Ashland Summer Not So Hot

This has really been another mild Summer in the Rogue Valley. For an area that has normally seen a handful of 100+ degree days by now, they are nowhere to be seen. This is good news to many who do not like that hot weather…plus good news to keep the forest fires down, and the [...]

Ashland Not Dog Friendly

I first wrote about this last year in the post about the downsides of Ashland. But the article in the Ashland Daily Tidings last week brought it up again. I don’t think the non-dog owners around Ashland understand how restrictive this town is. And why that is unnecessary. I’ve semi-joked for years that I was [...]

Southern Oregon turns Gray

I just wanted to make one quick rant about the weather we are having in Southern Oregon this year. (And had last year too I suppose.) What is up with the extended gray days? Is this a new weather pattern that is going to continue for the next decade? I remember back in the late [...]

(readers say) Abolish Live Theater…It’s just Not Green

NPR does story on Oregon Shakespeare Festival It was a good day of news for our little town of Ashland Oregon. NPR Weekend edition did a niece story about how even in this economy, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival had a record setting season last year. Fearing the worst, they cut the budget last year, and [...]

Ashland Weather Compared to Bend Weather

  The biggest difference is the temperature…and the low temp in Bend is makes it unbearably cold to me at night in all but the summer months. The averages are only about 5 degrees difference, but look at the charts for the extremes. The exteme low on record for Ashland is -5 degrees, where in [...]

Ashland Oregon Fire

As a departure from the real estate news of this blog, I wanted to share some photos of the fire that is burning in Ashland, Oregon today. I want to start with saying that my thoughts and energy is with the people fighting this fire, and hope they are all safe. I personally know a [...]

Ashland 4th of July

Ashland is great for celebrating holidays. And one of the best holidays of the year for Ashland residents is this weekend. Image via Wikipedia If you have been in Ashland for the 4th, you know what I am talking about. It is a great time to socialize with you fellow residents…and all of the people [...]

New Year–New Way to Search for Real Estate in Southern Oregon

Happy New Year all…. I am very pleased to announce the launch of a new property tool for Southern Oregon. For many years now, in fact longer than I have been in real estate, the general public has had limited options on how to effectively search the Internet themselves for homes in Ashland, Medford, or [...]

Ashland and Medford Oregon Real Estate Stastics show the Bottom of the Market Is Now

Okay, that headline was just meant to get you into the blog to read it. It is not really possible to know when the bottom of the market is, until 6 months after it has come and gone.   I will try to figure out a better way to insert graphs into my blog. However, [...]

New Property Tax Info for Jackson County is Out

 The information in this blog is provided courtesy of Jamie Baker, now of Ticor Title. It is mainly taken from an email that she sent out to Realtors in Ashland. But it is very good information.       2008/2009 Taxes have rolled for Jackson County!   (Ashland taxes have gone down!)     I [...]