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Historic low-interest rates are encouraging buyers to enter the housing market, while historic low inventory levels are making it hard to do. Real-time real estate experts Alice Lema and Pete Belcastro share experiences about current housing market conditions across Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties. Hear first hard reporting about buyers and sellers maneuvering through a… Read More

If you think 2020 changed your life, wait until you hear from Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler on how wildfires, emergency planning, the pandemic, decriminalization of most drugs has changed the way he sees law enforcement n the next few years. The Sheriff joins Alice Lema and Pete Belcastro on this episode to share how… Read More

Southern Oregon lost several historic buildings during recent wildfires. So on this week’s episode, George Kramer, longtime local historic preservation specialist, joins Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema for a look at ways to preservice iconic buildings. There are opportunities for both homeowners and investors to take advantage of several incentives available today. We’ll get an… Read More

We’re in the winter selling season, but this winter is like no other we’ve experienced in Southern Oregon’s Real Estate Market. In this episode, Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema share their Real-Time, Real Estate experiences as buyers and sellers maneuver through high demand, low inventory housing market. Get the latest statistical information about what is… Read More

Housing issues across Oregon are not going away. Addressing them and the future of housing is an important part of the Oregon Association of Realtor’s mission. In this week’s episode, Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema go inside the OAR and speak with their legal counsel Jeremy Rogers about housing and other important issues facing buyers… Read More

Mortgage Interest rates, the hot fuel of our real estate market, didn’t budget since election day meaning low rates may be here a while longer. Why does this matter? Guy Giles of Mutual of Omaha Mortgage joins Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema on this episode to explain the latest trends in mortgage lending that buyers… Read More

As a long=time local property appraiser, Dani Frye has seen just about every type of housing market. Yet she has never seen a market quite like our current one. It’s a market of pandemic driven sales, combined with low interest rates and now add in catastrophic wildfire destruction. So the question Pete Belcastro and Alice… Read More

How does a community recover from a disaster? That’s the main question we put to Phoenix Mayor Chris Luz on this episode of Southern Oregon’s Real Estate Show. The Mayor shares his experience during the fire of Sept 8 and the efforts underway to begin the cleanup and recovery the community will need. Luz joins… Read More

Southern Oregon’s Real Estate Market remains at a pretty consistent level this past week with pending and closed sales remaining high. On this week’s episode, Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema concentrate on how buyers and sellers are maneuvering through this high-demand and low-inventory housing market. Get some of the latest strategies Pete and Alice use… Read More

Property tax statement are due out in a few weeks. Most everyone will see an increase in those taxes and most everyone will also see an increase in their Real Market Value. Jackson County Assessor Dave Arrasmith joins Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema for a wide ranging discussion about property taxes, valuation increases across the… Read More

Are recent wildfires effecting Southern Oregon’s Real Estate Market? If so, what are the effects for buyers and sellers in the market? Pete Belcastro and Alice Lema are real time real estate agents working with buyers and sellers in this uncertain market where demand exceeded supply even before fires destroyed 3,300 homes. Pete and Alice… Read More

How will we respond to the loss of more than 3,200 housing units to wildfire? That question is among a wide variety of related topics on this edition of Southern Oregon’s Real Estate Show. Brad Bennington, CEO of Southern Oregon Builders Association talks about the challenges facing us just to rebuild lost inventory. He in… Read More