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Shelli’s & Susan’s Guide to Portland Let us Help You Find a Home and a Neighborhood Welcome to our website about the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. It’s our way of helping you become acquainted with the neighborhoods and communities of the Portland metro area and to inform you about the Portland area housing market. Your comments and suggestions about the website are always welcome. If you have questions or if you’re interested in buying or selling a home in the Portland area, contact us online or call Susan at 503-497-2984 or Shelli at (503) 497-5061. Susan Marthens — Principal Real Estate Broker/CRS GRI Shelli Gowdy — Real Estate Broker


Homes & Urban Life
Humboldt neighborhood’s history and future 5 January 2015 — Moments ago, I watched a meaty man splayed on his stomach and wincing as he was having his pasty back permanently inked at the famous Atlas Tattoo. I cringed too; it was my first tattoo needle sighting. Right now, I’m in an Ethiopian restaurant, eating with my hands. Cuddled into this corner booth with my anxiety and me are roommates I’ve just met. We are scooping cabbage curry into spongy crepe-looking sourdough bread and talking about places we have been that are diagonally across the map from this dot: North Portland’s Humboldt neighborhood. Above the drumming of my overbeating heart, I hear Grant Williams, who runs the Travelers’ House hostel, tell me that it’s good to step out of my comfort zone. Well, Grant, I’m miles away from my once-perceived comfort zone and I’m going to trust that you are right. Now, pass the honey wine so I can feel sticky from the inside out. On my quest to stay in different types of dwellings in new-to-me Portland neighborhoods, I find myself at the Travelers’ House at 710 N. Alberta St., an aptly named adult hostel that attracts “like-minded nomads who treat life with shanti and fun,” according to Grant, the 31-year-old innkeeper who has circled the globe many times. Read more… Where the foreclosures are in the Portland metro area 4 January 2015 — Foreclosure rates were down in October in the Portland area compared to a year earlier, according to a report this week from the real estate data firm CoreLogic. And while it’s hard to know how much those rates are affected by regulatory changes that stalled many foreclosures over the last year, here’s one clearly positive indicator: The mortgage delinquency rate is also falling. Read more… Portland home prices continue march toward pre-crash peak 6 January 2015 — Home prices in Portland and around the country are continuing to rise, but remain below their peaks of eight years ago. The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro area saw prices in November reach almost 8 percent higher than they were the previous November, yet they remain more than 6 percent below the levels of July 2007, according to CoreLogic, the real estate data firm. The median sale price for all properties in the Portland area was $319,000 in the last quarter, according to Trulia. Nationally, CoreLogic says year-over-year home prices were 5.5 percent higher in November. At the state level, every state plus the District of Columbia showed gains from the previous year. Read more…
News
Think traffic’s bad now? Just wait 6 January 2015 — Traffic congestion will threaten the state economy unless more money is spent on transportation projects in the Portland region than currently planned, according to a new congestion study to be released at the 2015 Oregon Business Summit. If transportation spending is not increased, the average metropolitan area household will be stuck in congestion for 69 hours a year by 2040 — triple the time in 2010, the Economic Impacts of Congestion study says. The impact on freight-dependent businesses will be even greater because such congestion can cause them to miss critical shipments, reducing the state’s economic competitiveness because so many goods travel through the Portland region. “The study shows just how transportation dependent the state and region are. Because of that, congestion has the potential to affect the economy to a great degree,” says Marion Haynes, vice president of government affairs at the Portland Business Alliance. Reasons for the additional congestion include growth increases and the improving economy, which is putting more commuters and freight trucks on the roads. Read more… OSU uses ‘glowing’ new technology to kill cancer cells 6 January 2015 — Researchers at Oregon State University announced what could be an important advance in the battle against cancer. OSU researchers developed a way to selectively insert compounds into cancer cells, helping surgeons identify malignant tissues and, in combination with phototherapy, kill any remaining cancer cells after tumor removal. The findings were published in the journal Nanoscale. The concept, which was successful in laboratory animals, should allow more accurate surgical removal of solid tumors at the same time it wipes out any remaining cancer cells. Read more… Is Portland the big bully of Oregon? Well, not nearly like it used to be, historian says 6 January 2015 — So, you think Portland has too much power over the rest of Oregon? Well, you should have been here 100 years ago. That’s when Portland was much more dominant in terms of size and influence relative to the rest of the state. That was one of the central messages delivered by Dr. Carl Abbott, longtime historian, during a lecture to about 300 people Monday evening at McMenamins Kennedy School in Northeast Portland. Abbott’s presentation was part of the Oregon History 101 project, a multiple-part series of history talks sponsored by the Oregon Encyclopedia and the Oregon Historical Society. Read more… Agent Carter, Super-Riveter 6 January 2015 — 1946 was a rough year for the working women of America. While the end of World War II ushered in a joyful period of economic (and population) growth, it also brought about the dismissal of women who’d been essential members of the workforce during the war—the Rosie Riveters and Wendy Welders, members of the armed forces and medical field—to open up positions for discharged GIs. Some women adjusted by changing fields (the service sector was booming); others stayed on, but with diminished responsibilities (connecting calls, fetching coffee, filing