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Rates down a bit this week after a big jump last week. If you are thinking about refinancing or buying real estate in Portland, rates are looking pretty good right now. 30 Year Fixed 5.0%. FHA 30 Year Fixed 5.25% …

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The Portland real estate market held steady through the month of May, posting modest month-over-month increases in closed and pending homes sales, while average and median sale prices remained flat compared to April. …

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They assembled at the base of the Aerial Tram (with tons of bikes parked everywhere) to cheer on Portland’s fast-moving streetcar plans and to unveil a prototype of the first streetcar to be made in America in nearly 60 years. … They can’ t move people any faster than buses, but they exert far more powerful effects on the neighborhood. Consider though how the effect of promoting higher density can encourage more cycling. After all, most people aren’t likely to bike long …

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… for a neighborhood filled with French playwrights before renaming a street after Moliere? Probably not. Certainly any street in Paris has more history and probably more people living and doing business on it than any in Portland, …

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We’re excited about the idea that some Portlander out there has a chance to name a brand new hometown high-rise—the cornerstone of a neighborhood and a link between several. And we (along with our fellow Portlanders) love nothing better …

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After meeting with the architects, developers, and investors to learn as much as we could about the design of the building both inside and out, the character of the neighborhood, and the profile of the people who’ll live and work in the …

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As we’ve been covering with regularity in recent weeks, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has been busy installing new on-street bike parking facilities. Known as “bike corrals,” they have proven to be very popular with the … Figliozzi has been making the rounds to neighborhood and business associations to explain the process and the benefits associated with the corrals. She also says PBOT has finally put more information about on-street bike corrals on …

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Last Sunday, with a group of 30 cyclists, Slow Food Portland hit the streets of Northeast to see what was growing in our neighbor’s backyards. And, if for some reason our hosts’ examples weren’t enough to inspire attendees to head home and … Glen is a bit of a gardening renaissance man - he sells ultra-local honey at the neighborhood co-op (and from his porch), he hosts a gardening program on local radio station KBOO called The Dirtbag, and he writes a monthly column, …

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Hey, anyone wanna move out there and gentrify a neighborhood while whining about gentrification? Posted by Chunty McHutchence on July 1, 2009 at 12:26 PM | Report this comment. FYI, Voodoo donuts are now being sold in Vancouver, you know, … I overheard someone saying the other day that Portland is a magnet for lazy, talentless hacks. We’re really one of the few cities where underachieving slackers can not only survive, but thrive. I can’t help but think that these PONY …

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