tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113767199444444516.post1163056965622762364..comments2023-10-03T04:34:39.407-07:00Comments on Portland Real Estate Outsider: Foreclosures up 129% in Oregon in June '08PDX Outsiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01596115115859601410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113767199444444516.post-76722036178524164702008-07-11T17:19:00.000-07:002008-07-11T17:19:00.000-07:00Agreed with js. It is a pain in the ass to get the...Agreed with js. It is a pain in the ass to get them and not worth in in my opinion. Better to just find a regular home that is priced competitively enough to get some bites. They're out there.Kirk Coburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400988560187183645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113767199444444516.post-30941780783360419742008-07-11T14:56:00.000-07:002008-07-11T14:56:00.000-07:00"Anybody have any brushes with foreclosure's they'..."Anybody have any brushes with foreclosure's they'd like to share?" <BR/><BR/>Yeah, stay away from 'em. :) I bought a house last week in the Hawthorne District. Before that my wife and I entertained short sales and foreclosures. Short sales are a disaster. Foreclosures aren't much better. In early spring banks were asking way too much. Also, they weren't paying buyer agent fees. By late May and June it seemed like they were starting to figure it out and make some corrections. But if you make an offer it goes into a black hole. You can get your agent to give them a time limit to respond to your offer but they'll ignore it. Also, they're asking what they think is fair market value and it might very well be in the ballpark. But then you go look at the place and you realize the previous owner grabbed everything that wasn't nailed down before getting kicked out. So you'd have to put another $20K or so into it. For the headaches involved you're not really getting any killer deals with foreclosures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com