12Nov 2015 by admin

Fall Housing Report

Real Estate
Numbers for pending and sold homes throughout the Portland metro area are cooling off with the return of the school year and the end of the (traditionally busy) summer real estate buying season. The seasonal fluctuation of the local Oregon housing market is normal and may be influenced by such factors as family's school year, increased vacation time in the summer in addition to buyers being more apt to shop for homes during summer's longer and warmer days/evenings. The biggest story in real estate for this season seems to be consistently low inventory of available homes for sale in Portland, Oregon. The year-on-year graph to the left clearly shows 2015 in red with September, 2015 showing only 5,657 active listings compared to 7,438 available properties for the same month a…
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31May 2011 by admin

Portland Real Estate Forecast 2011 Jan-April

Portland Real Estate Market
As can be expected, the Portland Real Estate Forecast for 2011 has high and low points. While home sales activity was down in April 2011 compared with April 2010, the average and median prices increased compared with the previous month of March 2011. This increase in the average and median value is good for people interested in listing their homes for sale in the metro area. The months of real estate inventory is at the lowest point in almost 3 years which may make now the perfect time to sell your home. The combination of relatively low residential housing inventory and average home prices improving when compared to previous months may make now the perfect time to list your home. 2011 Market Update [caption id="attachment_2222" align="aligncenter" width="557" caption="RMLS Data &…
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