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Tips to Find a Realtor in Another State

How to Find a Realtor in Another State

By Property Max

Most people who sell a house stay in the same state. A National Association of REALTORS® survey covering sales from July 2024 through June 2025 found that 66 percent of sellers moved somewhere else within their own state. If you’re in the other third, you’ll need to find a realtor in another state, in a … Continued
Can I Sell a House With a Pending Insurance Claim in Portland

Can I Sell My House with a Pending Insurance Claim

By Property Max

Blue tarps on a roof don’t stop buyers from writing offers. They stop a buyer’s insurance company from writing a policy, and that problem needs its own fix. Every winter storm season, Oregon homeowners ask me the same thing. Can I sell while the adjuster is still fighting me on the scope? Yes, you can. … Continued
How Long Does It Usually Take to Sell a House in Oregon

How Long Does It Take to Sell a House in Oregon

By Property Max

Two houses on the same Salem street, listed the same week, can close two months apart. Same square footage, same schools, same rain. The gap usually comes down to price, condition, and how the seller handled the first ten days. Oregon timelines refuse to boil down to one tidy number, and the calendar in the … Continued
Can Medical Bills Take Your House Away In Oregon

Can Medical Bills Take Your House in Oregon? What Homeowners Should Know

By Property Max

Oregon hospitals can no longer put your unpaid bill on your credit report. That change landed on the first day of 2026, and plenty of homeowners read the headline as proof their house is safe. They’re half right. So can medical bills take your house in Oregon? Sometimes, and that new law doesn’t change it. … Continued
How to sell an apartment in Oregon

How to Sell an Apartment in Oregon: Tips and Legal Requirements

By Property Max

Half the landlords who ask me how to sell an apartment in Oregon open with an apology. They think the tenant living in the unit is a problem they created. It isn’t, though it does change the math on price, timing, and which buyers will even write an offer. Redfin’s state data puts Oregon’s median … Continued
Selling a house with water in the crawl space Oregon

How to Sell an Oregon Home with a Wet Crawl Space

By Property Max

You pop the access hatch on a January afternoon, point a flashlight into the dark, and find an inch of water in the crawl space, sitting on a torn sheet of plastic. Your stomach drops. Half the older houses I walk west of the Cascades have some version of this going on under the floor. … Continued
Choose a Title Company In Portland

How to Choose a Title Company

By Property Max

Most people spend weeks picking a real estate agent, then take about ten minutes to choose a title company. That gap costs money. I’ve watched it cost sellers sleep, too. A title company sits at the center of every property transfer. It handles the paperwork, the money, and the legal chain of ownership that ties … Continued
How much equity do I need to sell my home in Portland

How Much Home Equity Do I Need to Sell My House

By Property Max

A homeowner called me on a Tuesday afternoon, voice tight, asking if she could sell her house next week. She had a job offer two states away, and a mortgage she still owed on. She wasn’t sure she had enough equity to walk away clean. How much equity do I need to sell my house? … Continued
Average Cost To Sell A House In OR

Average Cost To Sell A House In Oregon And What Sellers Should Expect

By Property Max

Selling a house in Oregon costs a lot more than most sellers budget for. Not because anyone is hiding fees, but because those fees are scattered across a dozen line items that only show up when you’re already deep into the process, sitting across the table from your escrow officer and wondering where your profit … Continued
Do I Have To Sell My Home in Oregon As Part Of Divorce

Do I Have To Sell My Home As Part Of Divorce In Oregon

By Property Max

Divorce is hard enough without feeling cornered on the one decision that affects everyone the most: what happens to the house. A lot of people come to me believing the answer is simple. It isn’t. And the options available to Oregon homeowners going through a split are wider than most assume, which means the wrong … Continued
Selling your House with Solar Panels Portland

Selling a House With Solar Panels

By Property Max

Selling a house with solar panels usually comes down to one question: “Do my panels help or hurt?” Sellers want a simple yes or no, and for years, we gave them one. We were wrong to do that. The real answer turns on who owns the system. How you handle that detail before listing can … Continued
Aerial view of downtown Portland, Oregon skyline and Willamette River during the Q1 2026 housing market update

Portland Housing Market Update: Q1 2026

By Property Max

By Chris Dennis | Property Max | Data: Redfin, Zillow, FHFA, RMLS If you own a home in Portland or are thinking about buying, the first question on your mind is simple: what is the market actually doing right now? After two years of sharp corrections, rising rates, and buyer hesitation, Q1 2026 has brought something Portland … Continued