My Adventure to London, England

Buckingham Palace

Tower of London

London Bridge

Tower of London

Big Bend and Parliament

                     Westminster Abby - Cathedral 

May's Market Action Report

Real estate activity in the Portland metro area continues to see seasonal gains. New listings (4,192) are up 15.5% over April’s 3,629 and up 9.4% compared to the 3,833 new listings posted last May. It was the strongest May for new listings since 2008, when there were 5,182.

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April Action Report

April Action Report 

Seasonal activity was again on the upswing this April in the Portland metro area! Closed sales, at 2,143, rose 15.4% from March’s 1,857 and represented a 0.8% increase over the 2,125 sales closed in April 2013. Despite the small increase, it was still the best April for closed sales in the Portland metro area since 2007, when there were 2,594. New listings (3,629) were up 0.2% compared to last April, when there were 3,623, and 17.4% compared to the 3,090 new listings posted in March. Pending sales (2,825) increased 11.5% from March’s 2,534 but dropped 4.0% from pendings in April 2013 (2,942). There are currently 6,093 active residential listings in the Portland metro area. Total market time in the region fell again to 77 days in April, and inventory again decreased to 2.8 months.

Year to Date Summary

Portland has seen slim gains in 2014 compared to the first four months of 2013. Closed sales (7,141) are up 1.4% and new listings (11,806) are up 1.1% compared to the first four months of 2013. However, pending sales (8,971) are down 3.7% in the same comparison.

Average and Median Sale Prices

The average price the first four months this year was $325,100, up 10.7% from same time in 2013 when the average was $293,600. In the same comparison, the median rose 10.0% from $250,000 in the first four months of 2013 to $275,000 in the same period of 2014.