• Portland vs. San Francisco for Families: Why the Bay Area Exodus Keeps Growing,Kerrie

    Portland vs. San Francisco for Families: Why the Bay Area Exodus Keeps Growing

    You've done the math more times than you'd like to admit. The mortgage or the rent — whichever punishing number applies to your particular corner of the Bay Area — plus childcare that rivals a second mortgage and the slow, creeping realization that your household income, which sounds impressive at d

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  • How Much House Can I Afford in Portland on a $150K Household Income?,Kerrie

    How Much House Can I Afford in Portland on a $150K Household Income?

    Let's be honest for a second. You've done the math on a napkin, maybe run a number or two through a mortgage calculator at 11pm while your kid was finally asleep, and you still walked away more confused than when you started. You're earning good money — real money — and yet somehow homeownership in

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  • Portland Property Taxes Explained: What New Homeowners Need to Know About Measure 5, Bonds, and Compression,Kerrie

    Portland Property Taxes Explained: What New Homeowners Need to Know About Measure 5, Bonds, and Compression

    You found the house. Maybe it is a 1920s bungalow in Woodstock with original fir floors, or a newer townhome in the Mississippi Avenue corridor where you and your partner have been renting for years. You pulled up the listing, clicked over to PortlandMaps, and saw two very different property values

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  • How to Make an Offer on a House in Portland: What Your Agent Wishes You Knew,Kerrie

    How to Make an Offer on a House in Portland: What Your Agent Wishes You Knew

    You found it. The house with the good bones and the kitchen you could actually cook in, the backyard that would work for the kids, the street in Montavilla or Mt. Tabor or Woodstock that finally feels right. You've done your research. You've done two walkthroughs. And now your agent is asking what y

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