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On the market: Portland area homes for sale with a smart outdoor living space
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 30, 2021
1750 S.W. West Point Court in Portland Heights is listed by Dennis Coxen of Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty.Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty
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An inviting patio can be valuable to owners now and when they want to sell. Stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic made the idea of safely socializing outdoors more evident. And most people could use more room to relax, indoors or out.
Some owners are investing now in connecting water, gas and electricity to the outdoors to later tempt home shoppers who want a gas heater and kitchen overlooking the yard.
12 Oregon homes sold for $200,000 over asking price or more in 2020
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
When the number of homes for sale is low and so are interest rates, competing home shoppers wanting a desirable mortgage may offer full asking price or more for a residential property. That’s the case in the Portland area, where the inventory of homes on the market has been minuscule for years and plunged to a record low in November.
The seller’s market forces buyers to face bidding wars or wait.
More than one in four 26.9% of homes in the Portland area sold for more than their asking price in 2019, according to an analysis by the real estate marketplace Zillow. As high as that sounds, that’s a drop from 31.7% in 2018.
Top 10 home trends for 2021: Ways to make it easier to work, exercise, study and relax
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
The top home trends predicted for 2021 a permanent home office and resort-style living, indoors and out are directly connected to needs we discovered while staying put during the coronavirus pandemic.
Researchers at the real estate marketplace Zillow came up with 10 home updates people want to make it easier to continue to work, exercise, study and relax at home.
“From Zoom rooms to smart-home technology, these trends will make homes more functional, comfortable and safe for the whole family, and in some cases, even add value,” according to a Zillow news release.
Top 20 most-viewed Oregon homes for sale: Remodels, mansions, farmhouses, floating homes
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
In past years, the most viewed Oregon homes for sale online were over the top. In 2020, that changed, along with everything else.
This year, as people faced a pandemic health crisis, economic insecurity and a need for more space to be used as a home office, gym and virtual classroom, home shoppers got serious.
They searched for a well-priced home in the right location instead of spending time eyeing fantasy dwellings – although the fabled Blackberry Castle, famous for being for sale since 2015, is finally in escrow.
Popular online searches ranged from a midcentury modern in Portland’s Bridlemile neighborhood, which is listed at $2,195,000, to a 1950 Mount Hood cabin in Government Camp, which sold Dec. 3 for $245,000.