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Portland Landlords Gaining As Sales Slow Down 2007-09-19 10:14:00 With home sales down in Portland (but not on the same level or scale of the national housing slowdown), rents are on the rise. Some homebuyers are now renters, meaning good news for landlords.In fact, Forbes Magazine calls this a trend- enough so to create a top 10 list of best markets for landlords. Portland didn’t make the top 10, but did garner some attention. Said Forbes, “Small fry Portland, Ore., gave it a good run too: Rents there increased between 5.9% and 6.6% across the classes and the vacancy rate dropped to 3.2% from 4.1%.”Here’s the link to the article, which by the way, ranked New York City as the best market for landlords. Seattle finished second. Read more:Gaining
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North, Northeast Portland Homes Selling Fastest 2007-09-18 10:44:00 For most of 2007, inner city neighborhoods in Portland such as Irvington in NE PDX and Boise in North
Portland have been the areas where homes have sold fastest (as opposed to the suburbs).The trend continues.Here are the average market times, days on market, for Portland metro listed from shorted amount of time to longest:DOM - Area42 – North Portland42 – Northeast
Portland51 – West Portland52 – Beaverton, Aloha54 – Northwest Washington County56 – Southeast Portland56 – Gresham, Troutdale57 – Lake Oswego, West Linn57 – Hillsboro, Forest Grove60 – Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley, Damascus61 – Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville69 – Oregon City, Canby Read more:Homes
Current 2007 Home Prices For Portland, Oregon 2007-09-17 10:19:00 “How much should I expect to spend in Lake Oswego?”That’s a question I hear often. Because of its’ school system, Lake Oswego remains a strong draw for people relocating to the Portland area. But there is a price to pay to live in this Portland suburb.It is, after all, the most expensive area in Portland metro as far as real estate is concerned. Here are the current 2007 average and median prices of homes for Portland:Average & Median = Area$559,200 & $465,000 = Lake Oswego, West Linn$463,300 & $379,000 = West Portland$418,800 & $385,000 = Northwest Washington County$379,600 & $340,500 = Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville$339,100 & $301,000 = Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley, Damascus$327,900 & $304,000 = Oregon
City, Canby$322,300 & $283,000 = Northeast Portland$298,100 & $270,000 = Hillsboro, Forest Grove$290,700 & $262,500 = Beaverton, Aloha$289,100 & $251,700 = Southeast Portland$281,700 & $260,000 = Gresham, Troutdale$266,200 & $251,300 = North Portland Read more:Current
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Buyer's Market Strengthens In Portland 2007-09-14 14:22:00 More houses for sale. Less homes selling.That’s the trend in the Portland real estate market now that housing inventory has once again risen. Inventory is now up to 6.2 months, a rise from the previous month’s supply of 5.7 months.This means that if no other homes were listed for sale, the supply of homes in Portland metro would dry up in 6.2 months.The current housing inventory is the highest level the Portland area has experienced since January of 2002. This also ties the inventory level from January of this year (2007), but the winter time is typically the slow time of the year for real estate.What this means is that the market is behaving more like the summers of 2000 & 2001 before the housing boom took place. Homebuyers, not sellers, have the leverage in today’s market. Note: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) states that the perfect balanced market between buyers and sellers is 5.0 months of inventory.Despite the slowdown in home sales, the price of homes in P Read more:Buyer
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Hand It To Portland 2007-09-14 10:34:00 There was bound to be a study or survey where Portland didn’t rank well and low and behold, here it is.Shhh. Portland. Your hands are dirty.That’s right. Out of the top 25 largest cities in the U.S., Portland ranks 24th for cleanest hands.The “Cleanest Hands in America” survey says Miami has the cleanest hands, followed by Los Angeles, and Sacramento.At least Portland’s not last. That belongs to Denver.Here’s a link to the story.
