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2009
Portland is ranked the Nation's Fourth Best Housing Market at Forbes.com, which analyzed the most recent Case-Shiller report to determine the best and worst housing markets in the nation. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index measures metro home prices in 20 cities through December 2008. Forbes ...
05/05/2009
Portland is one of the best places to live and get good employment out of the whole country!! No wonder our real estate market is so HOT!! That's what Forbes Magazine says- Here is the quote- and you can click on the link to go there yourself http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/13/best-big-cities-jobs-...
05/05/2009
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Portland has been building up and revitalizing it's neighborhoods - one by one! It started with the inner city 10 or 15 years ago, and is slowly working it's way out. It's called Urban Renewal! And Portland has offered alot of unbelievably awesome help for homebuyers who want to buy in these nei...
05/05/2009
Portland is divided into 5 basic sections- not counting the suburbs. The Willamette River divides east from west. Burnside St. divides the north from the south- and North Portland is a little peninsula that is between the Willamette River and the Columbia River- west of I-5. Each area has it's ow...
05/05/2009
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The housing market is beginning to pick up. Houses are at their lowest in 5 years! Sellers have finally realized that they have to come down in their prices. Interest rates are at an all time low! First time buyers- who haven't owned a house in the past 3 years, will be given $8000 dollars- fro...
05/05/2009
It's gorgeous! I used to visit Portland , going to Cannon Beach from Seattle- and going along Highway 26 through the farmland was the most beautiful scenery I had ever seen in all my travels! I always wanted to live here- and finally do! I have lived in the Portland area for since 1993. You are j...
05/05/2009
When you are in the close in city of Portland, the market is still good. It has gone down quite a bit since last year, but houses are still selling- and if something is priced a little low, it many times will still get multiple offers. When I say close into the city oh the east side, I mean in so...
05/05/2009