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Lake Oswego Reads Celebrates The Seed Keeper With a Month of Activities

The Lake Oswego Reads program is off and running in April with a calendar full of free activities to educate, enlighten and entertain you. This year’s book selection, The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson spans several generations as it follows … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Housing Market Update March 2023

It doesn’t take much to warm up the housing market. With a slight drop in interest rates at the beginning of the year, we saw a little more activity in February than January; however, compared to last year, 37% less … Continue reading →

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What We Love About Lake Oswego in March

Lake Oswego Reads Author Diane Wilson Ticket Giveaway. This year’s Lake Oswego Reads book selection is The Seed Keeper, by Diane Wilson who will be speaking on Tuesday, April 25 at the Lakeridge High School Auditorium as part of the … Continue reading →

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Open House This Weekend on NEW Construction in Lake Oswego with Deeded Rights to 4 Lake Easements

Low inventory is one of the factors slowing down the Lake Oswego housing market so I wanted to share one of my new listings at 17173 Cedar Road in the Blue Heron neighborhood. Built by award-winning Blazer Development, LLC, this … Continue reading →

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Celebrate National Trivia Day With Some Real Estate Trivia

January 4th is National Trivia Day so I’m bringing you some real estate trivia that you might find useful and/or amusing. The average person in the United States can expect to move 11.6 times in their lifetime. Half of all … Continue reading →

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The One Reason We Moved to Lake Oswego and the Endless Reasons We Stayed

When my wife and I first married, we vacationed at Bass Lake, just outside of Yosemite National Park. Our times there were so idyllic that we decided to find a lake we could live on. After traveling around the country … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Housing Market Update

Typically the holiday season is a slow one in the housing market and this one has been no exception. However, as you can see by the chart below which highlights key market indicators for Lake Oswego, the slowdown has been … Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Celebrate New Year’s in Lake Oswego

Come New Year’s, it’s nice to have options. And living in Lake Oswego, you have those. You can order in and stay in, head out to several shindigs in Portland OR stay close to home but do it up right … Continue reading →

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6 factors that could impact the Lake Oswego housing market in the next year

Mortgage rates. We are probably looking at higher-than-we’ve-seen-recently mortgage rates for the next three quarters. Looking at the combined average projections of the big four forecasters (Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Mortgage Brokers Association and National Association of Realtors) we can … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Housing Market Update

It has been about six weeks since my last Lake Oswego housing market update so I thought I’d fill you in on what I’m seeing on the ground these days. There is a continuing calming down trend. The craziness of … Continue reading →

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