What Rain? Portland Ranks Low for Rainfall?! 2007-09-12 10:50:00 “Are you crazy? Why are you moving to Portland?”I’ve had a good number of clients who have relocated to Portland, especially from California, who say their friends and family ask them this when they say they’re moving to Portland.After all, why leave sunny skies for all of Portland’s rain? Well, maybe it’s not as rainy as perception.A study, by WeatherBill Inc., has ranked the 195 rainiest cities in the U.S. and guess what… Portland doesn’t crack the top ten. In fact, the Rose City ranks 42nd for rainfall with an average of 36.4 inches per year. Seattle ranked 40th with 36.9 inches of rainfall per year. The national average is 34.5 inches of rain per year.Mobile, Alabama is rainiest city with 67 inches of average annual rainfall per year.Here is the top ten list:Mobile, Ala – 67 inchesPensacola, Fl – 65 inchesNew Orleans, La – 64 inchesWest Palm Beach, FL – 63 inchesLafayette, LA – 62 inchesBaton Rouge, LA – 62 inchesMiami, FL – 62 inchesPort Arthur, Read more:Ranks
Graph Demonstrates, Compares Portland Appreciation Rate 2007-09-11 10:17:00 I thought this would be a neat link to share with everyone. It's an interactive graph comparing real estate appreciation rates throughout the country over the last twenty years. Click on Portland (obviously) to see Portland's graph. According to the New York Times chart, "House prices in Portland and Seattle have slowed over the last couple of years, but continue to rise leaving them as some of the strongest markets in the country today."Just a thought: seems like some of country's real estate markets that are suffering the most are those that experienced skyrocketing short term appreciation. Read more:Graph
Study Shows Slowdown In Appreciation of New Homes 2007-09-10 10:17:00 New home sales are down, but not out. That explains the reason many builders throughout the Portland metro area are offering incentives (as opposed to let’s say, 2005).And according to a 2007 study by the PSU Center for Real Estate, new home sales have appreciated more slowly than existing homes. The study reports, “The overall median price of new detached homes sales increased by only 4% between 2006 and 2007, down from 23% the previous year.”Here are the current 2nd Quarter median home prices of new homes, compared to the 2nd Quarter prices in 2006:2007 & 2006$254,000 & $248,000 = North Portland$262,000 & $265,000 = Northeast Portland$301,500 & $271,000 = Southeast Portland$315,000 & $280,000 = Gresham, Troutdale$349,000 & $440,000 = Beaverton, Aloha$362,000 & $288,000 = Oregon City, Canby$380,671 & $366,688 = Overall$388,500 & $319,000 = Hillsboro, Forest Grove$495,000 & $529,000 = Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley$527,000 & $515,000 = Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonvi Read more:Homes
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New Homes Have Incentive 2007-09-07 10:49:00 A new study shows that 56 percent of new home builders are now offering incentives, up from 45 percent a year ago. Personally speaking, I can vouch for the difference in attitude from Portland’s home builders today in 2007 compared to, let’s say, 2005.Before I get to that comparison, the study by the National Association of Home Builders states that incentives tend to come in terms of upgrades and not price reductions. Reason being is that builders do not want to anger prior home buyers by lowering prices in the neighborhood.Back to my perspective. I remember in the summer of 2005 that waiting lists were quite popular. Builders were selling homes at a very fast pace and incentives were not being given, generally speaking. I also recall lotteries at some of the new developments. In one case, a home builder held a lottery for the remaining lots in their subdivision and there were probably 60 families that showed up that morning. My clients won, but that’s another story. Als Read more:Homes
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Portland Real Estate Appreciation Figures 2007-09-06 11:41:00 It’s been well noted that the Portland real estate market has been one of the few nationwide to perform strongly lately- to the tune of a 7.42% appreciation rate.That’s the figure provided by the Portland State University Center for Real Estate
in their just released quarterly report. The 7.42% appreciation rate covers the time span from the second Quarter of 2006 thru the second Quarter of 2007.Here are the center’s appreciation rates for the city and suburbs of Portland:Q2 2006 – Q2 200712.5% - Northeast Portland10.4% - North Portland10.2% - NW Washington County9.20% - Gresham, Troutdale8.77% - Southeast Portland7.42% - Overall7.42% - West Portland5.85% - Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley5.82% - Beaverton, Aloha4.93% - Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville4.63% - Lake Oswego, West Linn2.79% - Oregon City, Canby2.54% - Hillsboro, Forest Grove Read more:Figures
