This is the second installment of my article looking back over the past five years at Portland housing statistics. Part One examined the real reason
“Language and speech are the means by which people communicate with one another. However, with the Big Banks, their silence conveys the loudest message.” [Anonymous
“It’s one thing to be stubborn when relying on well-reasoned principle; it’s quite another to be stubborn relying on no principle.” Anonymous [Sort of.]
On March 5, 2012, the Oregon Legislature passed a sweeping series of changes to its trust deed foreclosure law, SB 1552. Once signed by the
Can I sell my home (i.e. my “primary residence”) for less money than I owe to my bank? The short answer is that “it depends.”
[Caveats: 1. The following information is solely based upon Oregon law. Residents from other states should not assume their laws will result in the same
Word has it that Oregon has agreed to sign on to the 50-state attorneys general settlement with five of the country’s largest banks: Bank of
As we move into the New Year, our friends in the banking, servicing, and title industries have hastily convened a conference call to deal with
As we know, until recently, the vast majority of foreclosures in Oregon were conducted non-judicially, by advertisement and sale. However, due to the McCoy and
