Archive for the appraisals Category

The Price and Value Conundrum in Real Estate Sales + Repairs and More!!

March14
Jethro Tull - "Conundrum" The good news is our local Portland Metro real estate market has continued to experience a "steady-eddy" recovery since December 2011.  Anxious buyers are on the lookout for well-priced, good condition properties and long to take advantage of these historically low, low interest rates.  So, other than lack of inventory (a seemingly chronic lack of inventory, I might add), what do Realtors have to whine about now???  It's the appraisal and underwriting process!!!  I wrote about this prior in a January 2012 article and it continues. “We’ve come a long wa… Read More

August 2012 Portland Metro Real Estate Update!!

August17
"Feelin' Hot, Hot, Hot" AUGUST 2012 PORTLAND METRO REAL ESTATE UPDATE!! It's the "dog days of summer" my friends, and you'd best find a good waterin' hole and hunker down!!  It's hot, hot, hot (just like our real estate market???).  Another painful segue into this month's real estate update!  And, yes our real estate market IS continuing to improve.  If you are a buyer, it's improving much too quickly.  If you are a seller, it's simply not repairing fast enough!  It's always feast or famine in real estate.  However, basically I think all the pundits agree, it's not a fluke, our … Read More