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10/24/2011 Portland Real Estate News October 2011
What is happening to this Market?
Is it getting better?  Well in many many ways it has.  Look at these current trends that Todd and I are finding to be true in most regions in the Tri-County area.

  • Rates are the lowest they have been in decades with 2.85 to 4.75% available depending on your term.
  • Many Neighborhoods have few if any homes for sale.  Just drive around and look for yourself.
  • In some of the hottest areas like close in SE, NE,SW, and NW in Portland you will be hard pressed to find much new housing coming on the market.
  • In areas like Bethany and Orenco on the West Side the market is picking way up, there is nothing being built,  and homes are going off the market quickly.
  • New Employment like the expansion of Solar World and the new Intel Fab which is the largest of its kind in the world are spurning on new interest in the Region as well.
  • Home building has been at a standstill for 2 or 3 years now.  That means it could take 2-3 years to crank up the New Home Building machine again.
  • The values has fallen between 20 and 35% depending what area of Portland you live in.  But the worst appears to be over.  And we are no doubt in a trough meaning to us that this is the buying opportunity.  This is the time that we see our customers could be buying at all time great interest rates and at superb values.
  • Nervousness over the economy, the coming election, and general world wide economic conditions are keeping the values down.  But any positive news in the economy is going to heat this market up.
What we believe is that if you need a home now is the time to buy.  There has not been a better time to buy during our 3 Decades in the Industry.


Also many investors are grabbing up entry level homes and renting them at nice profits.  The returns are quite excellent and appear to be very stable as rentals are a hit commodity right now in the Portland Market.

Call Dirk Or Todd at 503-906-1422 7 days a week to discuss selling or buying Homes, Land, Commercial, or investment property in the greater Portland Metro Region!
4/10/2011 Taking Advantage of Your Oregon Real Estate Dream
We all have that dream of owning the house where we can be happy.

Maybe it is a place in Bethany flooded with North light and a view of the Tualatin Mountains. Or maybe it is a wall of glass in the Gregory overlooking Jameson Park in Portland's amazing Pearl District.

These are dreams that for many have seemed unattainable as the pressure of life just keeps pushing down on all of us. But with the recent downturn in the housing market and low stable interest rates buying your dream home will now only cost a fraction of what it once would have.

We are here to open doors for you! 



As Todd and I and our staff regroup and reassess we find that relationship is still at the center of it all. We are not here to push home sales. No. We are here to build repeat customers like you.

If your hurting from this economy and need help moving to a new home and to sell the home your in we are here.  We offer a cost free consultation and a chance to go over all the options you have in front of you.  If you decide to sell we also have a terrific value with low commissions and great marketing to insure the sale is a success!

Short sales, foreclosure, investments, land, new construction.... we cover it all.  Please lean on us for help and we will commit ourselves and our team of real estate professionals to helping you and your family get to where you need to go.

And if that Dream home is seeming just a little but more in focus we are ready to work to make the dream a reality.

Call us at 503-906-1422. We are here 7 days a week.

Best regards; Dirk and Todd Knudsen
www.theknudsens.com
4/4/2011 Why we moved and what this means for our Customers!
To Our Customers and Friends;

It was not easy to leave a great company like Re/Max after so many years as their Top Team.  But after the economy forced us to move out form two offices that closed Todd and I and the team had to reanalyze our position and what we wanted to do to better serve our many clients including you!

We all know that this is a people business.  A service business.  Anyone that does not get that just simply does not know what the reality of Real Estate is.   It is a very High Touch business. Een though we have come a long long way from the days of an old MLS book and all of us riding around looking at homes together...well we still like to build a lasting friendship with our customers.

Having said all of that we wanted to be able to blend all of that with a great technology and follow up system to.  After all the Internet has changed the way we live.  So job #1 was for Todd and I and Team Knudsen to find the BEST technology in the business.  Technology that would allow us to take that personal relationship into the future, keep our clients informed, and make sure we can always maximize their goals.

Here at Prudential Northwest Properties we found all that we were looking for!  With 20 offices throughout the region and a commitment to Technology like no other firm they were a terrific option for us.

Try The Map Search... It is amazing and allows you to set up so many great searches delivered to your email box daily!

Look for Foreclosures and all the best Bank Owned Homes!

Look For Open Houses

And so much more.

We are here for you and committed to helping you sell homes, land, and commercial property.  Now is the greatest time ever to buy Real Estate so call us and let us know how we can help you and your family.

Best regards;

Dirk Knudsen
Principal Broker
Prudential Northwest Property
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