For some reason I saved an MSNBC news story from June 19th 2007, almost 2 years ago, which discusses the housing downturn at that time and questioned whether or not we were close to the bottom. Almost 2 years later we still don’t know when we will find the bottom. Written by John W. Schoen, [...]
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2 Years and Counting
Posted in Beaverton Oregon homes for sale, Beaverton Real Estate, Beaverton Real Estate For Sale, Homes for sale in Beaverton Oregon, Portland Oregon, Portland Oregon Real Estate Market, Real Estate Appreciation Portland Oregon, Real Estate Trends Portland Oregon, SW Portland homes for sale, Steve Schwab, Steve Schwab Group, The Steve Schwab Group, Washington County, real estate, www.SteveSchwabGroup.com, tagged beaverton, beaverton homes for sale, Beaverton Oregon Real Estate For Sale, Beaverton Real Estate, Census Bureau, foreclosure, home pricing, Homebuilders, Housing bottom, Housing downturn, housing downturn portland oregon, housing starts, Oregon Foreclosures, oregon homebuilders, Portland Oregon, portland oregon housing market, Portland real estate, Portland Realtor's, real estate market, Real Estate Trends Portland Oregon, Steve Schwab, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington County Real Estate, www.SteveSchwabGroup.com on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pricing Your Home in The New World of Real Estate
Posted in Beaverton Oregon homes for sale, Beaverton Real Estate, Beaverton Real Estate For Sale, Homes for sale in Beaverton Oregon, Steve Schwab, Steve Schwab Group, The Steve Schwab Group, Washington County, real estate, www.SteveSchwabGroup.com, tagged beaverton oregon, Beaverton Oregon homes for sale, Beaverton Oregon Real Estate For Sale, Beaverton Real Estate, Beaverton Real Estate For Sale, changes in real estate, considerations in home pricing, home marketing plan, home pricing, home pricing considerations, home pricing criteria, home pricing risks, home selling, Home selling mistakes, home staging, Homes for sale in Beaverton Oregon, marketing plan, marketing real estate, mistakes in selling home, Portland Oregon, portland oregon housing market, Portland Oregon Real Estate Market, Portland real estate, Portland real estate market, Portland Realtor's, pricing home to sell, real estate market slow down, Real Estate Trends Portland Oregon, Realtors Beaverton Oregon, slow real estate market, smart home pricing, Steve Schwab, Steve Schwab Group, strategy for home pricing, SW Portland homes for sale, The Steve Schwab Group on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll sit in sales meetings from time to time and listen to other Realtors, those who have been in the business for a lengthy time, talk about “how things use to be”. Clearly much about how real estate is transacted today differs from only 10 years ago. It seems it is still changing almost every [...]
Is There Hope for Home Prices?
Posted in Beaverton Oregon homes for sale, Beaverton Real Estate, Beaverton Real Estate For Sale, Homes for sale in Beaverton Oregon, Steve Schwab, Steve Schwab Group, The Steve Schwab Group, Washington County, real estate, www.SteveSchwabGroup.com, tagged Beaverton Real Estate, buyers market, fannie mae, foreclosure, freddie mac, home inventory portland oregon, lehman brothers, mortgage rates, National Association or Realtors, oregon economy, Oregon Foreclosures, perfect storm, Portland Oregon Real Estate Market, Portland Realtor's, Real Estate Appreciation Portland Oregon, Real Estate Trends Portland Oregon, real estate trends U.S., sellers market, stock market sell off, tipping point, U.S. economy, WAMU, Washington County Real Estate, washington mutual on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are deffinetly seeing real estate prices fall around the country. What was once viewed as the best long term investment a person could make has changed course, at least for now. According to The National Association of Realtors, home prices were trending down until late in the first quarter of 2008 where a bit of an upturn [...]
Escrow Deposits
Posted in Beaverton Oregon homes for sale, Beaverton Real Estate, Beaverton Real Estate For Sale, Homes for sale in Beaverton Oregon, Portland Oregon, Portland Oregon Real Estate Market, Real Estate Representation, Real Estate Trends Portland Oregon, Realtors Beaverton Oregon, Steve Schwab Group, The Steve Schwab Group, Washington County, first time home buyer, first time home buyers, real estate, www.SteveSchwabGroup.com, tagged Condo, Contract, escrow, escrow deposit, housing bubble, Naples Florida, neutral escrow, non-refundable escrow, Pearl District, Portland Pearl District, Portland real estate, Portland real estate market, Portland Realtor's, Real Estate Representation, real estate speculation on January 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As the housing bubble built over past few years, many buyers found themselves caught up in the excitement of buying new construction with the wish of seeing thier net worth grow over night. My own experience of working with buyers here in the Portland real estate market has been facinating as I saw people who [...]