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What is Portland’s Best County?
Portland is unique for a lot of reasons, one is that it’s the only city in Oregon to include three counties within its borders. The three Portland city proper counties are: Washington County (West Portland); Multnomah County (East Portland, including parts of West and SW Portland), and Clackamas County. Along SE Flavel and north of […]
The 5 Cheapest Homes Sold in Portland, 2017
For fun, here are the top 5 cheapest homes sales as recorded by RMLS in Portland, so far in 2017. You have to see number one. 5 Lowest Home Sale Prices in Portland Number 5, Mr. Moldy 4565 NE 85th Ave sold for $130,000. This home featured extensive mold and rot, two bedrooms and one […]
Five Landmark Portland Homes You Must See – Before you Buy
Buying a home in Portland? Check out these five incredible homes that set the benchmark for architecture, engineering and style in the Portland metro area. They aren’t on the market, but our Portland buyers team may be able to help you find a similar home that captures the essence of what makes these landmark Portland […]
Will New Transportation Funding Make Portland Real Estate More Affordable?
Like it or not, your taxes are going up (sigh) and there will be a lot of upcoming road construction (sigh). Hopefully this will improve the city of Portland longer term. Last week, the Oregon legislature passed a massive transportation bill that will fund investments in transportation infrastructure across the state. The bill will increase […]
Rent vs Buy in Portland, College Edition
Portland is home to a lot of great colleges — Portland Community College, Reed, Lewis and Clark, University of Portland, Concordia, Warner Pacific – to name just a few. Students from across the country will be moving to Portland this fall, and if you’re looking at this Portland real estate blog, chances are you’re a […]
Use Technology to Help Your Portland Home Purchase
The Portland real estate market right now is competitive! Everyone is moving fast, so some good tech tips can go a long ways. Here are my top seven real estate agent tech tips to help you find that next Portland home. 1. Stalk an excellent buyer’s agent. No, really! Finding a buyers’ agent who will […]
Research Portland Neighborhoods like a Pro
Home buyers often find themselves in a catch-22. They want to buy a home in a neighborhood they love, but how will they know they love it until they’ve lived there? It’s a real problem, considering that there are 95 different neighborhoods in the city of Portland alone, each lying within one of the five […]
Ten Tips, Buying a Retirement Home in Portland
In other parts of the United States, people may retire from the workforce and make haste for the suburbs, for Florida, or to their dream home in the country. In Portland, however, we know a good thing when we have it — that’s why many people choose to stay in the city proper during retirement! […]
Top Ten Tips for Buying New Construction in Portland
Let’s face it: There aren’t a whole lot of homes available in the central, older parts of Portland in this low-inventory real estate market. Luckily, there’s been new construction happening all over Portland in the past couple of years. In fact, the City of Portland has been issuing new construction permits at a rate of […]
Second Time Home Buyers in Portland – Read This
Much attention is paid to first time home buyers, but our Portland real estate team is here to serve anyone who is looking for a home in this market. So I’d like to dedicate this blog post to those who have purchased a home before, whether in Portland or somewhere else, and are wondering what […]
Portland Real Estate on the Water
Have you always wanted to live near the ocean, a river, a stream or a lake? Then Portland is definitely the city for you – the Pacific Ocean is less than two hours away, rivers literally run through it, and there are at least a half-dozen lakes and wetlands within the metro area! Rather not […]
Six Steps To Get Your Home Offer Accepted
Things we don’t have much control over: The rain in Portland, Powerball sweepstakes, the resurgence of ugly holiday sweaters, and whether a home seller will accept a buyer’s offer. Right? Wrong! Okay, the first three things were right, but home offers acceptance rates are definitely something a good real estate agent has control over. Most […]
Top Five Family Friendly Home Features in Portland
Portland is a great place to raise kids. Welcoming, diverse neighborhoods, great schools, and an abundance of cultural, outdoor and recreational opportunities. Portland real estate is a great investment for any home buyer, be it a single individual or part of any sort of family (the rental market here is tough!). Regardless of your familial […]
Looking for Portland Pocket Listings?
We regularly update our coming soon listings on this website. I want to make a strong differentiation between coming soon and pocket listings. Pocket listings are generally bad for sellers and bad for the real estate market. Coming soon listings are a “heads up” a notice of a home that is going to be on […]
Home Buying in Portland: The Final Walk-through
You’ve made an offer on your dream home in Portland, and it was accepted. You put your down payment in escrow, waited, and closing is just a few days away. Now for the final step – we highly recommend – for any home purchase: the walk-through. What is the final walk-through? It’s a chance for […]
How to buy a Portland “fixer” home.
Did you purchase a fixer, or do you want to? In the first quarter of 2016, about 5.5% of all residential real estate sales were for homes that were either about to go into foreclosure (short sales) or had already been foreclosed on. That represents about 500 homes. Of course, many more homes, thousands, were […]
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