Rent or Buy: Hee! or Hee?

by William Metzker on March 8, 2010

If you’re thinking about buying a home, you’ve gotta see this video.

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Can This Last?

March 7, 2010 Uncategorized

So far, it’s shaping up to be a record year for me.  I like that.
When I launched Terradigm last fall, I thought a lot of my real estate business would be from foreclosure avoidance advice for defaulting Portland home owners.  Well, not.  At least so far. 
I thought when people got behind in their mortgage payments, [...]

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Homes Everywhere in Portland

March 2, 2010 Uncategorized

March dawned. I turned over the page in my mileage log book to begin the month.
I logged nearly 2,000 miles in February. Talk about East Side, West Side, all around the town.
At least the weather was  great, for the most part.  I got to meet some new clients, too.  And I get to meet another [...]

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Do You Really Want to Buy a Home?

February 26, 2010 Commentary

Check out this video on You Tube on home buying and other financial stuff. Funny, and so true. I got it from a favorite Inman News columnist, Robert Hahn, who’s asking some serious questions.
At what point does a real estate agent tell a client that now is NOT a great time to buy? How many of us [...]

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Gotta Love This Weather, Huh?

February 22, 2010 Commentary

Crocuses (crocii?) and daffodils blooming, tulips shouldering their way through the winterhard ground, cherry blossoms from Orenco Station to Alberta, smiles gracing the mugs of people on the Sellwood streets. Damn, there are times you really gotta love this town.
In the last week or so, it feels like more listings are blooming for home buyers.  [...]

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Prediction

February 17, 2010 House Values

Realty Trac President Rick Sharga is saying foreclosures will increase until at least 2011 and won’t be “normal” until 2013.
If that’s true, look for prices in Portland Metro and everywhere else to decline a bit more. Home buyers will do well.
Sellers? Just hope the Feds will continue the tax credit to home buyers, and hope [...]

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Whose Market Is This, Anyway?

February 16, 2010 Uncategorized

Portland home owners who list their homes for sale around $275,000 will find it’s like throwing a hunk of bloody meet into the sea and watching the sharks.
Home buyers in that range will find that many of these properties already have one or more offers before they even get to see them.  It’s been very [...]

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News Affecting Portland Real Estate

February 11, 2010 Uncategorized

Okay, this is just a digest, but here goes:
Vestas Americas, a branch of the Dutch company who makes wind turbines, announced layoffs of 114 because of low demand. Fifteen people in Portland are included.  Read it here, in OregonLive. Bad for Portland, especially the South Waterfront, who has experienced enough bad news.
The Box and One at [...]

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Something to HARP On

February 8, 2010 Commentary

This is a post I’d usually write for The Mortgage Rescue Cafe, the website set up for people wondering about short sales, worried about foreclosure or had questions about loan modifications.  But this is a story everyone needs to know.
HARP–the government’s Homes Affordable Refinance Program–was supposed to lend a hand to people who were in [...]

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Our Homes, Our Toyotas

February 4, 2010 House Values

I own a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid.  Quite honestly, I’ve been waiting since Day One for it to assert its inner Shogun.  Accelerating is the least of its problems. Of all the qualities my Camry Hybrid has, speed and agility aren’t among them.
I bought this particular car because I knew it would get heavy duty [...]

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