Arbor Custom Homes Gets Another Award

Tulip Farm

Here is my daughter at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. We make the trip there every year. This year I could not go due to work being so busy! We live in such an amazing area that we can enjoy such beauty. I have to say, although the tulips are beautiful, my daughter is much more beautiful!

Birthday Party At The Clubhouse

Here is one of Arbor Pass' families celebrating their kid's birthday party at our clubhouse. They brought in a puppeteer to put on a show for the kids. The kids enjoyed the show, but I think the adults enjoyed it more. Everyone had such a great time.

I love that we have a clubhouse here at Arbor Pass to have parties in. It so nice for the homeowners to have a place that is large enough to house such a big group.

Summer's Almost Here

It is a beautiful day here at Arbor Pass. The weather is a touch over 70, perfect.

Homes of the Future: What’s Hot and What’s Not

The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Metropolitan Portland announces the Ultimate Open House New Home Tour, presented by NW Natural and Standard TV & Appliance. Designed especially for homebuyers interested in new construction, two inspiration-filled weekends will offer the latest in new home trends, smart sustainability and affordable home options on April 28 & 29 and May 5 & 6, 2012, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. The event is free for the public.

WHAT: The Ultimate Open House New Home Tour has changed the way homes built by premiere builders are sold. The tour not only provides a showcase for top builders, it simultaneously helps homebuyers find and purchase their ultimate new home. Homes run the gamut in size, price range, style (also incorporating townhomes and condominiums) and location across Portland and its suburbs.

The first ten people to buy a tour home during the dates of the tour with a natural gas furnace and water heater will receive a gas bill credit of $800 courtesy of NW Natural.

WHERE: New homes throughout Portland and surrounding suburbs will be featured. NW Natural has created a smartphone application for the event that can be used to navigate to each location.

WHEN: April 28 & 29 and May 5 & 6 / 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

COST: Free

BUILDERS: Participating builders include: Arbor Custom Homes; Legend Homes; Gertz Fine Homes; Stone Bridge Homes NW; Renaissance Homes; Monza Homes; Everett Custom Homes; Portland Development Group, LLC; Maratona Homes, LLC; TA Liesy Homes NW, LLC; Fish Construction NW, LLC; JT Roth Construction, Inc.; Westlake Development; Olin Homes; Pacific Lifestyle; Pahlisch Homes; and Hutchinson Home Builders.

WHO: The HBA of Metropolitan Portland produces the Ultimate Open House New Home Tour, presented by NW Natural and Standard TV & Appliance. Additional sponsors include Energy Trust of Oregon and Metros.

A Note From Claire

Arbor Custom Homes;


As a new home owner in your Arbor Pass community, I thought I would take a moment and recognize the quality employee you have in Chris Korenthal. He has been a true professional during this entire process for me. He has answered all questions and concerns for me and really helped during this process. I would certainly recommend any of my friends and family to this community, largely based on the knowledge Chris has about the homes he is selling.
Chris is a good guy, an absolute professional and I feel you are lucky to have someone of his caliber representing Arbor Homes. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at any time.

Thank you,

Claire

Good News From RMLS

March Residential Highlights

Comparing March 2012 with

March 2011 shows improvement

in both pending and closed sales,

which were also up compared to

the previous month. There were

2,272 accepted offers, 12.8% more

than the 2,014 reported in March

2011 and 7.7% more than the 2,109

in the previous month. The 1,694

closed sales represent a 4.9%

increase over the same month last

year, when 1,615 were recorded,

and 34.2% more than the 1,262

sales in February.

New listings this March (2,886)

were down compared to March

last year (3,056), but rose 15.8%

compared to February (2,492). The

combination of fewer new listings

and more closed sales contributed

to the lowest unsold inventory

since June 2007. It would take only

five months to sell the 8,391 active

listings at the March rate of sales.

First Quarter Report

Comparing first quarter 2012

with the same period in 2011

shows closed sales increased

12.2%. There were more closed

sales in the first three months of

2012 than in any first quarter since

2007. Pending sales were up by

18.2% in the quarterly comparison,

with new listings decreasing by

12.0%.

A comparison of first quarter

prices this year and last shows

average sales price declined less

than one half percent. The average

sale price was $251,700 in the

first quarter of this year and

$252,800 in the comparable period

last year. The median sale price

decreased 1.4% ($212,000 this year

and $215,00 in 2011).

Total days on market decreased

by 17.9%, going from 165 in the

first quarter last year to 135 in the

first quarter of 2012.

Happy Easter

A little advance warning that All Arbor New Home Communities will be Closed on Easter Sunday (April 8th) so that we can spend the day with our families.

Happy Easter to you & your family!