Clients and Friends, Bella Casa Real Estate Group began in McMinnville in March of 2007, 4 months before the market began to crash. Because of all the turmoil, fear, anxiety, and turmoil I began to send this report monthly to our clients and those who wanted more information. I annotated the reports and added my […]
Read More →Market Action Report – December 2019, Year End Report
on January 24, 2020in Market Conditions, Market Statistics, The Market

Climbing Home Prices – Market Action Report
on June 28, 2017in Market Conditions, Market Statistics

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 […]
Read More →April & May Market Action Report: Marketplace Coming to Life
on May 15, 2017in Market Conditions, Market Statistics

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… […]
Read More →Market Action Report for Feb 2017 – Portland Metroplex including Yamhill County
on April 3, 2017in Market Conditions, Market Statistics

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 […]
Read More →Year-end review – Market Action Report
on February 6, 2015in Market Conditions, Market Statistics
Friends and Colleagues: The Market Action Reports of December 2014 cap a second successful year of real estate recovery (for Portland, a 3rd year). There is something good in these pages for everyone to celebrate. The market conditions in the best of these areas reflect the volume and pricing of the top of the market […]
Read More →Local New Construction Buzz
on January 26, 2015in Market Statistics, Mortgage Lending News

Have you noticed the boom of new construction in Yamhill County? In McMinnville’s West Valley there is an entire subdivision underway, and many formerly empty lots throughout the county have new homes for sale. Kansas City also has properties available and up for sale from BROOKFIELD RESIDENTIAL for people to check out if they are […]
Read More →Selling Real Estate in 2014
on January 23, 2014in Market Conditions, Market Statistics
Welcome to 2014; we wish you and yours a prosperous New Year! Many people are wondering what to expect in local real estate during 2014. For our local markets in the greater Yamhill County area, these are my expectations, some concerns, and even some wishes. Let’s start with a simple overview of last year. Summary […]
Read More →Pending and Sold Properties 11-28 to 12-3
on December 3, 2013in Market Statistics, Sold & Pending Properties

January 2013 Market Action Report
on February 22, 2013in Market Conditions, Market Statistics
Clients and Friends, 2013 began with promising news for the local housing market this year. We now regularly see statistics that are better than any year back to 2007 when the market was white hot. The January 2013 Home Sales Report reveals that closed sales and pending sales outperformed any of the past 6 years. […]
Read More →2013 First Time Home Buyers: Why Mortgage Interest Rates Matter
on February 7, 2013in Market Conditions, Market Statistics, Mortgage Rates
Those who fail to adapt to changing market conditions always get burned. Buyers got burned in the market escalation before 2007 (a ‘seller’s market’). Sellers often got burned for not adjusting quickly enough during the five-year housing crash since 2007 (a buyer’s market’). The market is changing again and buyers are at risk. Mortgage interest […]
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