In our town approximately 75% of the properties are listed by local agents and approximately 88% of the clients who buy in our town worked with a local agent. We have both Sellers Agents and Buyers Agents yet there are some sellers and some buyers who choose to work with out of town agents.
If you are a Seller and you list with a local agent your agent or one of their office colleagues is almost always available to service your listing by:
If you are a Buyer and you work with a local agent your agent will know more about:
I have heard some Sellers say that they wanted a greater degree of privacy and that they were going with an out of town broker to address their personal needs for privacy. But beyond the need for extra privacy and perhaps some personality conflicts what are the benefits of listing with an out of town brokerage?
I have heard some Buyers say that they were personal friends with the out of town broker or the out of town broker was a family friend but other than that what are the benefits of making your home purchase with an out of town realtor>
Oregon entered the Union on February 14, 1859, as state number 33.
I have read three different explanations for how Oregon got its name and three different definitions of what the name means. The explanation and the definition I like are written below.
In, French, Oregon means hurricane a name formally applied to the Columbia River.
The following trivia facts came from statesymbolsusa.org
The State Motto is: She Flies With Her Own Wings.
The State Bird is the Western Meadowlark.
The State Animal is the Beaver.
The State Flower is the Oregon Grape Flower.
The State Tree is a Douglas Fir.
The State Rock is a Thunder Egg (geode)
The State Gemstone is a Heliolite or Sunstone.
Millard Fuller died Tuesday February 3rd 2009 near Americus, GA. He was 74 years old. At age 29 he left a successful career in business and started Habitat for Humanity International which built more than 300,000 homes worldwide.
Using his Christian principles and propelled by evangelical like energy he used Habitat for Humanity to develop a system of using donated money and material along with voluntary labor to build homes for low-income families. Habitat for Humanity homes were sold without profit to buyers who were required to help build their houses and were not required to pay any interest.
Today more than a million people live in Habitat for Humanity Homes which are in more than 100 countries. He was an inspirational leader who worked side by side with volunteers from all walks of life including President's Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
His life will serve as an example to all of us who labor to place families in homes.
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a home in the southern Oregon coastal village of Port Orford. So now you need to set up service accounts for utilities and other residential services. Here is a list of numbers that you will need:
If you need information on where to get homeowners insurance, a building contractor, firewood, medical services you could contact me or you could just ask your neighbors, or just about anyone you meet at the post office or in town. It is pretty easy to learn your way around in our community. folks here are happy to help and we always have time to chat.
The county with the lowest average tax rate in the state of Oregon continues to be Curry County. Jim Kolen, County Assessor, reports that in the tax year 2006/2207 the county's average tax rate was $8.90 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The statewide average was $15.20 per thousand. The county with the next lowest average tax rate was Josephine where the average tax rate was $9.50 per thousand. According to our Assessor, statewide the cost of county government averages approximately 17% of the property tax bill. In Curry County the cost averages 6.58% of our property tax bills.
Jim Kolen explained that in most of the counties in Oregon we do not pay taxes of the Real Market Value (RMV) of our properties. In 1996, when voters passed Measure 50 to place a limitation of property tax increases the counties were directed to roll back Assessed Values and then limited to increases of 3% per year. Property owners will only pay taxes on their RMV if it is lower than Measure 50 assessed value.
He explains that historically, Curry County's tax rates have remained low due to the ability to harvest timber lands in the county. When Federal Regulations restricted the harvest of these timber lands the Federal Government provided funds as compensation for lossed revenues to counties in Oregon and California (O&C). Up until recently the O & C funds have paid for the bulk of county services. However, the allocation of these funds is limited to 4 more years through year 2013 after which the voters of Curry County will have to determine the level of county services that they want and how much they are willing to pay for them.
There are changes ahead but the bottom line is Oregonian's do not like taxes
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