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Happy Valley: Isn’t normal ok? Considering the housing market.
I think one of the most under reported stories about the real estate market today is just how close to normal our markets are. What we keep hearing is how far off we are “from the peak”. Well, “the … more →
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Happy Valley: Isn’t normal ok? Considering the housing market.
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tonymarnella wrote 1 week ago: I think one of the most under reported stories about the real estate market today is just how close … more →
Happy Valley: Town Homes, an Architectural style or lifestyle?
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tonymarnella wrote 2 months ago: The answer is, yes, to both. The architectural style is what most people associate town homes with, … more →
Happy Valley Town Homes: Blown-in insulation, so what?
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tonymarnella wrote 2 months ago: It is not surprising that when you talk with someone about our differences in how we insulate their … more →
Time is running out on your Tax Credit!
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tonymarnella wrote 3 months ago: For our potential first time home buyers out there, the $8000 Federal Housing Tax Credit that you ar … more →
The unrealized value of owning a Green High Performance home.
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tonymarnella wrote 5 months ago: I wrote back in January about the behind the scenes inspections and testing that the green high perf … more →
Marnella Homes offers their “Rest Assured Plan”
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tonymarnella wrote 7 months ago: Marnella Homes has had many firsts for a home building company here in the northwest. As we strive … more →
Great week for Housing news!!
tonymarnella wrote 8 months ago: Wow, what a week for housing news. Whether this is a flash in the pan or it is truly a sign of more … more →
Only 20 days until tax day!
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tonymarnella wrote 8 months ago: I wanted to post another entry about the Federal Tax Credit. When I first discussed this back in Jan … more →
Portland is still on top!
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tonymarnella wrote 9 months ago: I have read the naysayers comments about how far they estimate (hope) the Portland market will fal … more →
Buy new or used? That is the question!
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tonymarnella wrote 9 months ago: After reviewing both our recent New Home Trends report and the Local Market Action RMLS report, I re … more →
Wait or Buy?
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tonymarnella wrote 10 months ago: I wanted to share these stories because they address multiple points of the housing market with grea … more →
Attention First time home Buyers!
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tonymarnella wrote 10 months ago: Or anyone who has not owned a home in the last three years. If you are considering buying a home th … more →
More Buying power today than in 2004!
tonymarnella wrote 10 months ago: More great news out last week, “Mortgage rates fell below 5% for the first time ever!”. In fact, bo … more →
Added benefit to owning a high performance home.
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tonymarnella wrote 11 months ago: You regularly hear these days about how a builder’s homes are Energy Star certified, Earth Advantage … more →
More great Real Estate news!
tonymarnella wrote 11 months ago: Interest rates are at the lowest level since Freddie Mac began it’s mortgage rate survey in 1971! T … more →
Rouse or Reality
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tonymarnella wrote 1 year ago: I want to start this entry disclaiming the fact that I know I am not an expert about the current mar … more →
Another bright spot on the horizon
tonymarnella wrote 1 year ago: The Oregonian published and article by Dave Hogan a couple of weeks ago that stated what many of us … more →
Is the glass half full or half empty?
tonymarnella wrote 1 year ago: After reading some of the many negative articles that have been written since my last entry, it occu … more →
It only gets better from here
tonymarnella wrote 1 year ago: Another great article that vindicates a lot of what many of us have been saying was written recently … more →
