I’m glad to see that the Keizer Oregon real estate market is back to the normal stats that we have had for a while now. Last month was a funky month in real estate in Keizer, no other words for it. Inventory corrected itself from that odd 25-month number to 10.2 months. This is more…
Purchasing a home here in Salem Oregon is a huge investment and many people save for a down payment, but forget about closing costs. Recently, the real estate document recording fee was raised from $11 to $26. A $15 increase. These funds would be mostly used for affordable housing projects. With that recent news, as…
Well, it’s that time again…I postponed it as long as possible: the monthly Salem Oregon real estate market report. Honestly, I am kind of happy with it this month, which sounds weird because it’s not like the data is great. I just like that the decline slowed down a bit this month. In January and…
Many sellers are struggling to sell their Salem Oregon home, and can’t figure out why. Most of my clients listen to my advice when I tell them what they HAVE to do in order to sell their home. Just because you don’t like what I have to say doesn’t mean that it isn’t true. So…
There are several newer subdivisions of homes out in West Salem Oregon from West Meadows Estates to Woodhaven Estates to Deer Ridge Estates. Deer Ridge Estates was developed in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s as there were several phases to the subdivision. View Deer Ridge Estates in a larger map Deer Ridge Estates is…
ActiveRain is a real estate network that I participate in with other industry professionals. Some interesting discussions occur there about many different industry topics. The most recent one…are Realtors partially responsible for the mess we are in today? The source of the debate was a Fox News broadcast with the CEO of Coldwell Banker. The…
The other day my daughter’s kindergarten teacher and I were chatting as I was picking up my son from Schirle Elementary’s Chess Club. She had to send my daughter to the library. My daughter wasn’t in trouble, but her class was. See…my daughter has ASD, that is Autistic Spectrum Disorder. While much improved, she tends…
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…