mean the numbers are definitely looking better for…
Onward neutral market
I’ve talked about Keizer a lot. It was a bastion of sanity while the rest of the Salem Oregon real estate markets were going in the toilet. Keizer flat lined and then plunged, but still remained some semblance of decency during it’s drop. Keizer did what I think most of the Salem Oregon area real…
Back to our regularly scheduled blog…
I’ve been a bit slow on the blogging front these past couple of weeks. Between a needed vacation, actually working with real people, and school starting, there hasn’t been a lot of time to blog about our local Salem Oregon real estate market. The good news for all 4 of my dear local readers is…
For the love of a dog…
I’m home sick today here in Salem Oregon and have been wandering around on different forums since my kids have hijacked the television. As I was reading a thread, my jaw hit the floor. The topic of the thread was from a seller frustrated that her children’s toys were being played with during showings. Buyers…
Jingle mail, Jingle mail, Jingle all the way
Broker Bryant a real estate agent in Poinciana Florida was recently talking about the upswing in consumer walkaways. Now the term jingle mail has been around for a couple of years now and refers to when home owners just mails their keys back to the lender and walks away from their house. As consumers are…
You aren’t liars…you’re just human.
“Buyers are liars and sellers are worse.” Every industry has it’s “catch phrases” which don’t always exude professionalism. That above phrase is the real estate’s nasty catch phrase. There is a discussion occurring on the ActiveRain real estate network about this phrase. First of all, you all need to know I think it sucks. I…