‘No Californian’ Stickers Slapped on For Sale Signs
Portland real estate professionals are increasingly finding their For Sale signs in the city vandalized with “no Californians” stickers that show a silhouette of California with a red slash through it.
Home buyers frustrated by Portland’s booming housing market are reportedly placing the stickers on the For Sale signs and sticking most of the blame on Californians.
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“A lot of these homes are going into bidding wars and going over the asking price,” says Quinn Irvine of M Realty. “And a lot of these guys are getting outbid. And I think they’re going around to agents who have properties that have sold over the ask price and putting anti-California stickers.”
Real estate professionals report they are dealing with more out-of-state buyers in the area, many of whom are coming from California. But they say out-of-state buyers are coming from everywhere.
Lori Fenwick with Premiere Property Group says someone covered her name on a For Sale sign in the yard of one of her listings and replaced it with the words: “STOP THE BUBBLE.”
"There's the lowest inventory we've had in over 10 years, and people are frustrated," Irvine says. "They're basically blaming Californians for raising their real estate prices."
Source: “‘No Californians’ Stickers Being Slapped on For Sale Signs in Portland,” Oregonlive.com (Sept. 4, 2015)
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