What Is Oregon’s Urban Growth Boundary? How It Affects Your Land Value
Urban Growth Boundary: What Oregon’s Urban Growth Boundary is, how it affects land value near expanding cities, and the farm deferral tax difference on either side of it.
What Disclosures Are Required When Selling Land in Oregon? (Everything Sellers Must Know)
Disclosures: Everything Oregon land sellers are legally required to disclose under ORS Chapter 105 — and what happens when they don’t.
Sell or Hold Oregon Bare Land? An Honest Financial Analysis (2026)
Sell or Hold: An honest financial analysis of holding vs. selling Oregon bare land, including the real math most landowners have never run.
How Do I Find Out If My Oregon Land Has Water Rights? (Step-by-Step Verification Guide)
Water Rights: A step-by-step guide to checking whether your Oregon land has water rights, using OWRD’s free public database — before you buy, sell, or price anything.
How Do I Avoid Capital Gains Tax When Selling Oregon Property? (Three Legal Tools That Work)
Capital Gains Tax: Three completely legal tools — the stepped-up basis, the primary residence exclusion, and the 1031 exchange — to reduce or eliminate capital gains tax on Oregon property.
Land Specialist vs Real Estate Agent in Oregon: What Bare Land Owners Need to Know
Specialist vs Agent: Why the difference between a land specialist and a residential agent can mean $30,000–$60,000 on a single Oregon land sale — and three questions to ask before you list.
What Is My Oregon Land Worth Right Now? (How Value Is Determined in 2026)
Land Value: Why automated tools get Oregon land value wrong, current 2026 market ranges by category, and the five variables that move value most.
What Is EFU Zoning in Oregon and Can I Build on It?
EFU Zoning: Oregon’s most restrictive agricultural zoning explained — what EFU land protects, who actually qualifies to build a home on it, and what it means for buyers, heirs, and sellers.
How to Transfer Title of Inherited Land in Oregon: A Step-by-Step Guide
Transferring title of inherited land in Oregon is a legal process with specific requirements that must be followed correctly. An improperly transferred title creates problems that can take years and significant legal expense to resolve.
How the transfer works depends entirely on how the deceased held ownership. Individually owned land with a will goes through probate — the personal representative ultimately executes a Personal Representative’s Deed conveying title. Land held in a revocable living trust transfers through a Trustee’s Deed executed by the successor trustee, with no probate required. Jointly owned land with right of survivorship passes automatically through an Affidavit of Surviving Joint Tenant filed with the county recording office.
In every case, ordering a preliminary title report before any sale is attempted is essential. Old liens, unclear easements, boundary discrepancies, and ownership gaps must be identified and resolved before a buyer can obtain title insurance and close. This is the step most heirs skip and the one that causes the most expensive delays.
Read the full guide at HomesForSaleSalemOregon.net or call Al Cronemiller at 503-949-5025.
Can You Sell Inherited Land Before Probate in Oregon?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions Oregon heirs ask — and the honest answer is: it depends entirely on how the original owner held the property.
In most cases involving individually owned Oregon land, you cannot legally sell before probate is substantially advanced. To transfer clear title, the seller must have legal authority over the property — and in Oregon, when someone dies owning real estate individually, that authority must be established through the probate court before any sale can occur.
But there are important exceptions. Land held in a revocable living trust can often be sold immediately by the successor trustee with no probate required. Jointly owned land with right of survivorship transfers automatically at death. And Oregon’s small estate affidavit process may offer a faster path for qualifying estates under $200,000 in real property value.
Understanding which path applies to your situation is the first and most important step — and it costs nothing to find out.
Read the full guide at HomesForSaleSalemOregon.net or call Al Cronemiller at 503-949-5025.