Looking to observe Fair Housing Month in April? Here are a few resources.
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You Can Make a Change: April is Fair Housing Month!
Categories: Events, Homeownership
This April, celebrate National Fair Housing Month with the National Association of REALTORS®, Fair Housing Council of Oregon, and RMLS™.
How to Use the Accessibility Field on RMLSweb
Categories: Homeownership, Misc., RMLSweb
Would you know how to look for a home for a client who uses a wheelchair?
Celebrate Fair Housing Month in April!
Categories: Events, Homeownership
Commemorate Fair Housing Month with a few ideas we’ve rounded up—they can be done individually or with all your coworkers.
April is Fair Housing Month: Resources to Explore
Categories: Events, Homeownership
What can you do to help end discrimination and the fair housing movement through your work with clients? Here’s a round-up of resources for reflection and sharing.
25 Quick, Cheap and Easy Home Sale Tips
Categories: Homeownership
Even with rising values and reduced inventory in certain markets, selling a home remains challenging. Buyers expect not just a shiny new stainless sink but pruned hedges, freshly painted walls, glistening hardwood floors, and more. Making everything look great can cost a pretty penny, and many sellers won’t be able to afford all the suggestions […]
INFOGRAPHICS: Distressed Properties in 2010
Categories: Fun Facts, Homeownership, Market Trends, Statistics
See a visual representation of distressed properties in our market! One request we’ve frequently gotten from subscribers is to display data on Short Sales and Bank Owned properties. As a result, we have created brand new infographics to show how distressed properties identified as Short Sales or Bank Owned were represented in the 2010 housing […]
HOWNW.com Adds Section on Avoiding Foreclosure and Fraud
Categories: Homeownership, Industry News, Portland
PMAR’s public service website, HOWNW.com (Home Ownership Opportunities Northwest) has a new section that offers consumers information from reliable sources such as the National Association of Realtors®, the Federal Trade Commission, Fannie Mae and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency about how to avoid foreclosure and fraud. To explore these useful new resources, […]
The $8K Tax Credit and its Effect on Portland Metro Real Estate
Categories: Homeownership, Market Trends, Oregon Real Estate, Portland, Statistics
There’s been some encouraging news lately in the RMLS™ market areas. The number of sales and pending sales are finally outpacing the totals from the same month in 2008. How much of it might be a result of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, though? I recently put together some statistics for the Oregonian on the Portland metro […]
How Affordable Are Homes These Days?
Categories: Homeownership, Market Trends, Portland, Statistics
While, ultimately this is extremely personal calculation (because it depends on the buyer’s income, mortgage rates, how well the house will meet their needs, etc.) there is one generic indicator that we can use to get a sense of where the market is at overall: the Affordability Index.