Bella Casa Real Estate Group Blog

Clients and Friends, Prices continue to climb even while we wrestle to understand the changing market conditions. Overall, in the Portland Metro Area (including Yamhill County), average and median prices are high and climbing- each at 10.7% comparing the last 12 months with the 12 months previous to that period. Prices have been rising since […]

Clients and Friends, It happens at least one month every year… the workload becomes so intense that it takes me two months to find time to put out the Market Action Report. That is not necessarily bad news! It is a good problem to have (compared to the famine years) but it is still a problem… […]

Clients and Friends, I have now been annotating these reports and sending them out with additional custom information for 10 years! In 2007 we charted the escalation of the marketplace and we all wondered how young people were ever going to afford their first home! For the next 7 years we bemoaned a crashing and […]

By all expectations this should be a sad day, a memory of a painful failure, a tragedy out of our control, a reminder of cruel times. It is instead a memorable and very special day for which we will always be grateful. THE IDES OF MARCH IN 2007 were exciting and euphoric. Months of wondering, […]

The numbers from RMLS tell it all… Bella Casa is the top Yamhill County real estate brokerage for three categories: 1) Total sales volume, 2) Number of listings sold for sellers, 3) Number of properties sold to buyers. Thank you for your trust and continued confidence in our exceptional local brokers in 2017!

Friends and Clients, I just checked the 10 day forecast on this last day of February; another 10 days of rain forecast! Our weather this winter is the main topic of conversation- even in this hot political climate. Incessant rain, numerous snow events, and especially the ever present sub-freezing temperatures, have worn-down even the heartiest […]

Clients and Friends, Portland Metro: This is the final set of reports on 2016 with the December data included. The high water mark for the housing recovery dynamics is 2015. 2016 was a year of moderating in almost every category. This is not a discouraging reality; it just means that the recovery surge of pent-up demand […]

Clients and Friends, My apologies; I have missed sending out a couple of months of these market reports. An intensely busy work load, our annual vacation, and then the passing away of my Mom overloaded my schedule. I am returning to normal just in time to begin again a new year’s cycle for what is […]

After a good first quarter this year, the Portland Metro market has since fallen short of 2015 in almost every category except new listings and price appreciation. July was the weakest month for closings but August reversed that and finished modestly behind 2015. With slower sales and more inventory, Portland is trending towards a more balanced […]

During the ‘dark years’ of the real estate market (2007-2013) the ranks of REALTORS® ebbed to a few hardy souls living on famine rations. The mass exodus halted in 2014 with the return of some and a flood of new real estate agents. Many companies like layoffs because they can shed and refresh the labor pool with […]