This spacious home (2632SF, 4BR, 21/2 BA) is in wonderful shape and has all the basics and more for a family of 4-5, tucked away in a quiet Lake Oswego neighborhood where the schools have the highest ratings. In addition to an upstairs bonus room for rainy day play, I am most impressed with the outdoor access [...] Read more
Lake Oswego Features Plenty of Parks and Open Spaces
I met with a buyer client this week who will be moving to Portland from Chicago if she gets the job she flew here to interview for. Cross your fingers for her!! She doesn’t know much about the area. She instructed me to set up a tour for homes in Beaverton, as she had heard that’s a nice [...] Read more
Casa Del Pollo, Lake Oswego’s Taste of Costa Rica
Casa Del Pollo is like having a taste of Costa Rica right here in the Lake Grove district of Lake Oswego. Located at 15910 Boones Ferry Rd in Lake Oswego, Casa Del Pollo serves up some authentic roasted Costa Rican food. As you can tell by the name, their specialtty is chicken. In addition to [...] Read more
Portland Snow Day!
It does not take much in order to have schools and basically the city shut down a bit. We got all of .7 inches of snow this morning and every major school district closed down, including Lake Oswego and West Linn where we live and our daughter goes to school. The news had everyone looking out for [...] Read more
Portland Leads the Nation in Public Transportation
Portland is a highly ranked city for many things. Portland is considered the countries Greenest city, the mostPet-Friendly, to have the best long-term value in real estate and one of my favorites, has the countries besthappy hour scene. Well, now there is another to add to that list. Researchers at U.S. News completed a study using data from [...] Read more
What is The Best Long-Term Real Estate? Try Portland Oregon
According to Business Week, of the 25 biggest Metro areas in the country, Portland Real Estate has the best long-term value over the last 20 years. Looking at home prices since 1990, Portland real estate has risen 85%, adjusting for 2010 dollars. Even with prices dropping about 22% since our peak values in 2007, Portland real estate has [...] Read more