Annette Sievert's Real Estate Blog

Corvallis           Price Range Active Listings as of 5/27/2011 Sold Listings Last 6 Mos. Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 1 3 0.50 2.00 116 $100,000 - $149,999 5 11 1.83 2.73 137 $150,000 - $199,999  27 23 3.83 7.04 114 $200,000 - $249,999 46 56 9...

Lebanon           Price Range Active Listings as of 5/27/2011 Sold Listings Last 6 Months Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 22 53 8.83 2.49 134 $100,000 - $149,999 52 32 5.33 9.75 143 $150,000 - $199,999  26 22 3.67 7.09 158 $200,000 - $249,999 9 6 ...

Philomath           Price Range Active Listings as of 5/27/2011 Sold Listings Last 6 Mos. Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 * * 0.00 * * $100,000 - $149,999 6 2 0.33 18.00 147 $150,000 - $199,999  9 8 1.33 6.75 110 $200,000 - $249,999 5 * 0.00 * * $...

Albany           Price Range Active Listings as of 5/27/2011 Sold Listings Last 6 Months Average Sold Per Month Months of Inventory Av. Days on Market Solds $0 - $99,999 25 44 7.33 3.41 117 $100,000 - $149,999 77 75 12.50 6.16 126 $150,000 - $199,999  87 81 13.50 6.44 137 $200,000 - $249,999 58 ...

Great track record by Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis!   http://media.oregonlive.com/health_impact/photo/infectionsjpg-b3b38e1c987fde8c.jpg  

The growing trend (pun intended) is to start a garden. While this is easy when you are outside of the city limits, have a few acres and no HOA, living downtown on 1/4 acre or less, makes this task a bit more challenging. Looking at tomatoes and kale instead of roses and peonies will not disturb m...

What a fabulous childhood our children have! Last Saturday, Mid-May, lower 60s, no rain, both of our sons had a "date". One was at a friend's home spending the day and sleeping over. The other one had a friend at our house for the whole Saturday. Both vanished with their friends for a few hours. ...

Yes, it is true, the overall RE market is getting worse. 28+% of home owners nationwide are now under water and my bet is, as with our official unemployment rates, the truth is closer to 1/3 of all home owners. I wrote in several blogs before that just the math says that we cannot start to recove...

The NY Times had this on this morning. It helps with decisions and is really interesting, especially when you are "under water" and consider to short sale or stay. Try it! http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calculator.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1  

Your neighbor has a telescope directed at your living room (or worse). He is standing on the porch staring at you every time you come and go. He walks around the neighborhood at oddest hours. She tells everybody the ghost of a 12 year old is wandering the premises. These are just a few stories t...