It’s Buyer Season!

It’s fall in Portland!  One of my favorite times of year.  The leaves are changing from vibrant green to various shades of fiery red and orange.  The constant rain is starting in earnest.  Kids have gone back to school and the holidays are around the corner.  There is pumpkin spice aplenty out there, people!  Pumpkin spice APLENTY.

Know what else it means?  If you’re looking to buy property sometime soon you should be pounding the pavement.  This may be counter to what you are thinking.  Most people I talk to want to stay cozy by the fire right now and have plans to start their home search in earnest after the new year.  You know what happens when “most people” do something?  It creates scarcity.  There’s a reason why the real estate market in Portland starts to really ramp up in January!  That’s when everyone comes out of their holiday food coma and starts their home search.  EN MASSE.  What happens when home searches occur en masse?  Crazy multiple offers, people.  Frustration.  Higher prices.  That’s what happens.

Now, I can’t tell the future.  I don’t know what’s going to happen for sure come January.  But I can tell you what’s happened every year for the last five years, and that’s what I see happening again: people relaxing in the fall with plans to start their search after the holidays.  And let me tell you about the market right now: homes are sitting a lot longer than they have been in the past.  Less buyers are looking.  Sellers are more motivated and reasonable.  And interest rates are killer!  You could find an amazing property right now and get it under contract for less than asking price with an interest rate that’s lower than anything we’ve seen in the last few years.

Are you ready?  Let’s start looking for your next home!  Give me a call: 503-438-5101

Kim Parmon

Principal Broker | Earth Advantage Certified | OR

She/Her

Kim Parmon Principal Broker  Lead Listing Agent Earth Advantage Certified | OR kim@livingroomre.com Oregon is the fifth state that Kim has called home in her life, and this one is sticking!  After moving multiple times in her childhood, Kim fully understands how empowering homeownership and having roots is.  She loves waking up every day in this beautiful place and wants everyone to experience what it feels like to live in their dream home. As a kid, Kim spent her free time wandering through open houses and exploring construction sites for the fun of it.  After careers in the professional ballroom dance world, the entertainment industry, and the service industry, Kim stumbled into real estate as both a passion and a profession through the purchase of her first bungalow.  After renovating it with her husband and selling it for enough of a profit to pay off their debt as well as buy a new house to live in, everything clicked: she decided to get her real estate license and help her community experience the emotional and financial benefits of homeownership.  Kim put down roots in Portland in 2015 and has cultivated a referrals-based business throughout the years.  She understands that real estate is a service and the experience she gives her clients is first-rate.  She works hard to anticipate needs.  She is responsive, thorough, empathic, and a skilled negotiator who enjoys market analytics and strategy as much as she enjoys connecting with her clients.  Her ethics and reputation are the cornerstones of her business and the happiness of her clients is the yardstick that she measures success against. Kim merged her business with the best agents in Portland at the beginning of 2022, which has allowed her to give her clients more resources, more advocacy, and a top-notch real estate experience.  She is honored to be a part of her incredible team and feels lucky to go to work every day. In her free time, you'll find Kim enjoying lazy evenings by the fire with her husband, daughter, and rescue dogs.  She loves dancing, live music, exploring all of the beautiful places around us in the PNW, enjoying a cider and a good meal with friends, and browsing Powell's for a great new book. Andee Ziegler  Licensed Listing Team Operations Manager andee@livingroomre.com Loving where you live will change your life. Everyone deserves that joy. For me, real estate has been a way of nurturing my community and doing what I can to help people find stability, grow generational wealth, and create a little space of their own in the world. For 15 years I found the most joy in helping first-time homebuyers, guiding my peers through their first major investment and dreaming up what home means for them. I’ve done restoration work on homes from a variety of eras, 1894 Victorian farmhouse to classic 1950’s ranch. I enjoy empowering new homeowners with the knowledge I’ve garnered over the years, from systems to finishes.  In 2022 I joined forces with some of the best realtors in the biz and shifted my focus to operation management for listings. This welcome change opened up space in my life: more cake, less pants.   Andee Zeigler | Licensed Listing Team Operations Manager | andee@livingroomre.com Jessica LeDoux | Lead Buyer Agent | Broker Licensed in Oregon | jessica@livingroomre.com  Karim Alaeddine | Operations | Principal Broker Licensed in Oregon | karim@livingroomre.com  Jenessa VanZutphen | Buyer Operations Manager | Licensed in Oregon | jenessa@livingroomre.com 

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