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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Real Estate Blog for Portland Metro </title><subtitle type="html">Thoughts for the Portland area real estate market.  We are local experts for Portland as well as the adjoining cities of Aloha, Beaverton, Canby, Durham, Gladstone, Gresham, Happy Valley, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Newberg, Oregon City, Sherwood, Tigard, Tualatin, West Linn, and Wilsonville. </subtitle><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61019.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2007-08-14T13:55:00Z</updated><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - October, 2008 </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/11/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-october-2008.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/11/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-october-2008.aspx</id><published>2008-11-14T18:57:00Z</published><updated>2008-11-14T18:57:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/11/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-october-2008.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=385852" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - August, 2008 </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/09/15/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-september-2008.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/09/15/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-september-2008.aspx</id><published>2008-09-15T20:10:00Z</published><updated>2008-09-15T20:10:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/09/15/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-september-2008.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=358400" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>2 Story For Sale in Westhampton - 4 bedrooms / 3 baths</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/09/12/51202399e4e14f6f8906423d0c3be070.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/09/12/51202399e4e14f6f8906423d0c3be070.aspx</id><published>2008-09-12T21:53:00Z</published><updated>2008-09-12T21:53:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p align="center" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/Portland/Oregon/Homes/Westhampton/Agent/Listing_1980227.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/b15e/c24a/7143/0e6bb207172ae2857bbc/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Front" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="cutline"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Immaculate Craftsman style home&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2,943 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #8090407" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$549,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Westhampton, Portland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; Brazilian cherry floors, HUGE great room, gourmet kitchen w/ stainless steel appliances, 2 fireplaces. Large master bedroom suite w/ Jacuzzi, Butler&amp;#39;s Pantry w/ wine cooler, paneled formal dining room and first floor office. 2 large decks, large backyard and professional landscaping!!! Near Gabriel Park and Multnomah Village. A MUST SEE!!! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/Portland/Oregon/Homes/Westhampton/Agent/Listing_1980227.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=357452" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - July, 2008</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/08/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-august-2008.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/08/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-august-2008.aspx</id><published>2008-08-14T20:45:00Z</published><updated>2008-08-14T20:45:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/08/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-august-2008.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=344233" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - May, 2008</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/06/13/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-may-2008.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/06/13/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-may-2008.aspx</id><published>2008-06-13T15:03:00Z</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:03:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area real estate? Click here! Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/06/13/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-may-2008.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=315088" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - 2nd Quarter 2008</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/05/16/g.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/05/16/g.aspx</id><published>2008-05-16T14:26:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-16T14:26:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area real estate? Click here! Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/05/16/g.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=302360" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - 1st Quarter 2008</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/04/14/p.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/04/14/p.aspx</id><published>2008-04-15T01:48:00Z</published><updated>2008-04-15T01:48:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area real estate? Click here! Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/04/14/p.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=286160" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - 4th Quarter 2007</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/02/15/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-4th-quarter-2007.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/02/15/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-4th-quarter-2007.aspx</id><published>2008-02-16T01:40:00Z</published><updated>2008-02-16T01:40:00Z</updated><content type="html">Looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area&amp;#39;s real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2008/02/15/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-4th-quarter-2007.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=255696" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area - 3rd Quarter 2007</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/10/16/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-summer-2007.