Doty Team Real Estate

Doty Team Real Estate Representing Buyers & Sellers from McMinnville to Portland

Licensed Real Estate Agents and Principl Leading residential real estate company on the West Coast.

Full-service real estate team serving the Willamette Valley. Est 1992. Windermere Pacific Crest Realty

09/09/2026

Ten commercial properties sold in Yamhill County in the first seven months of this year. One every three weeks.

The national commercial real estate story is office towers and debt maturities. Fine story, wrong market. Here, commercial means main street retail and small light industrial, and there were ten of them.

That is what makes pricing hard. On a house you can pull a dozen comps within a mile. On a commercial building here there is no comp set at all, and the average sale is $748,300, so the stakes are the highest in the market with the least data behind them.

Worth asking anyone who quotes you a commercial value which of this year's ten they actually saw.

Full numbers in the comments.

09/02/2026

The worst month to list a house in Yamhill County is February.

In February 2026 the typical listing here had been on the market 101 days. By May and June it was 58.

If a job or an estate has already set your date, that is workable. It means pricing sharper on day one. Devri and I will help you work out the number.

Realtor.com listing data via FRED.

08/26/2026

Yamhill County closed 100 homes in July. That's about one every 7.5 hours, not the eight a minute you see online.

The national stat is accurate. It just gives sellers here the wrong instinct. When only about three homes a day close across the whole county, there isn't enough buyer volume to rescue a listing that came out too high. Homes that sold took 54 days, and the ones still sitting aren't in that average.

Price it right the first weekend. That's the whole thing.

Full numbers in the comments.

05/14/2026

Home values are up roughly 52% since 2020. The average homeowner has gained nearly $150,000 in equity since 2019.

But averages don't tell you what YOUR home is worth in McMinnville today. Only a current market analysis based on actual recent sales in your neighborhood does that.

We're offering a free, no-strings market analysis for homeowners in McMinnville and across Yamhill County. Real numbers, specific to your property. No sales pitch.

If you've owned your home for three or more years, the number might surprise you.

Find out here:
https://vist.ly/5487n

05/07/2026

First-time buyers who get into homes don't wait for perfect conditions. They have a game plan and they run it.

Three steps that separate buyers who close from buyers who stay stuck:

1. Know your credit score and what it actually qualifies you for
2. Find out what down payment help is available in Oregon -- the average assistance in 2024 was $28,315
3. Compare your loan options before you start searching for homes

USDA loans cover many Yamhill County properties with zero down. FHA loans start at 580 credit score and 3.5% down. The path to your first home in McMinnville may be shorter than you think.

Full game plan here:
https://vist.ly/53ec8

04/30/2026

Spring is the most active time in real estate -- and 2026 is giving buyers and sellers in McMinnville real reasons to move.

We put together a free guide covering the spring market forecasts, buyer and seller strategies, and what's improving on the affordability front right now in Yamhill County.

Pending sales in the region jumped 27% from February to March. More listings are hitting the market. Rates are more stable than they've been in two years.

If you've been waiting for the right window -- this is worth a look.

Download the free PDF guide -- no email required, just click and save:
https://vist.ly/42hjy

04/30/2026

Still renting for another year? Here's what the data actually says about that decision.

Homeowners have a median net worth of $400,000. Renters? $10,400. That gap isn't because homeowners earn more -- it's because a mortgage payment builds equity every single month while rent builds nothing.

Three things homeownership does that renting doesn't: builds long-term wealth, locks in your housing cost so you're not at a landlord's mercy, and gives you the freedom to make the space actually yours.

If you're weighing another lease renewal against buying in McMinnville or Yamhill County -- the full breakdown is on the blog:
https://vist.ly/42gmh

04/23/2026

Luck has nothing to do with selling your home. Strategy is. Here's what separates listings that sell from ones that sit.

Homes that go on the market without a clear plan tend to stagnate. The first two weeks on market are the most critical window -- and what happens during those 14 days is largely determined before the sign ever goes in the yard.

We walk through what a real selling strategy looks like in McMinnville and across Yamhill County in the video above.

Full breakdown here:
https://vist.ly/4zj9n

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