Wilsonville Living - February 2019 by Active Media Publishing Group

Putting You 1st in 2018 BPG helped more than 140 happy clients

When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to buy or sell real estate, contact the local experts who always put YOU FIRST! More than 140 happy clients did just that in 2018. Need to buy or sell real estate in 2019? Call Beltran Properties Group: 503-502-3330. 630 SW 130th Ave Beaverton, OR 97005

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91 N Hayden Bay Dr, Portland, OR, 97217

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2450 Snowberry Ridge Court, West Linn, OR, 97068

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4739 SW 54th Ave, Portland, OR, 97221

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11672 SW Palermo St, Wilsonville, OR, 97070

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16932 SW 125th Pl, Portland, OR, 97224

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1313 7th St, Oregon City, OR, 97045

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3990 Leahy Dr, Eugene, OR 97405

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8735 SW 80th Ave, Portland, OR, 97223

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12268 SW Palermo St, Wilsonville, OR, 97070

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18385 SW 133rd Ter, Tualatin, OR, 97062

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1790 Boone Rd SE, Salem, OR, 97306

2220 Snowberry Ridge Court, West Linn, OR, 97068

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4385 SW Homesteader Rd, Wilsonville, OR, 97070

4605 SW 164th Ter, Beaverton, OR, 97078

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8885 SW Iowa Dr, Tualatin, OR, 97062

10460 SW Denmark St, WIlsonville, OR, 97070

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12855 SW Morningstar Dr, Tigard, OR, 97223

13018 SW Hazelcrest Way, Tigard, OR, 97224

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29165 SW Bergen Ln, WIlsonville, OR, 97070

29239 SW Costa Cir E, Wilsonville, OR, 97070

*BPG closed 144 homes in 2018 in Oregon and Washington.

4983 Stagecoach Rd Eugene, OR 97402

4605 SW 164th Ter. Beaverton, OR 97078

10818 SW Lisbon St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

4385 SW Homesteader Rd. Wilsonville, OR 97070

1547 Newport Way Woodburn, OR 97071

4739 SW 54th Ave. Portland, OR 97221

17505 SW Blanton St. #A5 Beaverton, OR 97078

12268 SW Palermo St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

10465 SW Denmark St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

13018 SW Hazelcrest Way, Tigard, OR 97224

29092 SW Charlotte Lane Wilsonville, OR 97070

12855 SW Morningstar Dr. Tigard, OR 97223

26898 SW McLeod St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

29239 SW Costa Cir. E. Wilsonville, OR 97070

10975 SW Verdun Loop Wilsonville, OR 97070

2450 Snowberry Rdige, Ct. West Linn, OR 97068

28885 SW Costa Circle W. Wilsonville, OR 97070

3990 Leahy Dr. Eugene, OR 97405

10745 SW Barber St Wilsonville OR 97070

2220 Snowberry Ridge Ct. West Linn, OR 97068

3714 NE Spring Meadow Ct. McMinnville, OR 97128

29165 SW Bergen LN Wilsonville, OR 97070

29169 SW Charlotte Lane Wilsonville, OR 97070

11672 Sw Palermo St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

29525 SW Camelot St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

10460 SW Denmark Wilsonville, OR 97070

11863 SW Dublin St. Wilsonville, OR 97070

8885 SW Iowa Dr. Tualatin, OR

1091 SW Falcon Crest Dr. Dundee, OR 97115

1790 Boone Rd. SE Salem, OR 97306

7753 SW Wimbledon Circle N. Wilsonillve, OR 97070

29278 SW Villebois Drive Wilsonville 97070

3040 SW 15th Ct. Gresham, OR 97080

18385 SW 133rd Ter. Tualatin, OR 97062

29512 SW Queens Ct. Wilsonville, OR 97070

8735 SW 80th Ave. Portland, OR 97223

10402 SW Madrid Loop Wilsonville, OR 97070

16932 SW 125th Pl. Tigard, OR 97224

91 N Hayden Bay Dr. Portland, OR 97217

1313 7th St. Oregon City, OR 97045

Featured Listing Call 503-502-3330 for details on this lovely property!

Stats Man Strikes! How Did Wilsonville Age? 2008-2018 Stats for the first two weeks of January: 2008

2018

Homes Listed

Homes Pending

Homes Sold

Avg Price

$393,500 $438,600

Sq Ft

2332

1816

$/sq ft

$168

$221

Wilsonville/Tigard/Tualatin area sold for the year: 2008

2018

1,577

2,842

PDX at the end of 2008 Days on the Mkt

12005 SW LAUSANNE ST, WILSONVILLE, OR, 97070 ML# 19385481 BEDROOMS: 5 BATH: 3 SQUARE FEET: 2877

Average Price Inventory

138 $252,900 14.1 Mo

2018 64 $438,600 2.5 Mo

Stunning 5 bedroom Vilebois home sits facing a greenspace across from community parks & steps to seasonal farmers market. Enjoy the perks of this popular community in this upgraded home! New hardwoods, newer paint, updated backsplash, stainless appliances, unique lot with extra backyard space. Large Master suite. Full bedroom & bath on main is ideal for office/guest suite. Added beds can be bonus/den. Includes Hot tub, pool access & more!

