Portland Appraisal Blog

JULY 27, 2019

The South Portland neighborhood is one of Portland’s waterfront communities, bordering the Willamette River. It is connected to the east side of the city via four bridges and boasts some of the city’s modern skyscrapers—including the John Ross Tower , Portland’s largest residential structure. Shopping, fine dining, numerous parks, recreation, OHSU with its aerial tramway, and major employment centers are all features of this dynamic neighborhood.

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Zillow

AUGUST 1, 2019

Buyers and sellers often enter the market with misconceptions about real estate agents - how they work, how the process works and what the agency relationship is all about. It’s helpful to point out, without getting too far into the weeds, that in any one real estate transaction, there are most likely two agents: one for the buyer and one for the seller.

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Patch of Land

JULY 29, 2019

A more challenging fix-and-flip market appears to be emerging via the latest data from ATTOM Data Solutions, but digging into the data shows there are still some significant opportunities for experienced real estate investors. Interestingly, the total dollar volume of financed home flip purchases in 2018 was $19.9 billion, up 8 percent from $18.5 billion in 2017 — the highest dollar volume since 2007, according to ATTOM Data Solutions.

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Walitt Solutions

JULY 28, 2019

In July 2019, I spoke to the Collateral Risk Network, a group of chief appraisers, risk managers, management companies, lenders, appraisers, regulators, and legal experts, at the Collateral Matters event in Reston, Virginia. My talk focused on Property Inspections, which – to an outsider – might seem to be a straight-forward topic. However, given current changes in the valuation space, nothing is further from the truth: valuation, specifically the collection of data that supports a valuation met

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Zillow

JULY 31, 2019

Everyone has advice about the real estate market, but not all of that unsolicited information is true. So when it comes time to list your home, you'll need to separate fact from fiction. Below we’ve identified the top five real estate myths - and debunked them so you can hop on the fast track to selling your property. 1. I need to redo my kitchen and bathroom before selling.

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Patch of Land

JULY 29, 2019

If you want to attract millennials to your home flip or rental property investment, it’s a good idea to understand where this generation prefers to live and what they value in a neighborhood and in a home. While each renter or homebuyer is unique, housing experts have parsed renting and homebuying data to get insight into generational trends. The National Association of Realtors produces an annual generational trends report.

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