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Here are the cost benefits of some home remodeling projects from NAR and CAR, that's National Association of Realtors and California Association of Realtors. Of course the numbers will be somewhat different in Oregon as far as costs but it might get you thinking about what types of remodeling help your value the most.
Today it's snowing all the way down the hill in Welches and the skiers are heading up to catch recent snow and there's plenty of it. Spring break is often the best skiing for the whole year and the most affordable time of the year to ski. Check out these prices if you aren't heading for Cabo this break. Next week you'll need plenty of sun screen too as temps are going up. Some of THE BEST conditions of the whole year can be had for the rest of this ski season so take advantage!
Spring Pass Specials:
It's good news for sales on Mt. Hood with eight sales closing in the month of February and they are all over the board from full time residential to Government Camp vacation homes and leased land cabins. Buyers are flocking to Mt. Hood to pick up that perfect getaway and future retirement home! This bodes well for a huge buying and selling season for 2013. Buyers and sellers need to get going before rates begin to creep up towards the end of the year.
The Mt. Hood Real Estate sales numbers are in for February 2013. Eight closed sales total for the month. There's no doubt that 2013 will be a fantastic year for buyers and sellers on Mt. Hood. Inventory is starting to increase for the spring and summer selling season. Sixty degree days don't slow things down on the mountain! And, take a look at the days on market for the eight properties that have sold: A WHOPPING 504 days to sell. Yikes, indicates inventory is moving that has been around a while.
Remember that Big settlement of 8.5 Billion dollars that the big ten banks had to pay for the mortgage mess providing 3.8 Billion back to homeowners who were fraudulently foreclosed on between 2009-2010 ? Did you know as part of the settlement the banks spent 1.5 Billion of the 3.8 Billion dollars on "independent consultants" to figure out how to get the money to the foreclosed homeowners?
After complaints to Ben Bernake that the process was taking way too long, the OCC/Fed is working out how payments are made through the servicers and not using the "independent consultants" after 1.5 Billion dollars! Most of the consulting dollars went to Promontory Financial Group. Guess who runs Promontory Financial Group: the former chairman of the OCC: Gene Ludwig.
More details of the 1.5 Billion loss can be found in this Forbes article.
Four closed sales for January 2013. This reminds me of the beginning of 2012! Two riverfront properties closed this past month. One small cabin like property and a very large home on over an acre of land.
I believe I had a little whiplash from the drop in number of sales in January 2013 compared to the run up in the last six months of 2012! January totals came in at four sales. After months of 10 to 14 sales per month it appears new tax policy or the fiscal cliff put a big brake on the run up towards the end of the year causing a little downturn.
This chart from RMLS compares numbers from the same month one year ago. Most experts are saying that 2013 will be a big year for sales as any buyer who wants to take advantage of good rates needs to act right now. By the end of 2013 we could see an increase in rates of nearly 1%! If you are looking to purchase your Mt. Hood getaway, now is the time to act!
Check out the last ten years of Mt. Hood Sales. 2012 was the highest number of sales since 2007!
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