Magazine Ranks Portland High For Flipping Homes 2007-09-05 10:45:00 Flipping homes isn’t as easy as it was back in the day, say… 2005, 2004, 2003….Yet, it still happens. And some flip really well. Enough to have Forbes Magazine
devote some ink (text?) to the art of flipping. To be exact, Forbes has come up with a top ten list of cities where flipping is most profitable.And you guessed it, Portland makes the list ranking 10th in the country. Here’s how the article reads:Flipping went out of fashion last year, leaving thousands of flippers in trouble in many areas, but an analysis by Forbes magazine shows that there are markets all over the country where investors can still turn a profit if they pick their properties wisely.Forbes calculated whether a market is ripe for flipping by using data from Moody's Economy.com to calculate a market's rate of sales against inventory, and to determine supply and demand. Then it looked at current and new-home construction numbers through the end of 2008, based on data from the National Association of Ho Read more:Homes
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House Hunting In Portland... From Afar 2007-09-04 10:00:00 Would you every buy a home without looking at it in person? I actually have clients that have done just that.Thanks to the Internet, you can be anywhere in the world and search homes that are for sale in Portland. For me, California just happens to be the origin of these homebuyers.In 2005, there was a couple from Sacramento, California who I had been helping relocate. One day, they called with interest in a home in SW Portland near Tryon Creek State Park. The house had just come on the market and they asked me if I could go see it for them. I did and took lots of extra pictures that I emailed to them. Next thing you know, an offer, a counter, and an acceptance.In 2006, I was providing real estate information, stats, & numbers to first time homebuyers from San Diego. One morning I checked my email and it read more or less, “We found our house. It’s in West Linn and it’s gorgeous. Can you help?” Again, this house had just hit the market. It was a Renaissance home bui Read more:House
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National Article on Portland 2007-09-03 15:32:00 I always find it interesting to see what visitors think of Portland; maybe more so than others because I’ve met a fair share who started as visitors and turned to residents.Here are some excerpts from an article about Portland on CNN:“In the winter, the residents of this Pacific Northwest city hunker down for the gray rain that drills the city sidewalks for days on end. Locals drink loads of strong coffee, read books and take up knitting with zeal reserved in other parts of the nation for church going or clubbing……Probably the best asset this city has to offer travelers -- no matter how gloomy the forecast -- is its extensive and reliable transit system. Busses, trains and streetcars effortlessly move people from the airport to city center and beyond, and travelers can plan trips ahead of time and get real-time transit arrival times at trimet.org….…If you want to immerse yourself in the hippie scene that Portland has to offer, take transit to the Hawthorne district in the s Read more:National
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Southeast Portland Home Sales Tops So Far 2007-09-01 10:51:00 So far in 2007, the area of Portland where homes are selling the quickest is Southeast
Portland. It’s also the area with the most home sales. Here are number of home sales, year-to-date, in 2007.# Sales
- Area2383 – Southeast Portland2187 – West Portland1904 – Northeast Portland1756 – Beaverton, Aloha1367 – Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville1293 – Hillsboro, Forest Grove1182 – Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley, Damascus1119 – Gresham, Troutdale, Fairview914 – Lake Oswego, West Linn839 – North Portland810 – Oregon City, Canby790 – Northwest Washington County
Condos For Sale In Portland Increase 2007-09-28 10:25:00 To say there are a lot of condos for sale in Portland would be an understatement- a large understatement.How could there not be with the condo boom that’s hit the Pearl District, South Waterfront Development, and other hot spots across the Rose City?Below, I have posted the number of active condos for sale, along with those that have sold. The timeframe compares the month of August during the last five years:August 2007 = 2601 condos for sale & 342 condos soldAugust 2006 = 1476 condos for sale & 383 condos soldAugust 2005 = 548 condos for sale & 361 condos soldAugust 2004 = 877 condos for sale & 281 condos soldAugust 2003 = 863 condos for sale & 169 condos soldAugust 2002 = 898 condos for sale & 169 condos sold
