A massive Portland midcentury modern with plants growing on the roof, a ceramic studio in back is for sale at $2.4 million
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
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Pull your gaze away from the handsome Portland midcentury modern house and look up: Plants are growing on the roof.
The reimagined dwelling was one of the first in the city to install vegetation on top of a waterproof layer as an ecoroof to improve air, water and the planet.
Roof gardens reduce stormwater runoff, pollution and erosion, which helps preserve fish habitat.
The urban greenspaces also make life better for birds and insects, according to Portland’s Environmental Services.
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.
See Inside the Shrill House: Midcentury Marvel Attracts a Huge Audience
See Inside the Shrill House: Midcentury Marvel Attracts a Huge Audience
A perfectly preserved midcentury modern home in Portland, OR, featured in the Hulu show Shrill, has come on the market for $639,000.
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A perfectly preserved midcentury modern home in Portland, OR, featured in the TV show “Shrill” has come on the market for $639,000.
Don’t bet on it selling at that price, which seems like a bargain basement rate compared to homes in California of a similar era.
After only a week, the famous home has already been scheduled for 70 showings and has multiple offers, according to the listing agent,
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.