Portland Magazine says "Buy Here Now"
April 2008's Portland magazine has just come out and the front cover says "Buy Here Now".
They have written a terrific article explaining the reasons behind why our market has been doing so well consistantly since the mid 1980's ( the last time our prices dropped).
Our price never shot up too much
Our economy relies on booming Asia market
We are a strong in-migration state
We are the bargain basement of the west
The "creative clas" is moving here in droves.
The article goes on to rate different neigborhoods but the main picture they post is we are one of only three markets in the USA that went up in value in 2007 ( the other two were Seattle and Raleigh). But the most fascinating part is how the "creative class" is moving here in droves from all over the country, not just from our most recent 600lb gorilla of California. Click on the link above to learn more.
