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I found this great map search from New York Times. You can browse local data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Simply put, you add the zip code of interest, choose between Income, Ethnicity, Home values, and Education, and then drag the mouse over the census areas for ...

Don’t be embarrassed if you don’t know how real estate commissions work. Many people have misconceptions on how Realtors get paid and how much they actually make. This is also a question that far too many real estate agents think consumers understand. Unfortunately, too often that is not the case.Real estate agents are independent ...

Billionaire Warren Buffett is like the Orville Redenbacher of investing: a gray-haired old man with a salt-of-the-earth image. But he’s also widely regarded as one of the sharpest business minds in America, with the wealth to prove it (he’s the second-richest man in the country, behind Bill Gates). So, it was good news for real ...

10 Reasons To Buy aHome By Brett Arends , The Wall Street Journal Enough with the doom and gloom about homeownership. Sure, maybe there's more pain to come in the housing market. But when Timemagazine starts running covers thatdeclare "Owning a home may no longer make economic sense," it's timeto say: Enough is enough. This ...

buy For more information on how to buy in todays market see the PremierePropertyGroup Buyer's Toolkit at: http://www.premierepropertygroup.com/For_Buyers/page_1393057.html  

New Law Requires Removal of Uncertified Woodstoves When Selling a Home  Beginning August 1, 2010, anyone selling a home with an old, uncertified woodstove will be required to remove and destroy this device. The 2009 Oregon Legislature signed Senate Bill ...

IRS Releases New Forms, InstructionsThe IRS has released IR-2010-006 providing a revised Form 5405 to reflect the changes to the tax credit made in the extension and expansion legislation enacted in November 2009. The release reminds taxpayers that all tax returns claiming the tax credit must be filed manually (i.e., they cannot utilize the IRS ...

As activity in the housing market gets underway in this new year, Portland investors and homeowners are looking for signs of recovery in order to strategize.  Julie Fugate has been a real estate broker in the local market for five-and-half years and is currently the principal broker at Premiere Property Group. In ...

Home buyer tax credits: Frequently asked questions If you're in the market for a home, the world is your oyster. Interest rates are at record lows. Housing prices in many parts of the country are still depressed. And you may be eligible for a generous tax break, even if the home you buy isn't your first. On Nov. 6, President Obama signed ...