Portland Oregon Homes for Sale: Your Needs Come First

Finding and buying the right Portland, Oregon home or investment property is a highly personalized process, and it all begins by identifying your needs and discussing the process.

Let’s Talk: Set Up an Appointment by calling us (503-761-1402) or using our contact form so that we can explore such areas as

• The values, interests and priorities you want this move to support.
• Features you need v. want in your home and neighborhood.
• How the home finding process will be tailored to fit your plans.
• Support you will receive from us and the communication style that you prefer.
• Financing options.

Let’s Look: Finding the Right Portland Oregon Home for sale by utilizing a variety of sources including

• Internet: our website and other Prudential Northwest Properties resources and/or RMLS online services.
• HomeFinder Pro: Prudential’s exclusive service emails you new listings that meet your search criteria (including property addresses and maps, price change alerts, and new photo or video updates).
• Buyer’s Property Investment Profile report details statistics relating to home values.
• Home Previews: we will schedule and attend personal home tours with you
• When viewing listings with us we can take detailed photos and create your personalized showcase home tour using Prudential’s distinctive virtual tours tools.

Prepare an Offer: Make a well informed decision based on knowledge gathered from

• Comparable sales (Comparative Market Analysis aka CMA) to help you determine an offer price based on market values of similar properties in the area.
• Market Tracker: Look at appreciation and trends for the past year and 3 years for the zip code of the home you are considering.
• Review of progress with financing options, programs, loan approval.
• Educated choices regarding terms of the offer (inspections, possession date, conditions, warranties, enhancements).

Get Moving: Complete the Settlement Process with our guidance and support. Many details need to be taken care of in order for a home purchase to be completed. It can take 15-90 days to finish all the steps involved in a home sale. We will:

• Explain to you in detail the steps that occur and answer you questions.
• Work with the seller’s broker or when necessary the seller directly to see that they fulfill their responsibilities under the contract.
• Stay in touch with the title officer, lender and others to coordinate their activities and keep the transaction moving forward.
• Arrange the initial contact by your Home Services Coordinator who acts as your personal concierge relating to a wide range of moving questions, concerns, choices and needs.
• Communicate with you on a regular basis so that you stay informed and as worry-free as possible.

Monitoring your Investment

• After closing, you will receive a customized Property Investment Profile report that helps you keep track on your home purchase investment. The report looks at statistics relating to similar homes in your area that are newly listed, pending and sold. This report shows the listing price, sold amounts, days on the market, pictures, addresses and property details.

In buying a home, what is the one thing I could do to help ensure the very best results?

The best investment a buyer can make, costs nothing, it just takes a little time and effort. By becoming educated on the buying process, current market conditions and preparing financially, you will become a savvy buyer.

During our initial consultation with you, an individualized home buying strategy is created which greatly benefits both first time and seasoned buyers. Most people wouldn’t put their life savings into an investment without thorough research; this same logic applies to buying a home. Benefits of a home buying strategy include:

• Less Stress
• Better understanding of the buyers rights and responsibilities
• Feel they are able to make better financial choices
• Save time by viewing only suitable homes
• Less problems with financing
• Lower rate of a failed sale