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Cash is King 20 Aug 2013 | 11:06 pm
Cash is king or is it really? The majority of my buyers have been all cash lately. Do they really have the advantage over an offer that is financed? Not necessarily. Many sellers have been more in...
Portland Inventory Still Lags, Prices Up 30 Jan 2013 | 04:44 am
Home sales in December were a percent lower than November, but still 13% higher than last December. Home sales were up 9% during 2012, the highest annual sales volume since 2007. Prices increased 4.4...
Rick Bean named 2013 Five Star Professional 30 Jan 2013 | 04:38 am
Rick Bean has been named a 2013 Five Star Real Estate Agent. He received the same award in 2012. This award recognizes a level of excellence achieved by fewer than 7 percent of the real estate agents ...
New Home Construction on the Increase 7 Sep 2012 | 02:51 am
Have you noticed the increase in new construction starts? It's certainly a good sign. Increasingly, my clients are wanting to compare resale homes with new homes. It was not even six months ago that ...
Home Buyers Favor New Construction 7 Sep 2012 | 02:43 am
New construction has been down in the last couple of years, but recently there has been an increase in new home sales. This is great news for the home building industry in the Portland metro a...
Vancouver WA Real Estate Latest Trends 7 Sep 2012 | 02:42 am
Vancouver’s home resale inventories have decreased slightly. Distressed properties, such as foreclosures and short sales remained almost the same in September. The median listing price in Vancouver we...
The market trend from Regional Market Listing Service 7 Sep 2012 | 02:42 am
Clark County real estate activityshowed some improvement whencomparing July 2012 to the sametime period in 2011.Offers increased 3.0%comparing with July this year and last dropped 11.2%from the prev...
Why a Duck? 7 Sep 2012 | 02:37 am
Why a Duck?? The University of Oregon Ducks have set off in pursuit of another Pac-12 title in 2012. It started when they beat Arkansas State on September 1. If you aren't a fan yet, it’s time to bec...
Mortgage rates up slightly 27 Aug 2012 | 09:30 pm
Residential loan rates continued to rebound from recent record lows, rising for the 4th straight week in response to stronger data in the real estate markets. Freddie Mac announced that for the week e...
Choosing a Home Inspector 22 Aug 2012 | 11:03 pm
Many of my clients ask me for referrals for qualified home inspectors that I have used in the past. I always give my clients a choice of three different home inspectors that my previous clients have h...
