More Signs Of Strength In The Housing Market

The news keeps getting better for the U.S. housing market. Prices are up, construction is up, and new-home sales are up. These are significant changes on the margin that are likely to have positive ripple effects throughout the economy.      ...

8 Home Inspection Red Flags

Our gallery of home inspection nightmares (below) is good for a laugh, but a home inspection is serious business. It’s the buyer’s opportunity to make sure that the house they’re about to purchase doesn’t hold any expensive surprises. A typical...

What Will Waiting to Buy a Home Cost You?

~ Realtor.com At the end of June, mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped to 4.5 percent, up from 3.9 percent on June 1 — and a notable jump from the historically low 3.35 percent monthly average rate toward the end of 2012. However, while higher rates...

Why is everyone talking ‘housing bubble’?

Home prices are rising at unsustainable double-digit rates both in Portland and across the country. Well-priced, well-located homes sell in hours, inventories are as tight as they’ve ever been and home builders are racing to break ground on new developments. Like it...

Temporary Renters

Some Transferees are easing into home ownership gradually in uncertain economic times. Prior to 2008 all was well on the mortgage and real estate scene. By late 2007, however, the landscape that was once lush deteriorated. In fact, it was damaged to a point that...

Rental Market Madness

  If you’re frustrated by trying to find a place in today’s rental market, you’re not alone. Published Mar 22, 2013, 8:00am By Kasey Cordell Portland Monthly   The only thing tougher than buying a home in Portland right now might be trying to rent...