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Market profile for Lake Oswego, Oregon Lake Oswego located just 7 miles south of the Portland, OR metro area. Market continues to brave a buyers market with price decreases to move inventories. Though LO has not seen the short sale and REO conditions of some markets, we are experiencing a soften...
03/10/2009
Spring is upon us and many Portland/Lake Oswego area sellers are about to list their home. They want or need to sell their home in a buyers market. They need to find the right agent to get the home sold. Marketing has moved to a whole new level. Far to many agents still subscribe to the 3P pr...
03/08/2009
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Just sat down to catch up on emails and write a blog. I was reading ris medias article on social networking and came across PING.fm. Sounds pretty cool. I have a few sites and a few blogs going and being relative new to most of the blog traffic, this ping thing looks like a great opportunity t...
03/08/2009
Portland real esate market is getting noticed. Forbes has tapped our market again. Keeping real estate real is what Forbes continues to do. By evaluating all the data available and trends of what is coming down the pike, they give the best and worse perfoming markets. In December Portland rank...
02/26/2009
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Lake Oswego is a vibrant community and unique to the Portland market. Only 7 miles from Portland city center, this prestigious cottage community surrounds Oswego lake. The lake is the visual center attraction for many new comers learning about Lake Oswego. It is not uncommon to read listing de...
02/16/2009
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Knowing what the buyer wants and convincing the seller to do it can be a challenge. Time is money. As the list agent, you only get paid when the home sales. Your out of pocket expense varies with the type of marketing you do. But none is free. As the seller, you only get to move on when the...
02/16/2009
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Lake Oswego is one of the most prestigious communities in the Portland market and has received many accolades over the years. The newest is an interesting one that I read in the paper last week. According to Goodwill donation statistics, Lake Oswego/West Linn residents donated 6.2 million pound...
01/20/2009
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We are finally past the artic blast...biggest snow storm to hit our market since 1968. I wasn't here yet but we did hear about it, almost as frequently as the snow fell. For the newcomers, it is not normal for us to have kids home over the Christmas break for 3 weeks. Yes that was three - coun...
01/06/2009