Name That Train 2007-09-27 10:39:00 The MAX, the buses, the streetcar. You name it. Portland’s got a pretty good public transportation system and I hear that all the time from visitors and newcomers.In fact, the nation’s first suburb-to-suburb transit rail line is scheduled to begin next year between Beaverton and Wilsonville. And you could name the train- it’s open to suggestion.Tri-Met says it’s looking for a name that is simple, fun, and memorable. If your suggestion is chosen, you will win an annual Tri-Met transit pass valued at $836 and be one of the first to take the train ride.To enter, go to www.trimet.org/promotions/namethattrain.htm. Entries must be received by 5pm on Monday, October 1st. Read more:Train
Portland In Rare Air, Prices Still Climbing 2007-09-26 09:21:00 Portland is only one of five major cities in the country to have home prices go up compared to a year ago.According to a new report, Portland real estate appreciation has gone up 3.8% since this time a year ago. The report is by The Case-Shiller index which is considered by many to be the best gauge of national and metro real estate values.The biggest home price declines are in the Rust Belt, while prices are holding up in the Pacific Northwest and in areas of the south.Here are the 20 cities ranked from worst to best appreciation:Detroit, down 9.7%Tampa, Fla., down 8.8%San Diego, down 7.8%Phoenix, down 7.3%Washington, down 7.2%Miami, down 6.4%Las Vegas, down 6.1%Los Angeles, down 4.8%San Francisco, down 4.1%New York, down 3.8%Cleveland, down 3.6%Minneapolis, down 3.4%Boston, down 3.4%Denver, down 0.7%Chicago, down 0.9%Dallas, up 0.7%Atlanta, up 1.2%Portland, Ore., up 3.8%Charlotte, N.C., up 6%Seattle, up 6.9% Read more:Prices
Hillsboro Named Amongst Best Places To Retire 2007-09-25 09:09:00 Hillsboro has been named one of the top ten “Best Places
to Retire” according to a new special report by U.S. News & World Report.The magazine studied crime rates, health care, cost of housing, recreational and cultural activities as well as weather in coming up with the list that produced the Portland suburb.Here are the top ten hot spots, listed alphabetically:Bozeman, Mont.Concord, N.H. Fayetteville, Ariz. Hillsboro, Ore. Lawrence, Kan. Peachtree City, Ga. Prescott, Ariz. San Francisco Smyrna, Ga. Venice, Fla.Regarding Hillsboro, here are some excerpts from the magazine’s website:“Hillsboro's moist climate can be a boon for golfers. The damp weather keeps the greens lush, and that same marine influence also warms the entire area. It's no Scottsdale, Ariz., but the viable golfing season is still respectably long and without the oppressive heat of the southern states……The wet weather is also inevitably spectacular for growing grapes, which is why Hillsboro's Willamette
Oregon Bond Loan Program Helps Homebuyers 2007-09-24 10:04:00 I recently started working with a first time homebuyer who moved to the Portland area from California a few years ago. And the loan this homebuyer is using may be beneficial to many first timers in this real estate market.This homebuyer is receiving a loan via the Oregon
State Bond program or a.k.a the “Oregon Bond Loan.”The State of Oregon helps first time homebuyers in Oregon by proving them with two options: 1. A below-market interest rate…. or 2. A low fixed-interest rate along with cash for closing costs.1. The Below Market Interest Rate – Latest figures show this “RateAdvantage” loan has having a 5.99% fixed interest rate for 30 years.2. The Cash Loan – Latest figures show the “CashAdvantage” loan has having a 6.49% fixed interest rate for 30 years, plus cash equal to 3% of the loan amount. This cash would pay for closing costs associated with getting a loan.To be eligible, a homebuyer must be a first-time homebuyer or must not have owned and lived in a primar Read more:Program
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Portland Jobs Show Improvement, New Report 2007-10-03 11:15:00 A new report ranks Portland 38th in the country in terms of creating and sustaining new jobs. This is an improvement for Portland compared to 2005 when the same report had the Rose City ranked 95th.According to the Milken Institute/Greenstreet Parters Index, metropolitan areas in Florida ranked highest.Here are the top ten performers:1. Ocala, Florida 2. Wilmington, North Carolina3. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California4. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona5. Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida6. Naples-Marco Island, Florida7. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas8. Provo-Orem, Utah9. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada10. Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Here is a link to the complete report. Read more:Improvement
