Green Designations for Realtors

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There are currently two competing designations for Realtors to indicate that they are “green”.
I have been on the fence for quite some time whether it is practical to have the designation, or just having the knowledge of what is taught.
My basic issue with official designations is there is an annual [...]

Sales Definitely Up In Ashland

The number of homes that sold in Ashland is up considerably this year from the same time last year.
Through the first part of May, there have been 75 homes sold in Ashland. That is up from 56 during the same period last year.
Interestingly there were no sales in the beginning of 2008 for less than [...]

Washington DC (views from a Hotel room)

After my mid-day nap yesterday….going to sleep with the crud was close to impossible….Add to that the fact I’m in a hotel room and the bed is a foot too short….it made for a long night…but enough whining.
What I do like about the Mayflower hotel.

Room is large and nice
Less than a block to the Metro
Shower [...]

Washington dc travel (b)log

In the effort to not over Twitter, I believe a running blog of Washington DC via blog from my iPhone will save my facebook friends. So I advance I will apologize for typos, mis-spellings, and bad grammar. There is no good editing available yet on the iPhone. The flight was perfect except for being a [...]

Pending Sales Up, Inventory Down

I just received some graphs showing the trends in pending sales and market absorption.  They are very encouraging. Pending sales are currently at their highest point in more than the last year. These statistics are for Jackson County, and were provided by the Southern Oregon MLS.
The previous high of pending sales for the last year [...]

Local housing to be effected by stimulus bill

I have been holding off on commenting about the effect of the stimulus package on the local housing market until I felt like what they were talking about in Congress until I thought a conclusion had been made….
I think that time is today…and the eventual winner looks to be as follows:
Temporary credit for home buyers: [...]

Downside of Living in Southern Oregon

As a Realtor, I frequently get asked the question “What is it about where you live do you NOT like?”
I honestly have problems answering this question. I love where I live…and some of the downsides to some are what I consider to be part of the charm. Ashland is a very liberal town…a Berkeley of [...]

Affect of Short Sales and REO’s on the market

There is no denying that one of the major influences on the current real estate market in Jackson County is the competition between houses being sold under normal circumstances…and those that are being sold under duress.
REO’s (not to be confused with ROUS’s) are the easiest of these properties to gauge value of. Because these properties [...]

By the Numbers—Days on Market

Some interesting facts…
In Jackson county, there are currently

281 homes for sale that have been on the market for over 1 year.
139 homes for sale that have been on the market for over 1 1/2 years
50 homes for sale that have been on the market for over 2 years
25 homes for sale that have been on the [...]

Good tips for 2009

I have copied the following text from an email I received. I do not know who the original author is, but I would like to credit Brian Case who is an excellent loan officer with Bank of America.  He sends me some excellent mortgage information every week, and these tips were included.
I have personally done [...]