“Housing prices looking up, sort of.” “Portland Home Price drop 8.4%“ The first headline is by Eliot Njus of the Oregonian (print version, I can’t find it online).  The second is Wendy Culverwell’s of the Portland Business Journal.  Both headlines refer to yesterday’s release of the July 2011 Case Shiller Index.  The two articles are… Continue reading The Tale of Two Portland Real Estate Headlines

I just removed last week’s poll and put up a new one. Last week’s results surprised me in that I expected readership to take a gloomier view than they did. Yesterday, the Oregonian ran a story titled “What can I get $285,000 ?” by Connie Potter. Most of the data is from the latest RMLS… Continue reading Readers Rate Portland Real Estate Market

This is a highly subjective topic. Since no two houses are alike you can’t just take on a busy street and one not and say there’s the “cost” of living on a busy street. The Oregonian ran an article a couple of weeks back. One of the key points being that buying a house on… Continue reading Busy Streets and Their Meaning for Portland Real Estate

Yesterday’s Oregonian business section was laying folded on the office coffee table this morning. Top story: “Boom builder faces home foreclosures.” It wasn’t until I got home and read the headline on the other side, “Bailout inevitable for giant mortgage firms, experts say.” We’ll come back to these; maybe not today. This morning’s How We… Continue reading Two Days of Oregonian Real Estate

First cup of coffee and the morning edition of the Oregonian. Some of the front page section headlines: Front page of sports: GIANT KILLERS III- Okay, not really real estate related but Oregon State Beating #1 USC 37-21 helps put Oregon on the map. And it’s one of the few bits of cheery news! I’m… Continue reading Today’s, Mostly, Real Estate News