by RMLS Communication Department | May 7, 2012 | Lockbox, Statistics
This Week’s Lockbox Activity Increases for Washington and Oregon
When comparing the week of April 23 – April 29 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox rose 13.9% in Washington and 3.8% in Oregon.
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by RMLS Communication Department | May 3, 2012 | Industry News, Market Trends, Statistics
This chart shows the number of Bank Owned and Short Sales in all areas of the RMLS™ system during the first quarter of 2012. To download or print the chart, click here.

Below are links to additional charts for some of our larger areas*:
Portland Metro
Clark County, WA
Lane County, OR
Douglas County, OR
*If you want information on percentages of distressed residential sales in other areas not represented by our charts, please contact us at communications@rmls.com.
Here are some additional facts about distressed residential properties in the first quarter of 2012:
All Areas when comparing percentage share of the market 1st quarter of 2011 to 1st quarter of 2012
- When comparing the first quarter of 2011 to 2012, distressed sales as a percentage of new listings decreased by 0.6% (29.5% v. 28.9%).
- In a comparison of the first quarter of 2011 with the same period in 2012, distressed sales as a percentage of closed sales decreased by 2.0% (40.9% v. 38.9%).
- Short Sales comprised 15.0% of new listings and 13.0% of sales in 2012, down 0.2% and up 2.7% from first quarter 2011, respectively.
- Bank Owned properties comprised 13.9% of new listings and 25.9% of sales in first quarter 2012, down 0.4% and up 4.7% from 1first quarter 2011, respectively.
Portland Metro when comparing percentage share of the market 1st quarter of 2011 to 1st quarter of 2012
- When comparing the first quarter of 2011 to 20112 distressed sales as a percentage of new listings decreased by 0.5% (31.5% v. 31.0%).
- In a comparison of the first quarter of 2011 with the same period in 2012, distressed sales as a percentage of closed sales decreased by 2.5% (41.7% v. 39.2%).
- Short Sales comprised 16.1% of new listings and was down 0.2% from 2011. However, the percentage of sales rose from 9.9% in 2011 to 13.5% in 2012, a 3.6% rise.
- Bank Owned properties comprised 14.9% of new listings and 25.7% of sales in first quarter 2012, down 0.3% and 6.1% from 2011, respectively.
Clark County when comparing percentage share of the market 1st quarter of 2011 to 1st quarter of 2012
- When comparing the first quarter of 2011 to 2012, distressed sales as a percentage of new listings decreased by 4.6% (39.7% v. 35.1%).
- In a comparison of the first quarter of 2011 with the same period in 2012, distressed sales as a percentage of closed sales increased by 0.3% (47.8% v. 48.1%).
- Short Sales comprised 23.8% of new listings and was down 0.6% from 2011. However, the percentage of sales rose from 17.1% in 2011 to 20.4% in 2012, a 3.3% rise.
- Bank Owned properties comprised 11.3% of new listings and 27.7% of sales in 2012, down 4.0% and 3.0% from 2011, respectively.
by RMLS Communication Department | Apr 30, 2012 | Lockbox, Statistics
This Week’s Lockbox Activity Decreases for Washington and Oregon
When comparing the week of April 16 – April 22 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 4.4% in Washington and 6.1% in Oregon.

by RMLS Communication Department | Apr 27, 2012 | Statistics
The chart below shows the number of Bank Owned and Short Sales in all areas of the RMLS™ system during 2011. To download or print this chart, click here.

All Areas when comparing percentage share of the market 2010 to 2011
- Comparing 2010 to 2011 distressed sales as a percentage of closed sales increased from 29.3% to 33.5%
- New listings dropped from 78,903 to 61,980 which is a 21.4% decrease
- Short sales comprised 13.9% of new listings and 10.7% of sold listings in 2011, up 2.1% and 1.8% from 2010 respectively as a percentage of the market.
- Bank owned properties comprised 13.1% of new listings and 22.8% of sales in 2011, rising slightly from 12.3% and 20.4% respectively in 2010.
Portland Metro when comparing percentage share of the market 2010 to 2011
- Comparing 2010 to 2011 distressed sales as a percentage of closed sales increased from 29.0% to 33.1%
- New listings dropped from 45,907 to 33,940 which is a 26.1% decrease
- Short sales comprised 15.3% of new listings and 10.8% of sold listings in 2011, up 3.0% and 2.5% from 2011 respectively as a percentage of the market.
- Bank owned properties comprised 13.4% of new listings and 22.3% of sales in 2011, rising slightly from 12.6% and 20.7% respectively in 2010.
Clark County when comparing percentage share of the market 2010 to 2011
- Comparing 2010 to 2011 distressed sales as a percentage of closed sales increased from 35.2% to 43.2%
- New listings dropped from 9,774 to 8,643 which is a 11.6% decrease
- Short sales comprised 21.0% of new listings and 16.4% of sold listings in 2011, down .6% and up .4% from 2010 respectively as a percentage of the market.
- Bank owned properties comprised 15.9% of new listings and 26.8% of sales in 2011, increasing from 11.7% and 18.4% respectively in 2010.
Below are links to additional charts for some of our larger areas*:
Portland Metro
Clark County, WA
Lane County, OR
Douglas County, OR
*If you want information on percentages of distressed sales in other areas not represented by our charts, please contact us at communications@rmls.com.
by RMLS Communication Department | Apr 23, 2012 | Lockbox, Statistics
This Week’s Lockbox Activity Increases for Washington and Oregon
When comparing the week of April 9 – April 15 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra Lockbox increased 19.3% in Washington and 10.6% in Oregon.

by RMLS Communication Department | Apr 16, 2012 | Lockbox, Statistics
This Week’s Lockbox Activity Decreases for Washington and Increases in Oregon
When comparing the week of April 2 – April 8 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 11,4% in Washington and increased1.6% in Oregon.
