Halloween Is This Saturday! Your Guide to Local Halloween Events Around the North Willamette Valley Halloween is almost here, and this year, October 31 falls on a Saturday. That means there is a little extra room in the day for costumes, candy, family activities, and time spent exploring the communi

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What Tualatin's Job Growth Means for Homebuyers Relocating for Work Tualatin is a job center first and a bedroom community second, and that shapes everything about buying a home here. According to the City of Tualatin's 2026 Economic Landscape Analysis, employment at Tualatin businesses reached 32,5

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How Wilsonville Sellers Can Time a Move Into a Single-Level Home If you own a two-story home in Wilsonville and want to move into a single-level one, the timing question usually comes down to three things: your mortgage rate, how long your home will take to sell, and how much single-level inventory

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What a Pending Sale Actually Means and Why Backup Offers Still Matter in Oregon A "pending" listing in Oregon means the seller has accepted an offer and the deal is moving toward closing, but it has not closed yet. Pending does not mean the house is gone. Sales fall apart for ordinary reasons, and a

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How West Linn's Hillside Lots Change the Home Inspection Checklist If you are buying a West Linn home on a slope, a standard home inspection is the starting point, not the finish line. Hillside lots add questions a general inspector is not trained or licensed to answer: how stable is the ground, whe

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Oregon Measure 50 Explained: How Property Tax Limits Work When You Buy a Home in Clackamas County Measure 50 caps how fast the taxable value of a home can grow, but it does not cap what you pay for the home, and it does not reset when you buy. In Oregon, your property tax bill is built on a figure c

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