Category: Real Estate News

Seller Contributions – First Time Home Buyers Advantage

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Today’s real estate market is weird. Everybody is saying it. What’s so weird about it? My guess is that Seller Contributions have made their way into making the market weird for the real estate investor. Let me explain. The Remedy: Seller Contributions Real estate professionals (the real estate brokers and the mortgage brokers) have become … Continued

Seller’s Market

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A seller’s market is described as the average house taking less than 6 months to sell. We are definitely in a Seller’s Market in Eugene Oregon, with the current average being 56 days. Per Zillow, the median home value in Eugene Oregon is still strong at the price of $349,466. Eugene home values have gone … Continued

Property Flipping Down 12%

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Property Flipping Down 12% If you are a house flipper, you may be feeling the pull of a shift in the business. Then again, you may be rising above the challenges in the house flipping market.  Nation-wide, it appears, the house flipping market is getting tougher, not just in Eugene/Springfield Oregon. According to ATTOM Data … Continued

“The Big Short” not again

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If you liked the movie “The Big Short” then you’ll want to read this.  Mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) are back, and they are being bundled this time as Fix-and-Flip mortgage bonds.  It’s “Wall Street’s new housing bet to boost home flippers”, says Inman’s headline on February 15, 2017. What is it?  Last year Fannie Mae and … Continued

Is Eugene Next?

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Portland City Council passes Relocation Assistance ordinance. On February 2, the Portland City Council unanimously passed an ordinance requiring landlords to pay for the relocation costs of some tenants.  The ordinance applies to Tenants receiving a no-cause eviction or when the landlord raises the rent by more than 10 percent. In October 2016, the Portland … Continued

Good News from the War on Zombie Properties

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Good News from the War on Zombie Properties In his article “Breaking Down Blight”*, Robert Klein heralds the use of polycarbonate clearboarding to be a turning point in the national war against the blight of vacant and abandoned properties. “One of the most significant changes that built positive momentum in the fight against blight occurred … Continued