residential: 2401 Wayside Terrace NE, Salem, OR 97301 - 03/01/08 07:32 PM
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residential: 12050 SW Morlock Ct, Beaverton, OR, 97008 - 03/01/08 06:47 PM
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residential: New Single Family Home Characteristics - 03/05/07 02:11 PM
Does it seem like homes continually get bigger and bigger with each new development? Well that perception is real. According to research by the National Association of Home Builders, American homes are getting bigger and better.Average finished area (sq.ft.)1950 - 983 sqft1970 - 1,500 sqft1990 - 2,080 sqft2004 - 2,349 sqftTwo
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residential: January 2007 Portland Metro Real Estate Recap - 02/20/07 11:19 AM
January 2007 seems to follow the same trend as the previous months in 2006, with new listings up and closed and pending sales both down. When compared with with the month of January 2006, the number of new listings increased 19.5%. Closed sales decreased 9.4% and pending sales fell 2.2%. The
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residential: January 2007 Portland Metro Real Estate Recap - 02/20/07 11:17 AM
January 2007 seems to follow the same trend as the previous months in 2006, with new listings up and closed and pending sales both down. When compared with with the month of January 2006, the number of new listings increased 19.5%. Closed sales decreased 9.4% and pending sales fell 2.2%. The
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residential: Values fell in 73 metro areas, but NOT Portland - 02/19/07 02:00 PM
Homes prices are likely to spring back in the coming months according to the National Association of Realtors. The 16 Feb, 07 edition of USA Today reported that nationwide median home prices fell in 73 metro areas in the final three months of 2006. "At least the bottom appears to
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residential: Everything You Wanted to Know About Portland - 02/06/07 10:25 AM
Portland itself was founded by two Easterners, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy. Pettygrove was from Portland, Maine. He came to Oregon in 1842 by ship with his sister, Mary, and Mary's husband, Philip Foster. Mary Foster brought with her a lilac start which survived the journey and is still growing
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residential: Things to Do in Beaverton - 02/05/07 10:04 PM
Beaverton has the great outdoors in its backyard. Rolling hills, lush forests, rivers and wetlands abound in the Beaverton area. Ocean beaches and mountain skiing are little more than an hour away from Beaverton in either direction. In the city itself, there are 100 parks encompassing 1,000 acres - more
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residential: Things to Do in Tigard - 02/05/07 10:01 PM
While a few small farms remain in the city, for the most part they have been replaced by suburban housing. However, the John Tigard House, constructed by the son of Wilson M. Tigard in 1880 at the corner of Pacific Highway and Gaarde Street, remains, having been saved from demolition in
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residential: About Beaverton, OR - 02/05/07 09:54 PM
The Tualatin Valley and Beaverton area was originally the home of native people who referred to themselves as "Atfalati". Westerners later mispronounced the name as Tualatin. The tribe was a hunter-gatherer group which relied more on plants than animals for their food. In the spring of 1847, the first land
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residential: About Tigard, OR - 02/05/07 09:51 PM
TigardWilson and Polly Tigard settled the area in the 1850’s. After coming to Oregon by wagon train in 1852, the Tigards staked out a 320 acre claim near Bull Mountain. The family cleared two acres for their home site, first building a log cabin and later a frame house. Soon, the
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residential: Tigard, OR Real Estate Review - 02/05/07 09:40 PM
Tigard Review 2006 Real Estate ReviewPrevious Month's Average Sales Price: $363,000.Year-to-Date Average Sales Price & Appreciation: $356,400 8.6%.A Summary of 2006There were 14% more new istings when comparing market activity in 2006 with that of 2005.However, pending sales decreased 3.6% and closed sales fell 13.4%.Portland had its second highest total volume
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