The Salem Oregon Real Estate News

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Real Estate Agent - Tomson Burnham, llc Licensed in the State of Oregon
For information regarding Salem Oregon metro area real estate and homes, communities, neighborhoods, and other real estate market news.
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It's time to get seriously boring on you all and talk real estate market stats for Salem Oregon. The second quarter has ended so we have more data to work with to get a better feel for how things are trending. So how are things trending? Salem Oregon Home Sales: Trending Up Last year has consiste...
07/10/2010
Oregon is trying to have sun this summer...really it is.  I hear that we may actually get hot tomorrow and I can put away my polar fleece.  As such it's time to start thinking about things to do outdoors. The Wash VIII. I'm not talking about taking a really good bath here...although there may be ...
07/06/2010
Affordability is a relative concept.  South Salem Oregon is not known for being the most affordable part of Salem.  Good, solid schools are the attraction to living down south, and hence...the demand for real estate there.  An inexpensive home and south Salem Oregon is often considered an oxymoro...
07/02/2010
Tax day has come and gone, and with it...real estate season in Salem Oregon has begun. Now, that is the normal real estate season, which will be funky this year due to the tax credit. We should have two more months of really good sales numbers and then we should see a bit of a drop. Even if we dr...
06/11/2010
I'm always chatting with real estate agents around the country to see, whom is doing what in terms of new marketing. I'm always looking for new ideas to market my real estate listings here in the Salem area. I was chatting with a really great Colts Neck, NJ real estate agent, Andrew Lenza about t...
06/07/2010
I love this and this is great information for everyone.As of June 1, 2010, we are required to pull a refresher credit report prior to funding a loan. Funding will not take place until any inquiries, late payments, or new accounts are explained and the file will need to be re-underwritten to inclu...
06/05/2010
On the Powersites blog, they posted the question "Can a Realtor do too much?" At issue was a marketing piece done by an Atlanta real estate agent showing her doing dishes, making the beds, and yes...scrubbing the toilets for her sellers in order to sell a house. You can see the short video for yo...
06/02/2010
The tax credit is over, except for our military personnel that have been overseas, so we are on unsupported territory from here on out in the world of real estate. I'm totally fine with that. I say let's start creeping our way out of this mess. We really won't have a gauge on what is happening, s...
05/12/2010
"Where are the best schools?" is a common question that real estate agents get, but Oregon has a fairly large group of home schooling parents. We have parents that home school for religious reasons, have children with special needs who do better at home, and those that just love teaching their ch...
05/11/2010
Lisa Heindel, a really great agent from New Orleans, is obviously concerned about the oil spill heading their way.  Here are some ways for folks to help, but here are some organizations to call if you want to support the clean up efforts. Fleurty Girl has designed an insanely cute t-shirt as well...
05/04/2010
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