Springfield, OR

Yesterday was Veteran’s Day and a number of people thanked me for my service and that made me feel very special. I was in the U. S. Air Force from 1966 to 1978 and spent time on Guam during operation ARC LIGHT and BULLET SHOT during my first enlistment, on temporary duty with the 4133 Bomb Wing (Provisional). The wing was flying sorties from Guam with B-52s over Vietnam. No, I wasn’t an air crew member, I flew a typewriter and a camera. I was editor of the base newspaper. I was back on Guam on permanent (well as permanent as the military gets) assignment in 1973 and helped with the processing of refugees when Saigon fell in 1975. We took in 121,000 refugees in a 10 day period as people fled from Vietnam in almost anything that would fly. The first ones came off of the commercial airliners with so much gold they could hardly walk. The last ones were stuffed so tightly into C-130s that they couldn’t sit down. Later, the boat people started arriving. It was a heart wrenching thing to watch as people fled their homes to keep from being killed. During those years, when I traveled, I didn’t do it in uniform, there was too much chance of being spit upon or derided. The military was the target for protesters and demonstrations. It wasn’t until much later that we were finally accepted for who we were and not what was being done. That is why I am so pleased that there are people today working to make sure the members of our armed forces are recognized and praised for what they are doing. The following clip was forwarded through Facebook by one of my friends. I hope you will take the time to watch the whole thing. There are a number of very good videos out that say the same thing and I want to thank the people that have taken the time to do this for our military. There are a number of people from my era that are still suffering and maybe, just maybe, this will help them too. It is hard to come back to your home and have people turn their back on you. I don’t want that to happen to our military today. So in response to those yesterday, I just want to say: You are welcome, it really was my honor to serve.

THURSTON

(East Springfield)

market area of Springfield, OR

New Listings may include properties previously listed by the same or a different brokerage.
Cancellations or Expired Listings may, therefore, by duplicated in the active category.
Pending Sales are those subject to a new sale agreement within the month.
Active Listings are those for sale on the last day of the month.
Closed Listings are those that closed in escrow within the report month.

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Because real estate market data always varies seasonally during any year,

the following charts better relect the significance of this month's data.

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A decade's worth of supply (Active Listings) and demand (Closed Sales)
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

And a decade of Average Price of Closed Sales
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

Caution: The average for a small number of total sales may be drastically distorted by just or or two sales that depart significantly from the data median.

These average sales prices represent the arithmetic mean for those residential closed sales in this RMLS market area. The mix of homes sold varies over time. An arithmetic median would make for a better comparison but is unavailable from RMLS.

SPRINGFIELD

(South of the Eugene-Sprigfield Highway)

market area of Springfield, OR

New Listings may include properties previously listed by the same or a different brokerage.
Cancellations or Expired Listings may, therefore, by duplicated in the active category.
Pending Sales are those subject to a new sale agreement within the month.
Active Listings are those for sale on the last day of the month.
Closed Listings are those that closed in escrow within the report month.

*****

Because real estate market data always varies seasonally during any year,

the following charts better relect the significance of this month's data.

*****

A decade's worth of supply (Active Listings) and demand (Closed Sales)
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

And a decade of Average Price of Closed Sales
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

Caution: The average for a small number of total sales may be drastically distorted by just or or two sales that depart significantly from the data median.

These average sales prices represent the arithmetic mean for those residential closed sales in this RMLS market area. The mix of homes sold varies over time. An arithmetic median would make for a better comparison but is unavailable from RMLS.

HAYDEN BRIDGE

(North Springfield)

market area of Springfield, OR

New Listings may include properties previously listed by the same or a different brokerage.
Cancellations or Expired Listings may, therefore, by duplicated in the active category.
Pending Sales are those subject to a new sale agreement within the month.
Active Listings are those for sale on the last day of the month.
Closed Listings are those that closed in escrow within the report month.

*****

Because real estate market data always varies seasonally during any year,

the following charts better relect the significance of this month's data.

*****

A decade's worth of supply (Active Listings) and demand (Closed Sales)
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

And a decade of Average Price of Closed Sales
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

Caution: The average for a small number of total sales may be drastically distorted by just or or two sales that depart significantly from the data median. That is clearly true for September 2009 above.

These average sales prices represent the arithmetic mean for those residential closed sales in this RMLS market area. The mix of homes sold varies over time. An arithmetic median would make for a better comparison but is unavailable from RMLS.

(NORTH SPRINGFIELD)

market area of Springfield, Lane County, OR

New Listings may include properties previously listed by the same or a different brokerage.
Cancellations or Expired Listings may, therefore, by duplicated in the active category.
Pending Sales are those subject to a new sale agreement within the month.
Active Listings are those for sale on the last day of the month.
Closed Listings are those that closed in escrow within the report month.