Portland & Lake Oswego Neighborhoods, Waterfront and Luxury Real Estate

VOTE by 5 PM  Wednesday - October 15th   VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE PHOTO!   The Categories of Photography   Life in Lake Oswego Places in Lake Oswego People of Lake Oswego Positive Aging in Lake Oswego Pets in Lake Oswego Youth (entrant/photographer must be younger then 18)   Pick YOUR favorite and ...

It's NOT an annual event but when necessary Lake Corporation announces lowering the lakes water level. Oswego Lake has a controlled dam and runoff flows into Oregon's Willamette River. In order to accommodate homeowners with lakefront property with efforts to work on docks and maintain waterfront...

Newly Listed In Lake Oswego   A NEW feature of our web site NOW is the JUST LISTED search for Lake Oswego Property. In addition to us actively searching daily and automatically emailing new listings to clients, many of our people are searching on their own...several times a day.   FOLKS LOVE LOOK...

Portland and Lake Oswego share the honor of having the Evergreen Neighborhood in their vicinity.   The MAP   We think that this area along with FIRST ADDITION are the next big real estate places to happen!   Contact us with your thoughts. Brian C. Olsen 503.853-5506  

Dunthorpe Home FOR SALE   All of us in the office agree that this Portland suburb is about as good as it gets. Directly North of Lake Oswego is where Dunthorpe is located and it is closer to the City of Portland financial district.   The range in price for Dunthorpe real estate is    $4,500,000 a...

  There is a wonderful sound in the air around Oswego Lake and that's the legendary rock band Kiss. Over the weekend there was a fundraiser on Jantzen Island. Thank you to the Millers that own the island and hosted this event. The goal was to raise over 1 MILLION for charity going to the Brigadie...

The month of August was certainly busy for Oregon's  real estate market.   Cooper Jacobs Real Estate has been chasing the dreams of buyers and sellers.   New listings in Portland are up 4.1% compared with August 2013   27,946 in 2014 26,850 in 2013   It certainly is a sellers market! Not only are...

This time of year there is a great deal of activity on the Oregon Coast.  Cities up and down the coast are experiencing one of those endless Summers. Newport was in the high 80's all the way up North to Seaside which is located up the coast from Cannon Beach. It was all warm. The children are bac...

Sometimes the problems with buying property are hidden away.     I appreciate that there are times when buying property without contingencies. HOWEVER, having a thorough home buying inspection performed by reputable inspector is usually a good idea. When I personally looked into areas of this hom...

This picture is taken from Otter Crest Loop off Highway 101. The North Coat Highway (101) is scenic and historic in many different ways. It is 1,540 miles long and extends through Washington State, Oregon and California. It was originally created in 1926 to link the Spanish missions, pueblos and...