Albany
SOLD (past 90 days) - 152
Current Active Listings - 388
Pending/Contingent Sales - 104 / Value $18.3 million
Corvallis
SOLD (past 90 days) - 84
Current Active Listings - 218
Pending/Contingent Sales - 77 / Value $20.2 million
Lebanon
SOLD (past 90 days) - 64
Current Active Listings - 148
Pending/Contingent Sales - 50/ Value $8.5 million
May 6th - Armando Montelongo - Star of A&E's Flip This House and Author of "Flip and Get Rich". Live via phone!
Are you a First Time Home Buyer? Do you want to participate in Real Estate Talk? Dave is looking for someone to go through the process "on the air" by working with him, and letting the listeners know how things are going throughout the entire process. The person(s) selected will receive some nice gifts as a way of saying "thank you." Jay Chase Inspections will provide the Pest and Dry Rot Inspection at no charge to the buyer(s) selected for this program. Corvallis Moving and Storage will provide the Local Move (packing not included).
For more information, contact Dave at RealEstateTalk@kgal.com
Watch Dave' complete Real Estate Talk for this week on YouTube!
Albany
SOLD (past 90 days) - 141
Current Active Listings - 396
Pending/Contingent Sales - 109 / Value $19.6 million
Corvallis
SOLD (past 90 days) - 89
Current Active Listings - 230
Pending/Contingent Sales - 70 / Value $18.4 million
Lebanon
SOLD (past 90 days) - 59
Current Active Listings - 143
Pending/Contingent Sales - 49/ Value $8.6 million
May Real Estate Talk Guests:
Are you a First Time Home Buyer? Do you want to participate in Real Estate Talk? Dave is looking for someone to go through the process "on the air" by working with him, and letting the listeners know how things are going throughout the entire process. The person(s) selected will receive some nice gifts as a way of saying "thank you." Jay Chase Inspections will provide the Pest and Dry Rot Inspection at no charge to the buyer(s) selected for this program. Corvallis Moving and Storage will provide the Local Move (packing not included). For more information, contact Dave at realestatetalk@kgal.com See Dave's comple Real Estate Talk for this week on YouTube!
Albany
SOLD (past 90 days) - 128
Current Active Listings - 397
Pending/Contingent Sales - 121 / Value $22.0 million
Corvallis
SOLD (past 90 days) - 90
Current Active Listings - 243
Pending/Contingent Sales - 65 / Value $16.9 million
Lebanon
SOLD (past 90 days) - 59
Current Active Listings - 143
Pending/Contingent Sales - 51/ Value $9.0 million
May Real Estate Talk Guests:
May 6th - Armando Montelongo - Star of A&E's Flip This House and Author of "Flip and Get Rich". Live via phone!
Are you a First Time Home Buyer? Do you want to participate in Real Estate Talk? Dave is looking for someone to go through the process "on the air" by working with him, and letting the listeners know how things are going throughout the entire process. The person(s) selected will receive some nice gifts as a way of saying "thank you." Jay Chase Inspections will provide the Pest and Dry Rot Inspection at no charge to the buyer(s) selected for this program. Corvallis Moving and Storage will provide the Local Move (packing not included).
For more information, contact Dave at RealEstateTalk@kgal.com
As we approach the last weekend of the "Home Buyer Tax Credit" I for one am so glad that it is coming to an end. Personally, never one for the concept of redistributing wealth, or incentivizing behavior through the tax code (it's already too complicated in my opinion), I don't think that it has done what it was intended to do - and it may have caused more harm than good to the mentality of buyers.
1. Did the Tax Credit bring any buyers into the market that weren't already there? No! Emphatically No! Strict financial qualificaiton standards still acted as the gate keeper to the market and $8000, while a nice incentive is not enough to get someone to buy a home that wasn't already considering it. While the credit DID get some people to buy now rather than later, it didn't bring any new buyers to the market.
2. Did the Tax Credit help anyone qualify for a loan that wouldn't have? Tough to say, there may have been some gift funds given that may eventually be repaid under the table with the tax refund...but that isn't supposed to happen.
3. Did we have a sudden change in the American Dream? Home ownership has traditionally been a major component of the American Dream. The crash of the housing market, the high numbers of people who have been financially devastated through short sale and foreclosures - is it possible that for many, the lower stress of renting seems more comfortable? A matter of opinion to be sure, but I think it's STILL important to many.
4. Once you start - can you ever stop? This is really my big problem with the Tax Credit. We NEVER had one before (ok, there IS the mortgage interest deduction) and people still bought homes because home ownership was important to them (see #3 above). Will Tax Credits go the way of automobile sale REBATE programs? It has become a part of the buyer's psychology for the past year...and there is a risk of people now waiting for it to be extended (they did it once already), or, if it does exprie to come back.
Let the market work the way it should. Supply and Demand - Affordability and Interest Rates - It's the ECONOMY Stupid. Markets go through cycles because it is impossible to level supply and demand in relation to the economy. That's just the way it works. Frankly, that is how many people have actually made MONEY in the real estate market over the past 200 years. Get the tax code out of the way and let the market normalize on its own.
Albany
SOLD (past 90 days) - 115
Current Active Listings - 403
Pending/Contingent Sales - 124 / Value $22.0 million
Corvallis
SOLD (past 90 days) - 89
Current Active Listings - 240
Pending/Contingent Sales - 56 / Value $13.9 million
Lebanon
SOLD (past 90 days) - 56
Current Active Listings - 138
Pending/Contingent Sales - 51/ Value $8.8 million
Are you a First Time Home Buyer?
Do you want to participate in Real Estate Talk? Dave is looking for someone to go through the process "on the air" by working with him, and letting the listeners know how things are going throughout the entire process. The person(s) selected will receive some nice gifts as a way of saying "thank you." Jay Chase Inspections will provide the Pest and Dry Rot Inspection at no charge to the buyer(s) selected for this program. Corvallis Moving and Storage will provide the Local Move (packing not included).
For more information, contact Dave at realestatetalk@kgal.com.
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Helping people achieve their goals in real estate. As the host of "Real Estate Talk" on 1580 KGAL I spend every Saturday morning from 10-11 am helping to educate the Willamette Valley on real estate.
My goals as a real estate professional are simple:
* First, to help my clients achieve THEIR goals;
* Secondly, to create positive relationships with my clients
* Lastly, to develop the reputation of service and personal commitment that every one of my clients will be proud to refer their friends and family to me for any real estate need.
I host a weekly radio show, Real Estate Talk on 1580 KGAL. The show provides the only radio resource in the mid-Willamette Valley for real estate questions. We try to focus on the Real Estate Lifecycle, providing invaluble information for our listeners in every phase...whether buyer, seller, or home owner. Each show contains a weekly Market Update, an often lively discussion on hot topics in real estate, answers to questions that listeners have e-mailed in, and a Real Estate Showcase that covers the Lebanon, Corvallis, and Albany markets in the mid-Willamette Valley
My background:
intensity, goal orientation, and mission accomplishment framework to real estate.
Dave,
As you well know buying and selling your home is an interesting and emotional process; your timely, informative and continued support and communications served us well. When we decide to make the plunge again, you will be the first to know. If we ever have the opportunity to recommend you, we will.
PMA + POA = $ (Positive Mental Attitude plus Plan of Action = $uccess) you always had them both.
Best wishes and good luck to you and your family. FB and Ionela Lynch
David was a wonderful agent and we were very happy with his services... We love our new home.
From: Greg and Nova
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