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Let’s play a little game of What If? What if you could buy a home in Portland today, negotiate the price, ask the seller to help buy down your mortgage rate, negotiate repairs, and maybe even get some closing costs covered? Sounds pretty good, right? Now, what if I told you that when mortgage rates […]

Beautiful Houses, Big Trees & a Few Things to Watch If you’ve spent any time looking at old houses in Northeast Portland, you’ve probably figured out that Alameda is pretty easy to fall for. I mean, look around. Craftsman bungalows. Tudor-style houses. English Cottages. Colonial Revivals. Big old houses sitting up on the hill. Front […]

The Portland Old House Guide, Part 2: Irvington — Beautiful Houses, But Know the Rules I’ve lived in Irvington since 2004. That’s long enough to have seen a lot of houses change hands, a lot of renovations come and go, and a whole lot of people fall head-over-heels for an old house. And I get […]