2008 April | Property Blotter

Lake Oswego Real Estate Market Results – Q1 2008

The 1st quarter Lake Oswego real estate results for 2008 are in the books. Heading into the prime buying and selling season, how did the market fare?

For home sellers, the news wasn’t particularly heartening. Over the first quarter of 2008, Lake Oswego sold 125 condo, attached, and single-family homes. That figure is down 40% from [...]

Main Property Photos – The Good, Bad & Ugly

Let me start by saying that I am not perfect by any means, and all real estate professionals have had their share of difficult photo situations when it comes to showing a house to its fullest potential. That being said, I have a few tips regarding photos for those who wish to sell their homes… [...]

Market Activity – March 31-April 6, 2008

The post-spring break real estate rush is definitely on, with 46 new home listings coming on the market in the past week. Fortunately, 24 properties closed escrow or received an acceptable offer (sale pending).

Later this week, we’ll take a look at the first quarter results for the Lake Oswego market.

Here are the Lake [...]

Lake Oswego Open Houses – April 5-6, 2008

A little late getting The PropertyBlotter’s Open Houses in Lake Oswego list up this week, but here are nearly 40 homes to tour this weekend.

Date
Time
Address
List Price
Bdrms
Baths
Total SF

4/6/08
12-2pm
368 CERVANTES CIR

$159,900

882

4/6/08
2-4 pm
86 KINGSGATE RD

$185,000

849

4/6/08
1:003:00
750 1ST ST

$254,900

1,350

4/6/08
1-3pm
5858 LAKEVIEW BLVD

$299,980

1,142

4/6/08
1-3pm
5058 FOOTHILLS DR

$305,000

1,252

4/6/08
1-4pm
12832 SW 62ND AVE

$324,900

1,224

4/6/08
1-4pm
9 EAGLE CREST [...]

Only million dollar mansions, right?

Lake Oswego is known to be a community with very expensive homes. Lake front, river front, city views, mountain views, you can find some pretty special amenities here that do drive up the value of a home. So, yes, there are million dollar mansions in Lake Oswego. But does that mean [...]

Property Values

I have got to take a moment to respond the the front-page headline of the Oregonian on Wednesday, March 26, 2008: “Portland home values take first dip”.

First of all, that headline was put there to sell newspapers. Doom and gloom has always been a spectator sport. Not to down play the severity [...]

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