Week Links - June 23

‘Tis the busy season for real estate, so sorry for the lack of posts lately. Here is a collection of real estate articles, posts, and thoughts from the past week:

Starting out, slim and thin - The Oregonian
First-time buyers and empty nesters shopping for a new home find market pressures have narrowed their options to “skinny” houses and town homes

The Ladies are Landed - The Oregonian
More solo women are skipping the wedding ring and buying the house

Cities are hot again - CNN/Money
After years of urban flight, Americans are finding the appeal of places like Philadelphia, Nashville and Seattle.

Lake Oswego’s cottages are both best and beset - The Oregonian
First Addition cottages get national attention, but are rapidly being replaced by ‘McCottages’

King Cob - Portland Tribune
Some people just talk about community vision, but Mark Lakeman, City Repair make it happen

Planned high-rises rival treetops - Portland Tribune
Some community backlash over the latest condo high-rise project

Record-Breaking Housing Boom May Be Nearing a Close - The Wall Street Journal
Economist Robert J. Shiller suggest the recent housing boom may have been psychologically induced

Land Prices Increasingly Drive Housing Markets, Fed Study Says - The Wall Street Journal
Housing prices in big U.S. cities have increasingly reflected underlying land value rather than building value

Housing Boom 2.0 - CNN/Money
Harvard study says there may be bumps along the way, but that the long-term health of the housing market is intact.

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