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Mt. Hood Sales for February 2015

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
by Liz Warren

The Mt. Hood real estate market is still strong with eleven sales in the month of February closing for the Welches, Government Camp, Rhododendron and Brightwood areas. As more inventory is coming to the market, sellers are getting their properties ready for the 2015 selling season. Nationally, this past winter saw three times the buyers out shopping for homes compared to the year before. 

Here are the local sales in February:

      Mt. Hood Real Estate Sales for February 2015 including Brightwood, Welches, Government Camp and Rhododendron Oregon

Most of the pricing points were under $200,000 with two Mt Hood National Forest cabins selling. Cabin inventory is low for this time of the year but several sellers are preparing their cabins to hit the market soon. 

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Mt. Hood License Plate

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
by Liz Warren

Here's an important message from local George Wilson, one of the spearheads of Mt. Hood bike and pedestrian coalition. Visit the website now.

Great news!

 HB 3027 establishing a specialty license plate featuring Mt. Hood has been scheduled for a public hearing! The details are included below and it’s important that we have large turnout of community support to speak on behalf of the bill.

 Where: Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301

 When: Monday, March 23rd at 3:00pm. 

House Transportation and Economic Development Committee

 Can't attend? Please send a written letter of support to [email protected]. We would love to have a log of supporters to show the committee members!

Background:

While Oregon has a few specialty license plates, none highlight the important state landmark of Mt. Hood. HB 3027 came from some constituents living in the Villages are on Mt. Hood. They stated that having a plate featuring this Oregon landmark would “…be fun, job building, and pride of place promotion for Oregon.” I was encouraged by this idea and wholeheartedly agree that it would give Oregonians enormous pride to showcase an area of our state that has helped drive the multi-billion dollar tourism industry in Oregon.

Continuing to develop the bicycle and pedestrian tourism opportunities throughout the Mt. Hood region has the potential to grow local economies and encourage job creation to support the growing industry.

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Mt. Hood Real Estate Sales for February 2015

Sunday, March 15, 2015
by Liz Warren

Mt. Hood real estate sales for February 2015 show that pending sales were down nearly 36% from 2014. Although last year was really a break out year for real estate all over the country as the recovery of 2012 took up speed, all news on the real estate front point to 2015 as being even a bigger year than 2014. With three times the buyers out in force this winter to purchase this year compared to last, I would expect the pending sales to be up from 2014 than down in our area. Most of that buyer demand must be for urban areas though and the majority of our buyers tend to be second home owners. 

Mt. Hood Real Estate Sales for February 2015

The lack of inventory is showing that some of those homes that have been for sale FOREVER are finally getting sold. February sales had an average marketing time of 236 days! This could indicate that prices have risen a bit with less inventory and some homes on the market a long time are finally at an attractive price for buyers. 

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Pent up Sellers Ready to Move in 2015

Monday, February 16, 2015
by Liz Warren

     Latest Information From NAR

           pent up demand for homes and cabins on Mt. Hood including Welches, ,Rhododendron, Brightwood and Government Camp

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December Real Estate Sales on Mt. Hood

Friday, January 23, 2015
by Liz Warren

  Mt. Hood Real Estate Sales for December 2015

The multiple listing service, commonly called RMLS, has posted the sales for December 2014. December was roaring through with seventeen sales closed and an average sales price of $234,600! From all appearances, inventory that has been on the market is finally clearing out with 203 average days on market. 

Inventories are slim right now. All indications are that this year will be one of the best for sales in the past seven years as the economy picks up pace and unemployment is down. The winter activity has been the greatest I've ever seen. Buyers are out looking and our warm winter has provided exceptional access for showings. We're off to a great start this January.

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Mt. Hood Sales for December 2014

Wednesday, January 14, 2015
by Liz Warren

To finish out the year for Mt. Hood sales, our totals for the year hit 192 sales which was about a 20% increase over 2013. December crossed the finish line with 17 closed sales including four distressed sales, two condos and three Mt. Hood National Forest cabin sales. 

Trends are continuing into 2015 with a mild winter, great access to all properties, and low interest rates! 

Check out December's sales:

Mt. Hood Real Estate Sales for December 2014

Mt. Hood Real Estate sales December 2014

Mt. Hood Real Estate December 2014

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Sandy Oregon gets Gigabit Internet Capabilities

Tuesday, January 6, 2015
by Liz Warren

If you live in Sandy, you'll be thrilled to know that SandyNet, your local internet provider, is one of a few small communities that has now been able to provide 200 times the internet speed local providers can provide at a very comparable price! How is this possible? The entire process started because the city could not get a DSL line to City Hall. From there, city of Sandy created it's own internet and just recently with fiber optic capability, has offered up to gigabit speeds to 10,000 customers in the city of Sandy! 

Learn more from SandyNetFiber here!

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Happy New Year-November Real Estate Sales Stats for Mt. Hood

Saturday, December 27, 2014
by Liz Warren

Happy New Year!

November home sale numbers were up over October. The numbers continue to increase in total sales for the year. Here's a quick run down from RMLS on how the month of November stacked up plus year to date numbers. Sixteen sales for the month with a wide variety of home, condos and cabin sales. 

Mt. Hood real estate sales from multiple listing statistics for November 2014 including Government Camp, Welches, Rhododendron and Brightwood

Skiers came out to purchase five properties in November including three condos and two single family residential properties in Government Camp. 

Mt. Hood Real Estate sales for November 2014

Mt. Hood Real Estate Sales for November 2014

Mt. Hood Real estate sales for November 2014

The next newsletter will have the year end totals for 2014. 

 

 

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PINEAPPLE EXPRESS HEADS TO MT. HOOD

Sunday, December 21, 2014
by Liz Warren

The rains are coming! They are here today in a big way with projections over the next two days to hit the 10-12 inches plus range. NOAA predicts the Sandy is the most likely river in our area to have flooding but area creeks and tributaries  will be expanding too so take note. 

 

With the freezing level rising to 7000 feet over the weekend we’re really lucky there isn’t a ton of snow on the ground to melt and fill up the rivers even more. Sadly, there isn’t enough warm temps to feed our ski areas with new flakes to get all the ski areas open for the holiday break but some snow should be arriving late this coming week. 

And, how's the market? This has been a busy December and lots of buyers are out in the area taking advantage of great interest rates and still plentiful inventory in the mountain area. We will end the year with the most sales we've seen since the crash of the great recession. Year end numbers will be coming out soon. Stay tuned

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Clackamas County Tax Assessor Town Hall Meetings

Thursday, October 16, 2014
by Liz Warren

It's getting close to that time of the year when tax bills will be heading our way. There are several town hall meetings scheduled throughout Clackamas County for the public to attend and ask questions of the assessor . Here is the scheduled meeting times and locations in Clackamas County.

Clackamas County Town Hall Meetings for Tax Assessor Questions

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