Discover Portland's Top 25 Exclusive Neighborhoods

Hottest 'Hoods Q2 2022: The 25 most exclusive Portland-area neighborhoods

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

After nearly a decade of producing the Business Journal's quarterly Hottest 'Hoods galleries, we've decided to evolve the project a bit. Thanks to the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) generously sharing local residential sales data, we've been able to track the Portland-area ZIP codes where the most homes sold, where homes fetched the highest prices and where homes sold the fastest. Then, we put all these factors together in the Heat Index, to identify the 'hoods with the most activity ...

Hottest 'Hoods Q2 2022: Tour the 25 most affordable Portland-area ZIP codes

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

After more than a decade of relentless price appreciation, ever scarcer inventory of homes for sale and steady demand from buyers, finding affordable housing in the Portland area has become an often-fruitless endeavor. Nevertheless, following Monday's exploration of the region's 25 most exclusive neighborhoods, we've analyzed second-quarter sales data provided by the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) and zeroed in on what we believe are the most affordable neighborhoods in the Portland m...

Hottest Hoods: 50 Valley neighborhoods most prized by homebuyers in 2021

bizjournals bizjournals | 2 years ago

The Zonda Heat Index determines the "hotness" of each market by changes in average sales price, sale volume and total transaction volume, as well as new home activity and absorption, where applicable.

Hottest 'Hoods: Portland-area ZIP codes with the most million-dollar-home sales

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

With median home prices in the Portland metro area topping $500,000 in the past year or so, it's not surprising that many homes in the region are fetching double that. Indeed, 2,647 houses in 88 metro-area ZIP codes sold for a million dollars or more during the last four quarters ending in September, according to data provided by the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS). Still, that's only 6.8% of the 38,450 homes sold over that time. In Lake Oswego/Rivergrove (97034), though, 61.9% of sal...

Hottest 'Hoods Q3 2022: The 50 most-active areas for real estate in and around Portland

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

Here's where real estate in the metro area was still lively last quarter despite the chilling effect of higher mortgage rates.

Hottest 'Hoods Q1 2022: The top 50 Portland metro ZIP codes leading real estate market

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

Prices were up substantially and homes sold like hot cakes but the total volume dipped slightly last quarter.

Hottest 'Hoods Q1 2022: Multnomah County's 26 most active ZIP codes in real estate

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

The most Portland of the metro area's counties continued to see strong homebuyer demand in the first quarter of 2022.

Hottest neighborhoods: See where the most homes were sold in Q3

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

These ZIP codes combined for more than $1 billion worth of home sales.

Intentional Pocket Neighborhoods in Portland

naturalbuildingblog naturalbuildingblog | 1 year ago

From agile neighborhoods for veterans or the unhoused, to pocket hoods for Portlanders, the dozens of co-housing villages designed by Mark Lakeman are nationally recognized and in demand. “All my work, and all the permaculture, comes under an overall unifying heading. That is ReVillaging, you might say,” Mark explained, “With USA neighborhoods being mostly expressions of development-driven goals, they are more products than villages, featuring the fewest community gathering places of all ...