Buyers are like dating

DO NOT READ THIS BLOG IF YOU DON”T UNDERSTAND SILLY.
I was having a fun conversation today with a couple of Realtor friends of mine, and I came up with a theory about why I like to work with buyers so much.
Working with a buyer is like dating. And since I have been happily married for over [...]

Ashland Statistics Return-Along with a Joke

Now that the Ashland fire is apparently under control, I can return to the boring statistics of Ashland Oregon real estate. I’ve come to the conclusion that statistics are not exciting for anyone to read. I post them because I personally find them fascinating, but I don’t consider myself to be a boring person. I’m [...]

New forclosure listings

The start of this week saw 19 foreclosures either be listed for sale for the first time in Jackson County, or come back on the market after a previous offer didn’t pan out.
The highlights are
West Medford, 1120 square foot 3 bedroom home (looks like maybe a townhouse) for $59,900
East Medford, 1650 square foot home on [...]

Latest Foreclosures In Central Point

In the last two days, the latest foreclosures to be listed for sale are in Central Point.
*One located on Ester Way and looks like a good bargain. A little over 25oo square feet on 1.78 acres. The house was built in 2001 and currently appears to be owned by Wells Fargo. The price on this house [...]

Current Foreclosures in Jackson County

A quick search of the Southern Oregon MLS shows that today there are 133 bank owned (REO) forclosed houses currently for sale.
These properties are all kinds…in all price ranges.
On the bottom end is a $55,000 house in Evans Creek on an acre that has fire damage. But more realistically, there is a house in West [...]

First time home buyer tax credit may expire soon

The government sponsored first time home buyer credit of $8000 or 10% of the purchase price of a home is set to expire at the end of November.
With recent national news that the real estate market is doing better, the government may think that extending the credit is not necessary. While I personally feel that [...]

Zillow and Jackson County Real Estate

I am just a little amused by Zillow at the moment. I just watched a tutorial video about the accuracy of the Zestimate, and found that they keep track of how accurate they are on a state by state, and county by county basis.
So obviously I go to see how Jackson County Oregon rates…and wow…Zillow [...]

Seller’s Market under $200k—but not over

I’ve been looking at the added sales volume we have had in the Rogue Valley lately, and hearing stories (and experiencing) multiple offer situations. It has been feeling like a seller’s market in many ways. However, it all seems to be in the lower price range. So I just ran a few numbers.
For the record…the [...]

May Stats Are Here

With every set of statisics I run or receive there is always good news….and there is always some bad news. That is the nature of real estate. What is good for sellers, is not necessarily good for buyers…and vice versa.
That being said…it appears that we are approaching a point in the market where the two [...]

Original Listing Price to Selling Price

I admit it has been a long time since I have posted on my blog.  Blame in on the weather, the slightly more active real estate market…or probably the real cause. I have been out of town for something or other almost every week for a day or two.
Or perhaps I just couldn’t think of anything [...]