Mike Rohrig

Licensed Oregon Principal Broker Beltran Properties Group Director of Sales

(aka â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stats Manâ&#x20AC;?)

HERE TO PROTECT YOUR TODAY. HERE TO PROTECT YOUR TOMORROW. Protecting the things you’ve worked hard for today is an important step towards making your dreams for the future your reality.

Let’s talk about your future plans, and how I can help you protect them.

Kyle Bunch, Agent 30240 Sw Parkway Ave Ste 200, Wilsonville Bus: (503) 427-9915 kbunch@amfam.com kylebunchagency.com

Easy Tips to Keep Your Budget on Track A s part of your New Year’s Resolution, you may be wanting to increase your financial awareness. To make the most of your hard-earned money, you can’t turn a blind eye to your spending habits — knowing where your money goes, determining which expenses are necessary and adjusting your spending can save you money. We’ve gathered some helpful tips to consider when getting back on the road to financial freedom.

Evaluate Your Current Spending Habits

You can’t turn the page on your old financial habits if you don’t acknowledge, analyze and figure out how to improve them, so face the music and grab your most recent bank statement.

Find outliers. Are there some big out-of-the-ordinary expenditures on your statement? If they’re medical bills or necessary home improvements (say your air conditioner needed to be replaced in the middle of July), that’s understandable. But multiple expensive restaurant or online shopping purchases is cause for concern. Take note and work to curb those big expenses. Identify the repetitive small charges. Even though that $2 small coffee seems like a pretty cheap way to get your mind in gear for the workday, it adds up quickly. So does that mid-morning bagel and afternoon energy drink. Many of these mini expenses tend to be food- or drink-related, so consider brewing your own coffee and bringing food from home to satisfy your cravings. Calculate the carry-over. If you’re spending your entire paycheck every two weeks, you’re treading water and failing to set yourself up for future financial success. If you’re not taking some of your earnings and putting them into a savings account every pay period, you should at least see your checking account increase in value over the course of a few paychecks.

Set Short- and Long-Term Financial Goals

Saving money and obtaining good financial health is a heck of a lot easier when you’re working towards specific, attainable goals. Keep these tips in mind whether you want to pay off your credit cards in six months or plan on taking your family on a tropical vacation for the holidays. Be realistic. Your thousands of dollars in student loan debt isn’t going to just disappear in three months — you’ve got other expenses to care of, after all — so set a realistic timeframe for accomplishing your long-term and more-expensive goals. Differentiate your needs from your wants. Saving up for a new sports car sounds like a lot more fun than paying for a new furnace, but when it comes to keeping your family safe and

in sound financial health, the choice between the two is obvious. When setting goals, make sure to identify whether the goal is a need or a want and consider your current status when choosing which to save for. Prioritize your goals. After differentiating your needs from your Kyle Bunch wants, prioritize the goals you settled Agent on. You can save to pay off your credit cards and take your family on that vacation at the same time, sure, but ranking your goals in terms of importance can make a big difference should you have a savings hiccup halfway through the process. Track your progress. Whipping your finances into shape and accomplishing financial goals isn’t a set-it-and-forget-it kind project — it takes a lot of tracking and adjusting. Noticing that you’re off track in week one is much better than noticing it in week nine, so carefully monitor your bank account or utilize an online money management and budget-tracking service. Many services let you connect your bank accounts, credit cards, bills and investment accounts to paint a clear picture of your finances in one convenient place, making it easier than ever to create a budget and stick to it.

Make It Personal and Have Fun

Tracking your spending and cutting back on spending can seem like a chore, but it’s all in the name of making your family’s life better. Try utilizing some of these tips into the way you budget to save money and have a little fun at the same time. Give yourself some wiggle room. Budgeting doesn’t mean cutting every single coffee, movie and take-out order from your life. Set a limit for the amount you can spend on those things, though, and plan out a particular time when you can enjoy a night out. Work each month to create a monthly spending budget. Reward yourself. While you’re tracking your progress towards your short or long-term financial goals, set checkpoints for your progress and reward yourself when you reach them. What’s the fun in budgeting if you can’t celebrate your successes? Make it a family activity. Facing off with your family to see who can meet their goals or save the most every month can spur some seriously competitive savings! If you have young children, you’ll also be setting them up to practice good money habits later on in life. And who wouldn’t be careful spending their allowance when the prize is ice cream? When you’re saving your hard-earned money, get in touch with your American Family Insurance agent, Kyle Bunch to make sure your insurance policies will be there to back you up in the event of the unexpected. Happy budgeting!

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