ReKrista

Custom 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on almost 1/2 acre in Bel Air Heights in East Medford. Some recent updating including paint, 98% efficiency gas furnace, newer roof, laminate in dining and kitchen. Private courtyard with fountain and Timbertech deck off the master bedroom or dining room. Vaulted cei...

Below are the recent real estate and home sales stats released by SOMLS in the Medford, Ashland, Central Point area:        Number of Homes Sold              Median Price 2010 2011 2010 2011   Mar 1 to May 30 Mar 1 to May 30 May May     Central Point 76 80  $         189,000  $       136,000 % of...

Below are the recently release homes sales information for East Medford, Oregon:        Number of Homes Sold             Median Price 2010 2011 2010 2011   Mar 1 to May 30 Mar 1 to May 30 May May     East Medford 154 166  $    172,000  $       158,500 % of Increase 108% 92%

The graph below is comparing the 2010 to 2011 time period for sales in Ashland Oregon     Number of Homes Sold              Median Price 2010 2011 2010 2011   Mar 1 to May 30 Mar 1 to May 30 May May      Ashland 52 63 $290,150 $295,000 % of Increase 121% 102%

I love the part in this post about there are only two days in which you can lose money - the day you buy it and the day you sell it.   It is so true that the media and the rest of us have decided that homeownership is a like stock instead of all the other things that homeownership offers.....read...

  FOOTBALL AND THE BLONDE... > > > Football FINALLY makes sense.......... > > A guy took his Ashland blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had > great seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he > asked her > how she liked the experience. > > "Oh, I really liked it," sh...

The Pacific Northwest grows the best Douglas Fir in the entire world One billion board feet of wood grow every year in Jackson County. The county is ok budget-wise for next 10 years pending no drastic change in the State Government.  It is currently at about $340,000,000. Property tax is only 10%...

I was part of the Brian Buffini live webinar today and as always, I learned something about real estate.   According to Buffini, in California, 28% of all offers are rejected and 14% did not close due to financing. How can I apply this statistic to real estate in the Ashland, Medford area?  Get m...

I got an email today from a potential relocating customer asking me  "how's the real estate market in Ashland?"   This was my response   Ashland is a little different than some areas in that is basically no-growth so although prices have come down, not to the extent that some of the other areas i...

How many times have we had to explain to clients that things have changed in the real estate business in Ashland and Medford (and all over)?  This time I am talking about the real estate lending industry. My well qualified client who last got a loan about 4 years ago was stunned about all the cha...