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/10/16/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-summer-2007.aspx</id><published>2007-10-16T21:36:00Z</published><updated>2007-10-16T21:36:00Z</updated><content type="html">Are you looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area&amp;#39;s real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/10/16/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area-summer-2007.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=200998" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Market Action for Portland, Oregon, metro area</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/09/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/09/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area.aspx</id><published>2007-09-14T23:37:00Z</published><updated>2007-09-14T23:37:00Z</updated><content type="html">Are you looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area&amp;#39;s real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/09/14/latest-market-action-for-portland-oregon-metro-area.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=189220" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Real Estate Market Data for Portland, Oregon</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/09/05/latest-real-estate-market-data-for-portland-oregon.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/09/05/latest-real-estate-market-data-for-portland-oregon.aspx</id><published>2007-09-05T21:05:00Z</published><updated>2007-09-05T21:05:00Z</updated><content type="html">Are you looking for the lastest market information for the Portland, Oregon, metro area&amp;#39;s real estate? 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Phillip Anderson Owner/Broker New Portland Home (503) 789-8701 Direct www.NewPortlandHome.com...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/09/05/latest-real-estate-market-data-for-portland-oregon.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=185205" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>The Truth Will Set You Free </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/24/the-truth-will-set-you-free.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/24/the-truth-will-set-you-free.aspx</id><published>2007-08-24T23:58:00Z</published><updated>2007-08-24T23:58:00Z</updated><content type="html">When I got out of college and took my first &amp;ldquo;real white-collar&amp;rdquo; job, there were times when I was petrified. And what scared me the most was having to tell a client bad news. I, like my colleagues then, and many now, hemmed and hawed, going to elaborate lengths to verbally set up the situation so that when I eventually dropped the bad-news-bomb in a client&amp;rsquo;s lap they would not go ballistic on me! At the company where I worked, there was this old, road-weary salesman, Jim. He was...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/24/the-truth-will-set-you-free.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=175546" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Unexpectedly GOOD news!!!!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/24/unexpectedly-good-news.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/24/unexpectedly-good-news.aspx</id><published>2007-08-24T20:16:00Z</published><updated>2007-08-24T20:16:00Z</updated><content type="html">In case you&amp;#39;ve not seen it, today the media is reporting something positive for a change! Citing the US Commerce Department as their info source, several large news agencies are declaring that new home sales rose last month by 2.8%, which would equate to a pace of selling 870,000* homes per year. This is a huge change in the direction in which the real estate market has been flowing for the past 2 months. (* Real estate analysts were expecting new home sales to drop to approximately 820,000 sales...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/24/unexpectedly-good-news.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=175476" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>THE YEAR 1907 - The PANIC of 1907! 100 Years Ago!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/23/the-year-1907-the-panic-of-1907-100-years-ago.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/23/the-year-1907-the-panic-of-1907-100-years-ago.aspx</id><published>2007-08-23T22:32:00Z</published><updated>2007-08-23T22:32:00Z</updated><content type="html">My mother sent me this email&amp;hellip;. I know, I know, and you&amp;#39;ve probably seen it too&amp;hellip;But she&amp;rsquo;s a very wonderful and sweet woman and is totally hypnotized by the internet and especially these types of spammy/urban mythy emails. And she&amp;rsquo;s strong willed! FYI: Mom&amp;rsquo;s 73 and won her country club&amp;rsquo;s Women&amp;rsquo;s Golf Championship for the fifth time this year (and it&amp;rsquo;s a GOLF and TENNIS CLUB!!! Members are all ages and they play for blood! It&amp;rsquo;s totally like...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/23/the-year-1907-the-panic-of-1907-100-years-ago.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=174648" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Your day in Court(house)!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/14/your-day-in-court-house.aspx" /><id>http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/14/your-day-in-court-house.aspx</id><published>2007-08-14T21:55:00Z</published><updated>2007-08-14T21:55:00Z</updated><content type="html">Have you ever had the occasion to visit the courthouse in the county where you? By &amp;quot;courthouse&amp;quot;, I mean the county building which houses your &amp;quot;County Clerk&amp;#39;s Office&amp;quot;. (The name varies by state; sometimes called the Recorder&amp;#39;s Office, of Hall of Records, etc.) And there is SO much information there! Anyone who has done any title work in Texas knows that it is next to impossible to find all the info you need without the help of a title company. During the 1980s, at the height...(&lt;a href="http://www.newportlandhome.com/blogs/phil_anderson/archive/2007/08/14/your-day-in-court-house.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.newportlandhome.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=167347" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>51679</name><uri>http://www.newportlandhome.com/members/51679.aspx</uri></author></entry></feed>