This is a series of blog posts about real estate in Salem Oregon written by Melina Tomson of Tomson Burnham, a small boutique real estate brokerage in Salem Oregon. The blog has articles about local real estate market conditions from Salem, Keizer, Independence, Monmouth, Dallas, Stayton, Aumsville and Silverton.
The blog covers topics from market conditions to happenings inside the real estate industry that might impact consumers to new technologies that are housing-related. Community information for home buyers looking to relocate to Salem is also housed in our blog as we discuss our local favorites.
You’ve been reading about interviewing real estate agents here in Salem Oregon and what questions to ask. This blog is not another one to give you ideas. This blog is about understanding how an agent should be spending the money that you give them to sell your home. What do you need to know? The…
Ahhh…the open house debate.. Sellers have been extensively trained and groomed over the years to demand open houses from their real estate agents. Like clockwork on Saturdays and Sundays, homeowners scurry around their homes in an effort to get the home show ready for the “hoards” of people that will come through the home. Like…
Recently on a forum , a consumer posted this question: Our realtor broke her end of the contract, so now should we? She went on to talk about the situation. When I picked our realtor back in August, I felt she was the best woman for the job because everywhere you go, you see…
A little bit ago I wrote about all of the new construction subdivisions that were occurring here in Salem Oregon. I was recently asked by a reader about one of the subdivisions so I thought it would make a good blog topic. Walnut Creek Estates is located on the corner of Holder and Liberty Rd…
As real estate agent, I have the opportunity to go into many homes and get great design and decorating ideas. My current home was a home that needed a lot of work on it. Every year is a project on it. This year I was thinking of tackling the kitchen. The kiddos are old enough,…
If you are one of the 15% of homeowners that want to sell their home themselves, then you have your work cut out for you. Here is what you need to know… According to the 2007 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 84% of buyers use a real estate agent, so you need to decide…
Before you head down the path of reading this blog, you need to know that I think it’s great that people try and sell their own homes when they feel that can. I am not an anti-FSBO kind of agent. I equate it with people who choose to do their own taxes vs. hiring a…
As I drive down the street these days, I can’t help but notice the increase in “RENT TO OWN” signs screaming at me from their neon pink and fluorescent yellow platforms. With credit getting more difficult to get come by for many borrowers, many sellers are electing to go this route in order to entice…
You love your home. You spent hours picking out that rooster wallpaper border for your kitchen because it reminds you of cooking with your grandmother. You LOVE it. You have spent years making your house, yours. It is colors that you love and decorated your way. It isn’t possible that overpricing a home, your home…
Home buyers looking to relocate to Oregon often ask me this question. What you need to know is that Oregon consistently ranks at the top for unemployment. The reason is pretty basic, in my opinion… Up until the 1980’s logging was a huge industry in Oregon and made up a good chunk of our manufacturing/industrial…