Ashland, OR

A Victorian beauty, heart of Ashland
Type: Single Family Home
Location: 678 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR 97520
Bedrooms: 5, Bathrooms: 3 full, 0 half, 0 three-quarter bath
Price: $312,500
Description: A Victorian beauty in the heart of Ashland. Close to downtown, shopping, SOU and parks. Open kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Large master suite with jetted tub. Alley access with lots of parking.


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Contact Information:
Jared Hokanson
RE/MAX Realty Group
2594 East Barnett, Suite B
Medford, OR 97504
Phone: 541-772-7653
Fax: 541-734-5559
Email: Jared@TopSouthernOregonAgent.com



678 Siskiyou Blvd (google map) (yahoo map)

Did you know that Rotary International, with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have set a goal to eradicate Polio worldwide? Each Rotary Club is finding a way to do their part to support this lofty goal. The Rotary Club of Ashland Oregon is having a 5k & 10k run on Saturday October 3, 2009. Come on out and show your support of this great event and worthy cause!

Lithia Park - Ashland, OR 5k and 10k Run/Walk

These 10K and 5K runs offer a beautiful tour of Ashland, Oregon. 10K Runners start at the band shell in Lithia Park, run through the Historic Railroad District, and take the bike path towards Ashland Ave. The return route follows Siskiyou Boulevard past Southern Oregon University, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and finishes with a run through beautiful Lithia Park and finish at the band shell. 5K participants start the same way, go through the Railroad District and return by East Main to the Library and rejoin the 10K route there.

7:00 Registration tables open

8:00 Run begins

9:00 Pancake Breakfast sponsored by Ashland Rotary

10:00 Run finishes

10:30 Awards Ceremony

See you out there!

Now that the Ashland fire is apparently under control, I can return to the boring statistics of Ashland Oregon real estate. I've come to the conclusion that statistics are not exciting for anyone to read. I post them because I personally find them fascinating, but I don't consider myself to be a boring person. I'm not really sure what that says about me.

So perhaps I should start with a joke. This actually comes from the homepage of the American Mensa Societywhich I was looking at to see what you had to do to be part of Mensa. I have no idea what Mensa meetings are about. It seems kinda strange to me, but I got curious yesterday. But when I found that one of their incentives to get you to join was people will understand your jokes. Now that got me interested.

Also, for the record, I'm a sucker for "walks into a bar" jokes. I named my dog after one.

But first, the stats. Ashland specific stats were requested by my friend, and a local lender for BofA, Linda Fitzgerald.

Currently there are 234 Residential listing in the city of Ashland. 33 Pending sales, and 22 places closed escrow in the last month. That actually is pretty good news as far as I am concerned. An absorbtion rate (length of time at current sales volume for inventory to run out) of just over 10 months is really pretty good in the current market. The breakdown goes like this:

• 13 Listings under $250k with 6 pending sales and 4 closed transactions last month...absorbtion rate of 3 months.
• 55 Listings between $250k-350k with 14 pending sales and 9 closed transactions last month...absorbtion rate of 6 months.
• 80 Listings between $350k-500k with 8 pending sales and 5 closed transactions last month...absorbtion rate of 16 months.
• 48 Listings between $500k-750k with 4 pending sales and 2 closed transactions last month...absorbtion rate of 24 months.
• 22 Listings between $750k-1 million with zero pending sales and 1 closed transactions last month...absorbtion rate of 22 months.
• 16 Listings over $1 million with 1 pending sale and 1 closed transaction last month....absorbtion rate of 16 months.

You'll note that below $350k is really strong as far as sales go...and that between $500k and $750k is the hardest competition for sales. By that I mean the fewest sales compared to the number of places listed.

Now:

The CEO of Geico walks into a bar with his spokesperson the lizard from all of those commercial. Bartender comes over, and after getting an autograph asks them what they would like to drink. The CEO says I would like a Bombay Blue Sapphire martini, and can you get a half pint of Guinness for my friend Tiny here.

Bartender says sure, but why do you call him Tiny?

The CEO say well, obviously because he's my newt.

(Let the groans commence)

The biggest difference is the temperature...and the low temp in Bend is makes it unbearably cold to me at night in all but the summer months. The averages are only about 5 degrees difference, but look at the charts for the extremes. The exteme low on record for Ashland is -5 degrees, where in Bend the extreme low is about -25 degrees.

ASHLAND, OREGON (350304)

Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary

Period of Record : 7/ 1/1892 to 4/30/2009

BEND, OREGON (350694)

Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary

Period of Record : 4/ 1/1901 to 4/30/2009

Next time on compare Oregon Weather, we will look at the difference in cloud cover between Ashland and Portland.

After over five years living here in beautiful Southern Oregon, we are still making new discoveries all the time. New paths to take on walks and hikes. New streets to travel on to familiarize ourselves with the various neighborhoods here while discovering the different viewpoints here in the Rogue Valley. New shops/businesses to explore. All new to us, anyway.

We recently celebrated our 14^th wedding anniversary. Since we had house guests at the time, we postponed our celebration until after they left. On Saturday, my hubby and I headed over to a restaurant we’ve wanted to try, having heard such wonderful things about them from people that have dined there before. Off to the Winchester Inn Restaurant we went!

Centrally located in downtown Ashland, close to the Oregon Cabaret and Shakespeare Theaters and to the many wonderful and unique shops, where we could walk off some of the deliciously decadent calories we imbibed, Winchester Inn is located in a beautiful hillside setting, surrounded by lush gardens. Dining service is offered both inside and on the outside patio, but on this warm summer evening, we chose to dine inside. Our menu choices consisted of a starter of Peruvian Crab Cakes with pineapple salsa and jicama slaw; Winchester Caesar salad with Meyer lemon Caesar dressing, brindisi cheese crisp and roasted garlic croutons and a cold Passion Fruit Soup; main entrees of Juniper Berry Crusted Filet Mignon with a red wine reduction, horseradish and bacon mashed potatoes and grilled broccolini; all enjoyed with the red flight of wines and a mixed red &; white flight of wines and followed up with coffee and a wonderful chocolate pudding with raspberry sauce Drew Gibbs honored the occasion with. Such a marvelous combination of flavors in each choice paired with some award winning wines, and the filet just melted in our mouths.

A superb dining experience in a lovely setting… what more could one ask for? Make your reservations and head on over to this wonderful family owned:

Winchester Inn

35 S. 2nd St.
Ashland, Oregon 97520

541.488.1113

See you out there!

Karen Cooper – OR/CA Mortgage Consultant – www.Quality4Loans.com