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Green City, USA – Portland ranked #1

As far as Green Cities go, Portland is ranked #1 according to a study conducted by the Business Courier of Cincinnati.  Their study was took 43 major metro areas and ranked them using the ACBJ “Green City Index.    Covering 20 categories of a city’s “greenness,” looking at everything from, use of public transit, green jobs, travel time along with air and water quality, Portland, Oregon comes out on top. Click below to see more details or to see how other cities stacked up against... [Read more]

5 Things You Should Know About Short Sales

It can be awfully tempting to get excited by the draw of a great deal. There are certainly enough people out there these days going on and on about them, especially in the real estate world. In particular, the hype surrounding short-sales and foreclosed, bank-owned homes has reached a fever pitch recently. So, What is a Short Sale? A short sale is, essentially, an agreement between a bank and a troubled homeowner to sell their home for less than the amount of the loan, in lieu of a foreclosure.... [Read more]

Wilsonville’s Villebois Village Center Grows

As a longtime resident and Realtor in the  Wilsonville, Oregon area, I have been excited to watch the development of the Villebois community.  The following is an excerpt from a recent press release from the developers, Costa Pacific Communities. “Costa Pacific Communities recently began construction on the Village Center in its award-winning master-planned community, Villebois, in Wilsonville, Ore.” Villebois: Wilsonville's Newest Urban Village “Based on the intimacy and... [Read more]