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Portland Real Estate Prices to Rise 5.9%?

I’m sitting here listening to Steve Job’s commencement address to Stanford’s class of 2005 for the second time (on my MacBook).  It’s 15 minutes well spent.  Five minutes into the speech he says that, “you can’t connect the …

The Most Expensive Condos For Sale In Portland

We posted the most expensive homes for sale in Portland yesterday. Today we have the most expensive condos in Portland. Condos For Sale In Portland Oregon $2,000,000 – $3,000,000 $3,000,000 – $4,000,000 $4,000,000 – $5,000,000 Over $5,000,000 $3,475,00 …

Austrailian V. Portland, Oregon Real Estate and HB 2839

The State of Oregon is considering a bill that would change the face of real estate disclosure. In the past sellers have disclosed what they know about a property. House Bill 2839 would require a seller to investigate …

Carbon Monoxide and Oregon Real Estate

Do you have to have carbon monoxide detectors when selling a home in Oregon?  Yes.  As of April 1, 2011 House Bill 3450 requires that carbon monoxide detectors be provided by the seller of Oregon real estate:

Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative

Some relief may be coming to Oregon residents that are having a hard time paying their mortgage because of a reduction of income through unemployment or a reduction in employment.  The Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative (OHSI) application window …

Where in the World is Portland, Oregon?

“Portland real estate.”  We use the phrase all of the time. So where exactly is Portland? Wikipedia lists 21 Portlands in the United States but what is that we are talking about once we decide we are talking …

South Waterfront Front Page News. Salpare Bay in Oregonian Again

If you picked up yesterday’s print Oregonian you’d have seen Ryan Frank’s featured cover story on the lack of low income housing in the South Waterfront.  Low income housing has always been a part of the plan for …

Oregon Wood Burning Stoves Go Up In Smoke

The Oregon Senate passed “Heat Smart” Bill 102 last year in an effort help clean up the environment by exorcising over 300,000 non-certified wood burning stoves  from Oregon homes. The latest revisions to the Oregon Property Disclosures look …

The EPA, What it means for Oil Tank Clean Decommissioning in Portland, Oregon

Just after 8 o’clock yesterday I received and email from a past client that started like this: “Well, this mornings article in the Oregonian was terrifying.” He knows there is an oil tank on his property that has …

Oregon Catches Up with the National Real Estate Market

Oregon Catches Up with the National Real Estate Market- and not in good way.  KGW.com has an online story on foreclosures this morning from the AP: Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) — Like the rest of the U.S., …