Fairway's First Team News & Updates

From market forecasts to the latest tips to increasing your home’s value.

How to Buy and Sell a Home at The Same Time without Losing Your Mind

Ah, to be a first-time home buyer again: How easy it was to buy a home when you weren’t carrying another mortgage on your back! If you’re looking to graduate from first-timer to repeat buyer, you know things are about to get much trickier. Unless you’re a bona fide house collector, you’ll have to sell your home in order to buy

Spending Green to Make Green
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Spending Green to Make Green

Even though it’s been warm, Fall is right around the corner. Before energy and heating costs pile up, there are a few ‪#‎green‬ DIY projects you can do today! 1. Replace burned out lightbulbs with energy efficient ones! 2. Replace and repair weather stripping around windows and doors. 3. Sevice your furnace, replace filters, clean air ducts. 

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Portland Real Estate by The Numbers

Portland Real Estate By The Numbers Good news! Portland’s real estate market is brawnier than ever, with nearly 10,000 home sales in 2014 and a median price of $305,000—a rip-roaring 9 percent spike (or $25K) from the year before. As a guide to this wild scene, we once again ran the numbers on home sales, demographics, transportation, and

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Lending, the Fair Way

At Fairway, our Core Values define who we are and what we strive to accomplish everyday—on behalf of our customers and employees. Our objective, in addition to providing excellent service to the customer, is to provide an atmosphere in which each branch can make the “Fairway experience” be exactly what it needs to be for

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Sherwood and West Linn Make Money Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Live

Two Oregon Cities make Money Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Live Perched along the Willamette River just 13 miles south of Portland, West Linn is the quintessential small town. Its Historic Willamette district (a.k.a. downtown) is a charming cluster of independent restaurants, coffee shops, and boutiques. The town plays host to all kinds of quirky

CMRS 2014 Tour
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CMRS2014 Tour keeps on rolling!

Our #CMRS2014 tour keeps on rolling! Our event in Pasco, WA is underway. Continue to check back for future Boot Camp updates! — with David Baltzer.