Closed sales: Decreased by 6.4% (2,511) from 2,682 in May. But year-to-date, they increased 11.9% over June 2012 with 2,244 closed sales. [Comment: There could
It is no secret that my regard for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“the CFPB”) is akin to my regard for Bubonic Plague; they both
For the last several years, the Federal Reserve has pursued an unorthodox (read “last resort”) fiscal policy known as “Quantitative Easing.”[1] Fed Chair Ben Bernanke
Background. As mentioned in an earlier post here, the Niday case, which I have previously commented on here and here as it was winding
“The average sales price so far this year is $299,900, up 14.9% from the same period in 2012, when the average was $261,100. In the
How low can housing inventory go? According to Oregon’s Regional Multiple Listing Service (“RMLS®”), May’s inventory dropped to 2.5 months. To clarify, according to RMLS®, “inventory
In a further example of “mission creep”, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”), another spawn of Dodd-Frank, charged with responsibility to oversee and regulate…everything with
In a important decision on the future role of MERS in Oregon’s non-judicial foreclosure process, the Oregon Supreme Court answered four certified questions that had
One of the most notable bi-products of the foreclosure disaster, was another disaster – the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act; a 2300 page tome bearing the names
Ever been curious which areas are hardest hit by foreclosures in the Portland-Metro counties? Wondering how many judicial vs. non-judicial foreclosures are filed? Are the
