Maybe retirees don’t need all the year round sunshine that other states may provide.   Portland has been named the country’s top bargain retirement spots.  There could be a boom in “Boomers” owning Portland real estate. According to U.S. News & World Report, Portland’s falling home prices helped drive the city to the top.  Since this article [...] Read more

The Portland real estate market showed an upswing in closed sales for February 2011 with levels up from both last February 2010 and last month, January 2011.  This was done even with fewer active and new listings on the market. The market continued to weaken as February 2011 sales data is released.  The average sale price in [...] Read more

Even if Portland Real Estate Prices Stay the Same, It Could Costs More to Wait. I see many Portland real estate buyers are standing on the sidelines waiting for home prices to hit rock bottom. They are afraid of getting in the game thinking that the prices will be lower next month.  They want to [...] Read more

Portland has a wide variety of farmer’s markets, first-rate breakfast joints, hip cafés, cool restaurants and hometown breweries & pubs .  And if you ask the question, which is the best restaurant in the Rose City, the answers you would receive would range like the abundant types of food served here. With access to the bountiful agriculture throughout the state [...] Read more