Eugene, OR

Here is the break down for single family home sales for

June, July and August

in Eugene, OR's

FERRY STREET BRIDGE RMLS market area

SHOWN BY type of sale: REGULAR SALE, SHORT SALE, OR BANK-OWNED SALE

(WATCH the colors carefully!)

24 Single Family Homes sold in August:

Short Sales: Bank Owned:

3237 Queens East $325,000 1122 Oakway $254,000

2285 Providence $172,000 3020 Harlow $200,000

2865 Van $167,000 1652 Kings North $179,900

26 Single Family Homes sold in July:

Short Sales: Bank Owned:

2138 Wood Duck $460,000

985 Calvin $155,000

31 Single Family Homes sold in June:

Short Sales: Bank Owned:

1242 Rio Glen $300,000 3320 Brookview $377,000

2750 Elysium $200,000 2127 Law LN $319,900

2260 Elysium $261,750

1153 Arcadia $256,000

3634 Westward Ho $135,000

Which homes are selling best in Lane County, Oregon's

FERRY STREET BRIDGE RMLS Market Area?

The table below compares actual closed sales of single family, detached homes in the months of

June, July, and August, 2009

to the inventory available in the Ferry Street Bridge market area as of

September 12, 2009.

Homes from 1200 to 1600 square feet are HOT!

Homes between 2000 and 2199 square feet are selling well.

Homes over 2200 square feet are less in demand but the available inventory is lower than in other local RMLS areas.

The high inventory at the low end is surprising.

As elsewhere, the $8000 fully refundable federal tax credit

(for buyers who have not owned a home

in the last three years)

is driving the sale of smaller homes.

Nothing similar is driving sales at the high end.

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Which homes are selling best in Lane County, Oregon's

BETHEL-DANEBO RMLS Market Area?

The table below compares actual closed sales of single family, detached homes in the months of

June, July, and August, 2009

to the inventory available in the Bethel-Danebo market area as of

September 5, 2009.

Homes from 1800 to 1999 square feet are HOT!

Homes below 1600 square feet are selling well -- approaching a buyer's market.

Homes over 2400 square feet are NOT --

- as in not selling.

None in this range sold in the last three months.

Homes over 2200 square feet have an

aggregate available inventory of

20 months.

The $8000 federal tax credit is driving the sizes at or below
the (1400-1599 square-foot) median home size.

Nothing comparable is driving the sale of large homes.

Karen Church, your RE/MAX Integrity "Go To" Gal at www.eugenehomesgal.com wants you to know that there are grants available to help homeowners with home improvements to reduce the risk of wildfire. If you live in Lane County you may be eligible for a grant:

Firewise Grants Available to County Residents

The grants are intended to help homeowners with home improvements to reduce the risk of wildfire. Lane County is offering a new financial assistance program that will pay residents to reduce their vulnerability to wildfire. The County's new Firewise Incentive Program provides cash incentives to residents who make landscaping and structural improvements to their properties, which may help protect their home in the event of a wildfire. Through the program, approximately $500,000 in grant funding will be available each year to partially reimburse costs that homeowners incur for the following types of improvements:

• Installation of fire-resistant siding, exterior doors, windows and skylights;
• Replacement of a wood shake roof with a non-combustible roof;
• Installation of spark arrestors on chimneys; and
• Landscaping improvements that will create a "defensible space" around habitable structures - under this category funding will be available for brush removal, tree pruning, chipping, irrigation system installation and the planting of approved fire-resistant plants within a 30'-100' buffer around homes.

To learn more, visit www.lanecounty.org/firewise or call 682-6522 or contact: Lane County Land Management Division Associate Planner Keir Miller 682-4631, Keir.Miller@co.lane.or.us