papers). It was a sorry situation. But also, as ABC’s limited series Agent Carter ably portrays in its premiere tonight, a pretty funny one, too. Like many women of the period, the show’s Peggy Carter came out of the war exceedingly overqualified for secretarial work but unable, by dint of social norms, to show it. Like Spider-Man, Captain America, The Hulk, and any number of humbled, geeky, tiny men-turned-heroes before her, Carter’s a token underdog imbued with secret powers. It’s the realization of her training and experience in a man’s world that raises Agent Carter from the umpteenth Marvel origin story to a wickedly fun revisionist fantasy. Read more… 20 Oregon facilities with the most EPA fines 6 January 2015 — Over the last five years, 20 Oregon facilities alone have racked up $4,864,227 in fines from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Violators ranged from private manufacturing operations to public water treatment plants. Some were repeat offenders that have been out of compliance for up to three years. ATI Allvac, a metal manufacturing facility in Albany, had the most fines over the past five years at $2,475,000. Their most recent fine of $825,000 was for the mismanagement of hazardous waste. The company has been out of compliance with environmental regulations for over two years, according to EPA. Read more… Major Portland hospital system ditches sugary drinks 6 January 2015 — It’s the end of the line for sugary beverages at Providence Health & Services’ hospitals in Oregon. Starting this week, Providence will start swapping out regular sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks, prepackaged sweetened coffee and tea, flavored water with added sugar, and sugar-sweetened fruit drinks with healthier options at hospitals and other offices in Oregon that have vending machines, cafes, or gift shops. Read more… Oregon historical photo: The Sagebush Symphony 5 January 2015 — The Portland Youth Philharmonic is the nation’s oldest organized youth orchestra. And its beginnings date back to the early 20th century in the cattle town of Burns, Oregon where violinist Mary Dodge shared her love of music with local children. In 1910, Dodge moved to Burns with her husband, Mott Dodge. At that time Burns was an isolated town of 1,200 people, the largest town for more than 150 miles. Cultural events were scarce, and formal musical education was practically nonexistent. Dodge decided to teach music to any of the children who were interested. Within two years the children performed their first concert and thoroughly impressed all in attendance. Dodge’s “Sagebrush Symphony” became so popular they toured Eastern Oregon and played in Portland in 1916. Dodge later moved to Portland and formed a children’s symphony that ultimately became the Portland Youth Philharmonic. Read more… High-fructose corn syrup more toxic than sugar, study finds 5 January 2015 — High-fructose corn syrup, found in sodas and many processed foods, appears to be more toxic than table sugar, a new study found. Researchers at the University of Utah looked at the effect of the two ingredients on mice. One group was fed a diet with 25 percent of the calories from the equivalent of high-fructose corn syrup. The other, in comparison, consumed sucrose, or regular sugar. Female mice on the fructose-glucose diet had death rates 1.87 times higher than those on the sucrose diet and they produced 26.4 percent fewer offspring. Read more…
Homes That Just Went on The Market in the City of Portland
Property listings 1 - 6 of 27 1 2 3 4 ... 5 Next » View As: Thumbnails List Map Sort by: 2636 Sw Talbot Rd, Portland, OR 97201 Open House Price: $1,095,000 Status: Active MLS #: 15572788 Beds: 5 Baths: 3 full, 1 half Living Area SqFt: 4,862 Property Type: DETACHD Listing Office Name: Windermere Stellar View Property Details 14747 Nw Sethrich Ln, Portland, OR 97229 Price: $879,950 Status: Active MLS #: 14130093 Beds: 5 Baths: 4 full, 1 half Living Area SqFt: 4,095 Property Type: DETACHD Listing Office Name: John L. Scott View Property Details 990 Sw 67th Pl, Portland, OR 97225 Open House Price: $699,000 Status: Active MLS #: 15130534 Beds: 3 Baths: 2 full, 2 half Living Area SqFt: 3,800 Property Type: DETACHD Listing Office Name: Hasson Company Realtors View Property Details 2612 Nw 108th Ter, Portland, OR 97229 Price: $629,950 Status: Active MLS #: 15396004 Beds: 4 Baths: 3 Living Area SqFt: 3,040 Property Type: DETACHD Listing Office Name: Sunset Group Inc. View Property Details 8117 Se 145th Ct, Portland, OR 97236 Price: $559,950 Status: Active MLS #: 14694088 Beds: 3 Baths: 3 Living Area SqFt: 2,965 Property Type: DETACHD Listing Office Name: Keller Williams Realty Profes. View Property Details 8125 Se 145th Ct, Portland, OR 97236 Price: $549,950 Status: Active MLS #: 14528261 Beds: 3 Baths: 3 Living Area SqFt: 2,852 Property Type: DETACHD Listing Office Name: Keller Williams Realty Profes. View Property Details Property listings 1 - 6 of 27 1 2 3 4 ... 5 Next » Listing content is copyright 2015 RMLS, Portland, Oregon. The content relating to real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the IDX program of the RMLS of Portland, Oregon. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than Windemere Stellar are marked with the RMLS logo, and detailed information about these properties includes the names of the listing brokers. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. This content last updated on January 8, 2015 7:35 am. Some properties which appear for sale on this web site may subsequently have sold or may no longer be available. The above information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Data courtesy of the RMLS, Portland, Oregon. Last Updated January 8, 2015 7:35 am. Information When “Days on Web” in a listing is two or larger it’s possible that the price has changed. To determine a property exposure to landslides and earthquakes, insert the address of the property into the LIDAR system. _____________________________________________ New Listings in Northwest Portland ♦ New Listings in Southwest Portland ♦ New Listings in Southeast Portland New Listings in Northeast Portland ♦ New Listings in North Portland New Listings in Beaverton ♦ New Listings in Lake Oswego ♦ New listings in Tualatin ♦ New Listings in West Linn

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