Carol West's Blog

  Are you aware The HomeBuyer's Tax Credit was extended one year for members of the military and veterans? Any military who served outside the US for at least 90 days during the period of January 1, 2009- April 30, 2010 can use this credit on FHA, Conventional or VA mortgages.  Or, if you purchas...

College classes, books, transportation, food expenses and college dorm rooms costs are going up. Costs seem to be almost out of reach. Now is the time to be thinking of ways to offset some of the costs while your children are still in Elementary or Middle School. The ways to stretch the dollars ...

The improvements in our economy are encouraging if slight. However, I'll take whatever good news I can and share it with others as 'perception' is an important part of our emotional/economic pie. While sales statistics are more relevant in a local context, here is a recap for Portland, Oregon's u...

There are many encouraging signs the economy is slowing coming back. One of those is the overall housing market index nationally. Portland however, is coming in mixed. As always, real estate statistics are most relevant and effective applied locally. Here is but a glimpse extrapolated from the Po...