Jim Hale - On the MOVE for You! Eugene - Springfield Oregon Real Estate

Here is my first attempt at a slide show on Active Rain and my outside blogs. It's short. You will need patience. You have to look very closely. You really had to be there...on July 4, 2009. But since you were not....here's the best my telephoto and I can do for you. And so: actionagents.net (in association with slide.com) PRESENTS These pictures have been credited to Hood River, OR but in truth they were taken from a rock on the Columbia River's north shore...just west of Bingen, WA.

The Portland Regional MLS recently posted the MARKET ACTION report for JUNE, 2009.

The MONTHS OF INVENTORY ratio is computed by dividing the number of active listings at the end of the report month by the number of closed sales recorded during that calendar month. For areas with no closed sales during the month, the ratio is shown as infinity.

Unmentioned in the RMLS MARKET ACTION summary is the fact the report's aggregate numbers do not include the coastal portion of Lane County (including Florence, Dunes City, Mapleton). The current inventory is much higher in Coastal Lane County due to a sharp decline in the number of retires coming from out-of-state.

As usual, that published county-wide number tells little about what's happening with homes for sale in any of the specific neighborhoods of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County that might be of interest to you.

Also, as is always the case, the MONTHS OF INVENTORY is much less in Eugene-Springfield than in more outlying areas.




Here is the MONTHS OF REMAINING INVENTORY and other important numbers for each RMLS market area in Lane county:

RMLS #	Market Area	Active Listings	Closed Sales	Months of Inventory	Average Sale Price
241	North Gilham	71	13	5.5	$232,800
242	Ferry Street Bridge	147	32	4.6	$261,200
248	Santa Clara	122	29	4.2	$236,700
247	River Road	36	3	12.0	$198,500
246	Bethel Danebo	171	25	6.8	$168,600
243	East Eugene	114	19	6.0	$332,700
244	SW Eugene	204	29	7.0	$285,100
245	West Eugene	52	12	4.3	$185,900
	Eugene Totals:	917	162	5.5	$246,170
232	Hayden Bridge	64	9	7.1	$212,200
249	(SW) Springfield	120	26	4.6	$157,300
239	Thurston	130	25	5.2	$223,100
	Springfield Totals:	314	60	5.2	$192,950
	METRO TOTALS:	1231	222	5.4 months	$231,780
	Best metro area:	Santa Clara		Worst metro area:	River Road
241	Coburg-Harrisburg	38	3	12.7	$235,800
250	Mohawk Valley	27	1	27.0	$265,000
233	McKenzie Valley	100	3	33.3	$303,700
234	Pleasant Hill -Oakridge	129	7	18.4	$222,200
235	Creswell- Cottage Grove	250	22	11.4	$210,700
236	West Lane	115	21	5.5	$225,100
237	Junction City	108	14	7.7	$192,000
	SUBURBAN TOTALS:	767	71	10.8 months	$218,170
	Best outlying area:	West Lane		Worst outlying area:	McKenzie Valley
225	Flor Coast Village	19	0	∞	NA
226	Flor Green Trees	37	2	18.5	$100,000
227	Florence Florentine	29	0	∞	NA
228	Florence Town	169	10	16.9	$205,100
229	Florence Beach	58	3	19.3	$201,800
230	Florence North	56	0	∞	NA
231	Florence South - Dunes City	60	3	20.0	$199,000
238	Florence East - Mapleton	31	0	∞	NA
	COASTAL TOTALS:	459	18	25.5 months	$191,900
	Best coastal area:	Florence Town		Worst coastal area:	A four-way tie

The men (and women?) shown here are all up in the air.

They may not know where I spent my Fourth. So they are not up in the air on that.

But they all know where they spent the Fourth: Pulled along the surface of a wind-swept river at high speed and sometimes...if they work it right...up in the air on a kiteboard.

It looks hard. And marvelous.

Better than skate boarding. Better than snow boarding. Better than sand boarding.

Better than a man flying a kite:

A kite flying a man!

If only I hadn't been born 40 years too soon!

A little closer view:

One up and one down:

One up and one down:

Here is a great big HINT as to the location of these kiteboarders --

the mountain in the background of these photos:

For more hints to help you solve this mystery, go to

my three earlier blog posts

asking the same critically important question:

So, where did I spend my Fourth of July?

Here are 17 little hints and two big ones:

And 20 more little hints:

One little and one very big hint:

One hint up front and lots more behind:

Coloring up the hints:

What's behind the hospital flag on the near horizon? A big HINT:

Only a few years ago this would have been the dominant presence here on July 4:

Now he has lots of competition in this famous place:

Now these guys dominate the water and the airspace:

An old HINT in the distance, a new hint in the foreground:

Kindly watch my lines as well as your own:

Skiing, not walking, on water:

Cutting across the river under full sail...er...kite:

My kite is prettier than your kite:

Think they will collide? Do we have a turf ...er..surf...battle here?

So where did I spend my Fourth?