When is the best time to buy or sell a home in the Portland metro area? If you’re looking to buy a home in the Portland area market, the best time to purchase is when you find the right property for you and your family. Timing the market is immensely difficult, and if you wait for the market to soft

3 Reasons To Speak with a Lender Before You Buy Follow these three simple ways to prepare your home for sale. Getting your house in top shape is important to getting top dollar. Here are a few basic things you should do to get your house prepared for the market: Clean and declutter. If you only do o

3 Reasons To Speak with a Lender Before You Buy Speaking with a local lender is crucial before searching for homes. Are you looking to buy a home? Many buyers are so excited to search for the perfect home that they don’t bother talking to a lender until they’ve already found it. In my opinion, this

Here are a few of the best places to live around Portland, Oregon. The first question you’ll want to consider is whether you want to live in the country, the suburbs, or the city. My wife and I love just how many options there are for great places to live. We currently live in the east side, but we

Here is the May, 2022 Portland metro real estate market data that was just released by the RMLS. The big news this month was that inventory hit 1+ months for the first time since September, 2021 when it was at 1.1 months. Housing inventory is finally starting to head up from record lows. If you have

If you’re a buyer having trouble in today’s market, here are four tips to help. In today’s low-inventory real estate market, many buyers are struggling to secure homes. If you’re looking to buy a house, today we’ll share a few tips to help you find success: 1. Talk to multiple lenders to find one wi

Three things to consider when deciding whether to buy or sell first. In this low-inventory market, it’s often easier to sell than buy, but many need to do both. Sellers often ask me which they should do first: buy or sell. There’s a lot to consider, and each option has its pros and cons. The right c

2021 is shaping up to be an extremely dynamic real estate market here in Portland! January was red hot, activity high, and often buyers competing with several other buyers over the same property. What happens from here? That’s what I try to answer here with a bit of history and data to support my be

The Portland real estate market was unique and pretty fascinating to watch unfold in 2020. It wasn’t like any other year I have experienced in my roughly 12 years in real estate, and that certainly includes the market collapse of 2008. In this video, I take a dive into the local Portland residential

Portland Five Star Real Estate Agent 2021 – Andy Harris Hi Friends, Happy New Year! I wanted to share exciting news that I’ve been named as a Portland Five Star Real Estate Agent for 2021. This is my second Five Star award in a row, and I was also given the “Rising Star in Real Estate” award a few y

Portland, Oregon Realtor®️ Andy Harris shares a list that current homeowners should do to maintain their home in good condition…all in under 2 minutes! These include some safety items and general maintenance items, some of which are specific to the Fall season. Andy Harris Premiere Property Group, L

I often get asked by my buyer clients that are renting if they should break their lease in order to buy a home. There are a few important considerations before taking such a leap! 1. Are you financially ready to buy a home? 2. Are you personally ready to buy a home? 3. What’s the math say? Check out

If you’re curious about the current state of the residential real estate market in Portland, Oregon, this video is for you! Experienced real estate broker, Andy Harris, shares several charts and in-depth data to give you a taste of where the market has been historically, and where we might be headed

Portland Market Update – September, 2020 The Portland, OR residential real estate market has been red hot during the 2nd half of 2020. Razor thin inventory levels have led to appreciation rates that few predicted for the this year. Andy Harris, an Oregon & Washington licensed real estate broker, sha

The HEAT index below shows how real estate professionals in various U.S. markets are classifying their areas. These can be low heat, medium heat or high heat. Portland, like much of the country, is a “high heat” area with high levels of activity. I wholeheartedly agree with this. The second page sho

Just last week I released my 2nd quarter newsletter for 2020. In it, I provided an update on COVID-19 as it pertains to buying and selling real estate in the Portland metro market (Oregon and SW Washington as well). I offered a market update on the latest happenings locally in real estate, including

Every month the Real Estate HEAT index is released by Five Star Professional. It’s a survey of Five Star Professionals in nearly 40 markets throughout the country. Below you’ll see that Portland, OR is listed as “high heat” area. In the second image, you’ll see some of the recent trends that pertain

When you decide you’re going to buy your first home, it’s hard to know where to start. The entire process can be pretty daunting if you’ve never experienced buying a home before. How do you get from point A to point Z where you’re being handed the keys to your new home? What do you need to do to get

We’re in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and April has finally provided us with one full month of market data to review and to get a picture of where the Portland real estate market is currently…and where we might be headed. Given this is the first pandemic in a century and how different the w

Yesterday and sent out my 1st quarter, 2020 hand written Portland real estate newsletter to my friends and clients. I touched on a number of topics, and think it’s very relevant information for anyone who would like to keep track of the Portland metro real estate market. Within the newsletter, I dis