21.9% of listings distressed in PDX, 31.7% in Clark County The latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association indicated that the rate of foreclosure for people with fixed rate loans and good credit is on the rise. The AP reports that homeowners’ inability to keep up with payments is now more due to unemployment, rather […]
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Supra Lockbox Activity – Updated Through Week of November 2-8
Categories: Lockbox, Oregon Real Estate, Statistics, Washington Real Estate
Activity down in Washington, up slightly in Oregon When comparing the week of November 2 – 8 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 11.7% in Washington and increased 0.2% in Oregon. Click the chart for a larger view (Washington, top; Oregon, bottom) Archive View an […]
RMLS Market Action Recap – October 2009
Categories: Clark County, Columbia Basin, Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Eastern Oregon, Lane County, Market Trends, Mid-Columbia, Oregon Real Estate, Portland, RMLS Market Action, Statistics, Union County, Washington Real Estate
Same-month sales up nearly across the board in Oregon & Southern Washington Sales activity continued to outpace levels from the same month last year in the latest RMLS™ Market Action report. Inventory was also down in several areas, including Lane County, Portland and Clark County. Sales Activity: Both pending and closed sales increased in 9 […]
How Should Agents Use the Private Remarks?
Categories: RMLS News, RMLSweb, Tips & Tricks
What Information Do You Want To See There? We often get requests to post messages on RMLSweb suggesting that agents use the Private Remarks in a certain way. For example, I received these two requests this week: Please ask agents to include when there is no water or power in the Private Remarks. Please remind […]
Supra Lockbox Activity – Updated Through Week of October 26 – November 1
Categories: Lockbox, Oregon Real Estate, Statistics, Washington Real Estate
Real estate activity up slightly in Washington, down in Oregon When comparing the week of October 26 – November 1 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox increased 0.3% in Washington and decreased 4.1% in Oregon. Click the chart for a larger view (Washington, top; Oregon, bottom) […]
November Real Estate Events & Education
Categories: Events, Oregon Real Estate, Portland, Washington Real Estate
RMLS™ Trainers visiting Bend, November 18-19 Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming Realtor® events & education for the remainder of November in Oregon & Southern Washington. If you have an event that is not listed here, please let us know by commenting below. For future events, please send an e-mail to communications (at) rmls (dot) com. – […]
Supra Lockbox Activity – Updated Through Week of October 19-25
Categories: Lockbox, Oregon Real Estate, Statistics, Washington Real Estate
Number of lockboxes opened in Oregon & Southern Washington drops When comparing the week of October 19 – 25 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 11.9% in Washington and 15.4% in Oregon. Click the chart for a larger view (Washington, top; Oregon, bottom) Archive View […]
Save Time with Listing Load in RMLSweb
Categories: RMLSweb, Tips & Tricks
RMLS™ Subscribers: Use ‘Finish Later’ in Listing Load Our latest release brought some relatively minor changes to Listing Load on RMLSweb. The first change is that the “Save and Add” function is now called “Publish”. The other change is that we now allow you to enter a future list date. We thought this would be […]
Supra Lockbox Activity – Updated Through Week of October 12-18
Categories: Lockbox, Market Trends, Oregon Real Estate, Statistics, Washington Real Estate
Down 5.5% in Washington and Oregon When comparing the week of October 12 – 18 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 5.5% in Washington and Oregon. Click the chart for a larger view (Washington, top; Oregon, bottom) Archive View an archive of the Supra lockbox […]
Portland Metro Sales by Price Range – September 2009
Categories: Market Trends, Portland, Statistics
Homes below $400k make up 85% of sales in September I recently read that in Phoenix, 93% of September Home Sales were below $400k. The author says that Phoenix is essentially a “tale of two markets”, one where homes in the lower priced spectrum are selling & where high-end homes are sitting. We’ve looked at […]