Archive for the ‘Portland’ Category

Portland Home Stats

I love a good graph on home values or a pie chart on home types. This particular page is pretty cool. If you click on Portland Home values it takes you to another page where you can choose between all the different neighborhoods in Portland and how they compare to one another. Check it out!

Portland Tree Rebates

Do you know that the City of Portland will reimburse you for part of the cost when you plant a tree in your yard?  Treebate is a seasonal program available September 1, 2011 and April 30, 2012.   Go here to see how to get your Treebate.

Rents are Rising…a lot!

Many of the first time buyers I work with, especially recently, express their frustration for the high cost of renting these days. For many it has pushed them to take the necessary steps into purchasing, especially because the rent they are paying now is equal to what they would pay for a mortgage! Rents are […]

Portland Property Taxes

It’s property tax time! Yay! November is Property Tax month and payments are due November 15th.  Portland homeowners will begin seeing taxes arriving in their mailboxes soon! And get ready because they probably have not declined like you hoped or assumed since property values have declined. This is a popular question/concern among new homeowners and […]

Portland Neighborhood homes are the most searched in the nation!

View Hillside Neighborhood in a larger map Two Portland neighborhoods made it into the top 5 of the most popular real estate searches according to a study done by Zillow.com! Not too shabby Portland!