Food For Thought On PDX's Market 2007-10-02 10:05:00 One of Portland’s great draws is the restaurant scene- and a new article in NY Times connects its’ rising fame to Portland’s real estate market.“Portland also has what anybody in the restaurant business will tell you is most important of all: affordable real estate. Just as young, passionate chefs flocked to the East Village and Brooklyn in the 1990s, chefs have gravitated to Portland because it lets them have a vision and take risks without lining up corporate backers and lawyers,” states the article.The article goes on to say that Portland has attracted so many great chefs from all over the country because, in part, they can afford to live and work here.Here are some other excerpts:“Every little neighborhood in this city of funky neighborhoods now seems to be exploding with restaurants, food shops and markets, all benefiting from a critical mass of passion, skill and experience, and all constructed according to the gospel of locally grown ingredients……One recent arriv Read more:Market
RMLS Appreciation Rates For Portland Metro 2007-10-01 10:09:00 Here are the appreciation rates for the Portland metro area:11.2% - Gresham, Troutdale10.8% - Southeast Portland9.8% - Hillsboro, Forest Grove8.6% - North Portland6.9% - Northeast Portland6.7% - Oregon City, Canby6.3% - Lake Oswego, West Linn4.4% - Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville4.3% - Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley, Damascus3.6% - Beaverton, Aloha3.4% - West Portland2.0% - Northwest Washington County Source: Per the RMLS, appreciation percents are based on a comparison of average price of the last 12 months with the 12 months before. Read more:Rates
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Average Commute Times For Portland Suburbs 2007-10-15 09:33:00 I help many people who relocate to Portland with their real estate needs. Many aren't very familiar with Portland and so they tend to have questions about commuting. The average Portland worker spends 23 minutes commuting to work, according to the U.S. Census. In this study, people who commute at least 90 minutes each way to work are classified as "extreme commuters." Thankfully, only 1.9% of Oregon's workers face such travel (New York, for instance, has 5% of its' workforce in this category).Here are the average commute times in minutes for the Portland metro area using public transportation and all methods of transportation:Public vs. All Methods = Area37 vs. 23 = Portland38 vs. 22 = Wilsonville38 vs. 24 = West Linn41 vs. 22 = Lake Oswego 41 vs. 23 = Tigard41 vs. 23 = Beaverton44 vs. 24 = Hillsboro46 vs. 25 = Oregon City 52 vs. 29 = Sandy Read more:Average
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Using A Buyer's Agent To Buy New Homes 2007-10-12 10:17:00 In answering someone's question recently about new homes in West Linn, I was asked why a buyer's agent would be of benefit. In other words, why use a Realtor to buy new construction?Fair question, considering I’ve had friends ask the same thing.Here's my answer (admittedly biased).It doesn't cost you a penny. Builders know that most serious buyers work with buyer's agents. Therefore, many if not most of a builder's sales are made with buyers who have representation and are not purchasing alone. Because of this, a builder will compensate a buyer's agent for bringing a buyer to the transaction.If this is true, wouldn't the builder give the buyer a discount if a real estate agent wasn't involved? No. The builder is prepared to pay the buyer's agent. The commission is already built into the sales price (sometimes as a marketing cost). If you purchase new construction without a Realtor, the builder keeps the built-in commission in-house. If you purchase new construction with a Read more:Buyer
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Study Shows Price Declines Less Likely 2007-10-11 12:26:00 Eleven real estate markets have a more than 50% chance of experiencing home price declines during the second quarter of 2008, but Portland is not of them, according to a new study.Instead the Portland, Oregon metro area has a 33% chance of experiencing decline, so says the PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Fall 2007 Market Risk Index. This would Portland in line with 28 other markets throughout the country.Risk of falling prices remains largely concentrated in California, Florida, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.Here’s the full report. Read more:Study
