Portland Blog - This Week in Portland, August 29-September 5, 2009

Holy crap--we're coming up on September already? The thought of September, while one of my favorite months, conjures up a panicked "oh-my-God-I-better-hurry-up-and-get-outside-and-enjoy-it-before-it-is-too-late" feeling for me.

My first crop of Portland hops are madly climbing up my deck railing and getting fatter by the minute, reminding me that harvest time will soon be here. Yes, our 2009 Portland summertime is soon to be only a distant memory of scorchingly (100+?!) hot days and nights, cold beers at the local brewpubs, glorious bike rides in the sun, hikes in our amazing parks, fresh produce at our farmer's markets, backyard gardening and urban farming, and Portland street fairs... but wait, it isn't too late to get out and catch some of it before it is all gone for the season. We still have a good month or two to pack it in before the rains return and the city takes on a more subdued mood under more softly lit, cool drizzly skies.

I work too much and this summer has passed me by in a blur. If, like me, you feel a sudden panic and want to rush out and do it all before it is too late, then by all means check out the Portland events calendar, because I just went out and found a bunch of remaining Portland Street Fairs and Festivals that you haven't already missed. In fact, there is a ton of stuff going on in Portland in the upcoming weeks, so join me out there and have some fun in the sun before the season change is upon us.

This Week's Featured Portland Events:

Proper Festival at Kenton Park - August 29. "16th Annual PROPER Festival at Kenton Park. Featuring: all ages multicultural entertainment, on stage and throughout park, engaging activities, prizes, and PROPER’s popular networking & free picnic food booths. A “Uniting Community Across All Lines” Event. Food, Music, Community--FREE."

Festa Italiana at Pioneer Courthouse Square (this weekend)

Group Rummage Sale, Car Wash, and Fish Fry at Marantha Church

Create a Community Garden - Depave

Africa Bridge Harvest Gala

Organic Gardening Fall 2009 Series

...and if you are looking for Farmer's Markets, check out the:
Montavilla Farmer's Market
Irvington Farmer's Market

There are a ton more great Portland events, just visit the Portland Events calendar!

Heard on PortlandNeighborhood

Join the member conversations and help a fellow neighbor. Here are a few discussions on the site this week!

Making my Move!
Transporting Dogs to Rescues from SoCal
Thinking of Moving to Portland
St. John's Neighborhood

Portland Photo of the Week

Here is our featured Portland photo of the week, submitted by Trina. Great shot! Go upload your Portland photos to our Portland photo album if you would like to see your photos featured on the site.

Portland Neighborhood Report - Mt. Tabor Neighborhood

Written by Ross Seligman

The Mt. Tabor Neighborhood has beautiful old homes and lovely quiet streets. Named for the extinct volcano of Mt. Tabor park located here, this neighborhood is bordered by Sunnyside, North Tabor, Montavilla, South Tabor and Richmond. See more about Mt. Tabor here: http://www.portlandneighborhood.com/mttabor.html

Mt. Tabor neighborhood map: http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=58605

In my monthly Portland real estate report, I always talk about how each individual neighborhood is a micro-market. If you are looking to buy or sell in a particular neighborhood, the most crucial information that you need to know is what is going on in that neighborhood. In this situation, the overall Portland market report is less important and the national real estate report is just about useless. This posting is a real estate report for the Mt. Tabor neighborhood of all homes in all price ranges. Feel free to request particular neighborhoods in which you are interested in buying or selling and I am be happy to do a report, just contact me on this forum or at: http://www.propertiesofportland.com.

If you are looking for homes in Mt. Tabor, visit this link where you can search for homes by particular neighborhood: http://www.propertiesofportland.com/index.cfm/page/51539/parent/426...

The first thing you will notice about individual neighborhoods as compared to the overall Portland reports are that the numbers can be wildly different month to month. Basically, the bigger the pool of data you are working with, the smoother the stats become. As we focus on smaller areas, many different things can happen month to month.

On to the report:

Here is the overall chart of inventory, sold, and pending for the Mt. Tabor neighborhood from 05/08 to 07/09:

Like most of Portland, Inventory is down while sales, both pending and closed, are up up up.

In July 2009, 24 homes sold, 26 are pending for sale, and there are 69 homes on the market in the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood.

More stats for you from your friendly neighborhood real estate statistics nerd:

One year change from July 2008 to July 2009:

Inventory (how many homes on the market): Down 1.4%
Homes sold: UP 71.4%
Homes pending sale: No change

Read the rest of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Report, by local Portland Realtor and Ecobroker, Ross Seligman.

Also, be sure to check out the Best Real Estate Deals in Portland this Week!

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