March 2010

Hawthorne Bungalow in super location. Recent updates.  Large living room with hardwood floors and gas fireplace. Built-ins.  Italian glass tile in bath. Custom metal roof roof and gutters. Attached garage. Low maintenance. One block from Hawthorne shops and restaurants.  You can't beat the location!

2 Bedroom 1 Baths 1472 Sqft 

Taxes $2151 per year 

Address:  1333 SE 34th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97214

List price $299,000.  MLS #10024193 

For more details see Hawthorne Bungalo

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Open loft style condo with high ceilings, city view, stainless appliances, central A/C, gym, secured parking. Property taxes frozen until 2015.  Great location on western edge of Pearl District near REI, Rogue Ale House, Paragon and everything else the Pearl has to offer. 

1 Bedroom 1 Baths 781 Sqft 

Taxes $226 per year and frozen until 2015. 

Address:  1400 NW Irving St, #401, Portland, Oregon 97209

List price $219,000.  MLS #10020780 

For more details see Avenue Loft Condo

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The Portland metro area edges out San Fransisco, Honolulu, and Austin for the "greenest" city in American.  The Green Index measures each city on their adoption of green technologies, LEED-certified projects, environmental practices, air and water quality, among others.  

Take a look at the Green City Index to see how Portland, Oregon stacks up.  Looking at the Portland data, they are predicting that Portland will have more than 50,000 green jobs in 2038.  

Are you seeing evidence of the green movement in Portland?  If so, share what you are seeing! 

"I'm done looking at Short Sales."   Any broker that helps large numbers of buyers will report hearing this phrase uttered in disgust by frustrated buyers who cannot get a timely response from the bank's asset manager on their short sale offer.  Sellers in the Portland market are frustrated too.  I've noticed that they're not typically as vocal with their frustration. 

If I was facing a short sale, I know that I wouldn't want to draw attention to my problems by complaining that the bank is taking too long to make a decision. It's difficult enough to ask for help, so holding the bank accountable to respond in a timely manner seems too much to ask for.  

A speedy resolution is best for all parties:

• Sellers can move on with their lives and down-size…

Former home of NBA star, Scottie Pippen, is now owned by the bank.  For only $1.7M, you can have over 2 acres in NW Portland, 6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms all in just over 16,000 SF.  

Details can be found here Bank Owned Mansion.

Serious buyers only.  Call for appointment. 

We are not the listing agents, as this is listed with Don McCredie of Realty Trust.   

Update:  Scottie did not lose it to the bank... he sold it in 2007 for $2.95M after buying it for $4M in 2000.