Top 10 most expensive Portland-area homes that sold in 2020: ‘More demand over $3 million’
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Residential real estate experts entered 2020 with caution. Many braced for a recession, but no one could foresee a devastating pandemic.
After stay-at-home orders were issued in March, some people who hadn’t lost their source of income went searching for property that could support adults working at home, children in virtual school and everyone needing space to relax.
“We anticipated a potential change in lifestyle and work requirements,” says Marty Wells of Luxe Christie’s International Real Estate in Lake Oswego. “By April, we saw activity go through the roof.”
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.