Well geez, I'd been thinking about writing a blog about the latest market statistics in Portland. The local Realtor community has been encouraged by the improvements in the numbers of closed and pending sales, inventory is way down, and stories of houses getting snatched up quickly (sometimes with multiple offers!) are abounding.But I'd been too busy to write that blog because I was putting this fabulous new listing on the market in Westmoreland last week. The owners worked incredibly hard to get the place ready, and we hit the market on Thursday. By Friday it'd been shown 10 times, and by Saturday we had a great offer on the house. My clients' house has become a statistic in the blog I wanted to write.
This is great news for everybody, not just someone selling a house. I've noticed since the market downturn how many jobs are related to the real estate economy, and not just Realtors and appraisers and home inspectors, but landscapers, contractors, escrow officers, photographers, sign services, printers, graphic designers....the list is long. We all can use a little good news that another economic indicator seems to be heading in the right direction.