The State of Portland's Condo Scene 2007-10-10 11:29:00 It’s long and it’s borrowed, but I thought The Oregonian’s article on Portland’s condo scene was worth passing along. Here it is:In the hot real estate summer of 2005, the futuristic John Ross tower generated a buzz never seen before in Portland. Within a week, 222 potential buyers plunked down $5,000 or more to reserve their condos in the 31-story tower on the Willamette River. The talk around town was that developers couldn't build new big-city condos fast enough to keep up with downsizing baby boomers and newcomers. But two years later, the condo boom is over. Today, the John Ross has seen so many canceled purchases that developers actually have fewer buyers -- 192 -- than they did two years ago. The John Ross got caught in the first slowdown after a historic run-up in condo construction that has reshaped Portland's skyline. For the first time, Portland's condo pioneers are suffering through an inevitable downturn. The city has a condo glut, and thousands more are rising Read more:State
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Not Exactly Kid Stuff In The Pearl District 2007-10-09 10:42:00 Raves and reviews are common for the PearlDistrict
. Not too long ago, Kiplinger Magazine ranked the Pearl as one of the top five places to retire.But one thing that doesn’t come to mind with the Pearl is kids.According to the research by Portland State University, 4800 new housing units, mainly condos, were added to the Chapman Elementary school district between 2000 and 2006. But there’s only one student for every 100 units.In other words, there are roughly only 48 students living in these 4800 housing units.Source: The Oregonian
Portland Traffic Comparison 2007-10-08 10:27:00 Traffic happens.In Portland, it’s an average of 38 hours per person per year. On one hand, that’s almost a full work week. On the other hand, that pares in comparison to the commute of other major cities.Portland’s strong public transportation system, including buses and the MAX, have helped shorten driving commutes around the area.Here’s how Portland compares with other cities, according to a new report in the Texas Traffic Institute’s Urban Mobility Report.Cities are listed from highest commute to shortest commute:72 - Los Angles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 60 - San Francisco-Oakland60 - Washington, DC-VA-MD58 - Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington57 - San Diego56 - Houston54 - San Jose, Calif.54 - Orlando, Fla.54 - Detroit50 - Miami50 - Denver-Aurora, Colo.49 - Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.48 - Phoenix46 - Chicago46 - New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT46 - Boston45 - Seattle45 - Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.44 - Baltimore, Md.43 - Minneapolis, St. Paul43 - Indianapolis, Ind.41 - Sacramento, Cali
Comparing Homes Sales In Portland Metro 2007-10-05 11:13:00 How do home sales compare area to area in Portland? Here is the actual number of home sales, year-to-date, for 2007:No. - Area2729 – Southeast Portland2518 – West Portland2174 – Northeast Portland2012 – Beaverton, Aloha1590 – Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville1442 – Hillsboro, Forest Grove1370 – Milwaukie, Clackamas, Happy Valley, Damascus1289 – Gresham, Troutdale1048 – Lake Oswego, West Linn967 – North Portland949 – Oregon City, Canby929 – Northwest Washington county Read more:Homes
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Permit Me To Ask... 2007-10-04 11:42:00 I was recently invited by a homeowner to visit her house in NE Portland’s historic Irvington neighborhood.The homeowner wanted a market analysis because she was interested in putting her home up for sale. The house was beautiful with great character and keeping all of it’s old house charm intact.It also had a deck with a nice territorial view of the city. The deck had a hot tub on it and that’s when I asked my question: Was the deck permitted?Guess the answer.Unfortunately, I feel like I’ve seen this a lot lately- decks built without permits.If it becomes an issue, it’s usually during the home inspection. And quite often it occurs when a homeowner, like with this house, has placed a hot tub on an existing wood deck. A home inspector may put this in the report because of safety reasons. Was the deck designed and constructed to hold a hot tub? Frequently, homeowners don’t get permits for this and so safety can be a question.That’s something to think about next time you s
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