This Friday First Friday Newberg Art Walk Friday, March 4th from 5:00 – 9:00pm Bella Casa’s Newberg Office 700 E. 1st Street, Suite 100 Newberg, OR 97132 This month Bella Casa is excited to feature the paper cutting art of Cindy Stinson-Chennell and free wine-tasting by Coehlo Winery of Amity. (More about Coehlo in tomorrow’s blog […]
Read More →Newberg Art Walk Featured Artist: Cindy Stinson-Chennell
on February 28, 2011in Entertainment & Events, First Friday Newberg Art Walk, Newberg Real Estate, Our Areas
Selling Lots & Land in Yamhill County – Part 3 of 3
on February 28, 2011in housing market news, Lots & Land, Market Conditions, Resources for Sellers
This is the third article in this Lots & Land series. Read Part 1. Read Part 2. These charts are the Active Listings and Pending or Bumpable Sales (agreed upon offer but not closed). Lots & Land – Active Competition in Yamhill County Lots & Land – Active Competition in Surrounding Counties The first list looks […]
Read More →Selling Lots and Land in Yamhill County- Part 2 of 3
on February 27, 2011in housing market news, Lots & Land, Market Conditions, Real Estate News, Resources for Sellers
This is the second article in this Lots & Land series. Read Part 1 here. I am providing you with actual sales data below for sold land in Yamhill County so we can take a fresh look at the market. I recommend looking at the 3 year attachments first and then zeroing in on the […]
Read More →Join Amity Vineyards at Equinox in the Amity Hills
on February 26, 2011in Entertainment & Events, Our Areas
Myron Redford and Vikki Wetle of Amity Vineyards invite you to When: March 26th 7:00pm to 10:00pm Where: Zenith Vineyard 5657 Zena Rd NW, Salem, Oregon Here is a Map. Wines: 27 wineries from the Eola-Amity Hills area. Each winery will have 1 wine for sale that evening at a special price What: A wonderful evening […]
Read More →Selling Lots & Land in Yamhill County – Part 1 of 3
on February 26, 2011in housing market news, Lots & Land, Market Conditions
One of the most negatively affected property categories during the past 3+ years is buildable land. In the early and mid part of this past decade, I used to say that if I had enough buildable small parcels in Yamhill County, I could sell one every day. Since the market began to deteriorate in summer […]
Read More →The Exchange Equation: Balancing the Exchange
on February 25, 2011in 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges
Whenever property is sold, it is important to make the distinction between realized gain and recognized gain. Realized gain is defined as the net sale price minus the adjusted tax basis. Recognized gain is the taxable portion of the realized gain. The objective of many 1031 exchanges is disposing of a property with significant realized […]
Read More →Lessons We've Learned From the Hard Times
on February 24, 2011in housing market news, Market Conditions
A series on insights and advice for our clients The Staircase Problem: Sellers, in this market of declining prices you can keep lowering your prices and never get a sale. It feels like you are continually punished in spite of your best intentions. The frustration keeps building inside of you. You might commit afresh to […]
Read More →New Market Action Report for January 2011
on February 24, 2011in housing market news, Market Statistics, McMinnville Real Estate, Newberg Real Estate
I suppose the best news for January’s Market Action Report is the Affordability Index which factors in many issues related to purchasing real estate (inventory, interest rates, prices, etc.). Likely not a surprise, we have the most affordable conditions since the Index was begun in 2003. A median income can currently purchase significantly more than the […]
Read More →New Happy Hour at Subterra Restaurant!
on February 23, 2011in Entertainment & Events, Newberg Real Estate, Our Areas
From 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the bar, Subterra Restaurant in Newberg is offering a buck a piece Hors d’Oeuvres (but order as many as you like!). Oysters on the Half Shell & Cocktail Sauce Wild Mushroom Risotto Cakes w/ Sun-dried Tomato Aioli Grilled Thai Chicken Satay w/ Peanut Sauce Southwestern Grilled Chicken Eggroll […]
Read More →An Overview of Personal Property Exchanges
on February 22, 2011in 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges
Investors thinking of exchanging their business often have a variety of assets other than real property associated with that business, including equipment, computers, and other types of personal property. In any exchange transaction involving a business, the investor must examine what exactly is being sold in order to determine: (1) if the particular asset can […]
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