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Clatsop County GIS, Real Estate Maps

02-29-08
Jeremy Linder
The Clatsop County map system or GIS is something I use daily. You can access specific tax lot information and maps are your leisure. Searching can be a bit tricky, until you learn to master the map & tax lot key. A great exercise is to search by owner name, and examine the record of your own property. That gives you an idea of what is published online, and where to look for it. When trying to find the owner of an Astoria home, or specific info on a neighboring property the GIS website is an awesome tool.
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Sunshine!

02-20-08
Jeremy Linder

It's amazing how a person's attitude changes with the weather. We've had a couple of bright sunny days here in the last week, and you'd think everybody just won the lotto. People are out and about, in a pleasant mood and thinking towards the future. After a long, harsh winter I know I'm ready for spring to get here. I think this preview of what's to come will brighten the Astoria real estate market as well.

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Market Update February '08

02-18-08
Jeremy Linder
Here's some up to date stats on the market in Clatsop County. It includes Astoria and the rest of the county's homes for sale.

Period 1.1.08 - 2.18.08:

New- 132
Pended- 45
Sold- 27

Same period 2007:

New- 125
Pended- 49
Sold- 37

Same period 2006:

New- 106
Pended- 59
Sold- 52
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And you thought assembling Ikea furniture was hard

02-08-08
Jeremy Linder

Ikea Homes

Interesting article about Ikea's new venture selling flat packaged, "some assembly required", energy efficient homes in Northern Europe. Proponents say the pre-engineered homes produce less waste, can be built faster and more energy efficient than traditional home building techniques.

Locally on the Oregon Coast, Columbia Pacific Homes LLC distributes a similar product manufactured by Pacific Modern Homes, Inc. Panelized construction isn't new, but can be very cost effective from my research. The biggest benefit I can see in Astoria and the surrounding area is the time savings in the number of days to go from poured concrete foundation to weather tight home. I've heard in as little as two weeks by a crew familiar with this type of construction.

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Astoria & N. Oregon Coast market update

02-07-08
Jeremy Linder
The change in the real estate market here that began Jan. 2nd has been incredible. It might just my business, but the attitude of Buyers seems to be better and more confident in the market. I thought I might pull some stats from the Clatsop MLS to back up my theory, but the numbers are to the contrary. I only pulled solds for the 97103 zip, which includes not only the city of Astoria proper but also Knappa, Svensen, Olney, Walluski, Lewis & Clark, Youngs River and John Day.

Residential Solds for 97103:

November '07- 20

December '07- 15

January '08- 5


One thing to keep in mind is there's a 30-45 day lag in activity from contract to close. So, the low number of closed transactions in January would coincide with the very slow and storm ravaged December. My instinct tells me that February will be much better and the action we're seeing now will result in the number of closed transactions increasing in the next few months.
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