The headlines screamed…. BUY ME! BUY ME! BUY ME! 5% to Buyer’s Agent!!! Holiday Cosmos! Free Brokers Gift Wrap! South Salem! Champagne Brunch Tomorrow! 1% Selling Bonus! Broker Open Tomorrow, Full Winter’s Meal! Seller Says “GET IT SOLD!” from our weekly flyers sent out on the WVMLS. I commend these agents for being proactive in…
I love old homes. I love the details of the architecture and the variety. With the push to build so many homes so far, we really lost that aspect of our history. In Salem, we have a few Dutch colonials, not a lot. The Dutch Colonial home is an American style that came from “Deutsch”…
The Pony Express was started in April 3rd, 1860 and ran until October 1861. The Pony Express was phased out due to the new technology of the telegraph. With the development of the intercontinental railroad, people were able to send mail easily as well. Newspapers were easy to print and transport across the county for…
As many of you know, the City Council of Keizer is meeting tomorrow to talk about the zoning change to the corner of Lockhaven and Chemawa Rd to allow for a 120,000 sq foot store instead of the currently zoned 10,000 sq feet. This is a hotly debated issue since a store of that size…
When you see a lender to take out a loan for a home, the bank either retains the loan in house, or sells in on the secondary mortgage market. . Banks “bundle” loans together and sell them off to investors. The secondary mortgage market only buys loans, they don’t start them. The secondary mortgage market…
Just today I was out with a buyer looking at a home they liked. What they didn’t like was the price. The homeowners purchased the home 12 years ago. I won’t go into details as my buyers like the home, but at the current asking price the sellers would make a 186% profit on the…
As a real estate agent I see soooooo many listings and read a multitude of agent comments. Some agents really excel at writing comments that make you want to go and see the home. Others…well…let’s just say they could use a little creative writing course. Some of the most overused words… Location, Location, Location…I think…
I was on another online group reading some comments. An agent from the Arizona area stated that in her area, only 6% of homes that were listed were heading to a close this year. So that means 94% of the listings in her area are not successful sales. I was intrigued by this statistic so…
I was on the MLS screening homes for my clients to look at this past Saturday. As I was flipping through this listings I came upon one that I was completely confused by…it left me wondering about agents. The photos on this listing were blurry and dark. There were pictures of, I assume, the homeowners…
I’m being asked a lot lately about whether or not buying a house right now makes sense, or should you wait until Spring as prices continue to drop. That depends… Yes, the projections are and the local Salem market trend is, that seller’s are continuing to lower their prices as inventory climbs. There are 31%…