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Zombies in Central Oregon but don’t worry, its not the end of the world…

The Q2 2016 U.S. Residential Property Vacancy and Zombie Foreclosure Report calculates the percentage of homes currently going through the foreclosure process that have been vacated. For the past 12 months, asset holders have been taking advantage of the “sellers market,” according to RealtyTrac Vice President David Blomquist. Now, after 12 months of rising zombie foreclosure rates, February 2016 marked a “sharp drop” in the statistic. As zombie foreclosure rates decline across the country, Oregon actually ranks first as the state with the highest amount of zombie foreclosures with 11.8%. read more

Cash Real Estate Sales On Pace To Reach New Low | News & Statistics

All Cash! Oregon Leads National Trend

According to a recent real estate article (read more here) from Housingwire.com cash sales nationwide are on pace to reach a new 8 year low, coming in at approximately 35% which is down from approximately 38% just one year ago.

Oregon was ahead of the national trend, coming in with 31% oMt Bachelor Hides Behind Spring Weatherf all homes sales being all cash transactions.

For perspective, cash sales reached a peak in 2011 at 47% of total home sales & according to CoreLogic, 25% of home sales pre housing crisis were all cash. read more