Portland blogs its way toward the top
A recent Scarborough Research report puts Portland as the second-most bloggiest city, just behind Austin TX and just ahead of San Francisco and Seattle.
The survey estimates that one out of seven Portland-area residents has either read or contributed to web logs in the past 30 days. A quick visit to the definitive Oregon blog index,www.orblogs.com, shows over 1,400 registered blogs, with nearly 370 in Portland. All sorts of interests–foodies, political ‘analysts’, neighborhood gossips, and much more can be found–many laced with that fiercely independent Oregon ‘tude.
And not all blogs are written by hobbyists and navel-gazers. When re:PDX was launched in November 2005, only three other real estate-related blogs were active, and frankly, the Portland area severely lagged behind Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix and other ‘wired’ towns in this content area.
Well, they’ve definitely bloomed this year. Here is a reasonably definitive list (as least for the Portland area), in no particular order:
- The Portland Metropolitan Real Estate Market
- PDXMOJO.com
- Scott Bridwell
- Living in Portland
- Front Porch - Portland Real Estate News - OregonLive.com
- Portlandneighborhood.com
- Portlandrealestate.com
- Portland Oregon Real Estate Blog
- move2westlinn.com
- re:PDX - Portland Oregon Real Estate Commentary
- Portland Real Estate Blog
- Portland Real Estate News
- About NW Real Estate
- Portland, Oregon Real Estate
- Rob Levy
- The Conversation Pit
- Portland Metro Real Estate News
- Point, Click and Pack
- Oregon Mortgage Connexion
- Portland Fixer Finder
- The Hillsboro Realtor
- Oregon House Market
- I Love PDX Homes
- Portland Housing Blog
- Portland Market Report
- Portland Real Estate
- Portland Real Estate Now
- SellPDX
- Portland Real Estate Outsider
- Mike On Real Estate
- Also, there are several real estate professionals writing on Active Rain Real Estate Network.
Happy reading, real estate junkies. If I missed one (or many), please leave them in the comments field.
UPDATE: from reader comments, a few more Oregon real estate blogs:
- Woodhill Homes - Bend
- Marketing Ideas for Mortgage and Real Estate Professionals
- Future of Real Estate Marketing
- Vintage Portland Homes
- Central Oregon Buzz
- Oregon Housing Blog
- Lake Oswego Real Estate
- Stumptown Info
- Portland Real Estate Cafe
- Real Estate Tips by Jen
- Steve Schwab Group
- Kira Mead
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8 comments December 13th, 2007
