How to Negotiate Repairs After Inspection Without Killing the Deal in Oregon If your inspection report just landed and it feels like a wall of red flags, take a breath. Almost every Oregon home inspection turns up a long list, and most deals survive it. The way to keep yours alive is to sort the lis

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What Molalla's New Growth Means for Buyers Looking Outside the City Core Molalla is planning for real growth, but today's numbers show a small city that has not yet grown much. The city's adopted Housing Production Strategy projects about 5,400 more residents by 2042, while Census Bureau estimates p

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How to Prepare Financially for a Home Purchase 12 Months Out in Oregon If you want to buy a home a year from now, the work that matters most is not saving a bigger number. It is getting four things in order: your credit report, your debt-to-income ratio, your cash for down payment and closing costs,

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Oregon City Hilltop vs. the McLoughlin Historic District: How to Choose The short answer: the McLoughlin Conservation District is the better fit if you want 1870s-to-1920s architecture on a walkable grid near downtown and you accept that the city has a say in some exterior changes. The Hilltop, the

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What to Know Before Co-Signing on a Mortgage in Oregon Co-signing on a mortgage means you are agreeing to be fully responsible for the entire loan if the primary borrower stops paying. On a home loan, that usually makes you a non-occupant co-borrower: your name goes on the note, your income and debt

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Sweet Oregon Fall: Salted Hazelnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies to Bake This Season When the Oregon hazelnut harvest arrives in the fall, it is the perfect excuse to bring something warm and homemade into the kitchen. Imagine buttery cookies filled with crunchy Oregon hazelnuts, generous chunks of rich d

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