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Portland's Booming Residential Market Remains Hot

Apr 12, 2016

Real Estate, From the Ground Up

Zillow calls Portland the nation's fourth "hottest" apartment market based upon a combination of new apartments as a percentage of total rentals (just 1.7 percent), the percentage of new apartments rented within three months (72 percent), and apartme...

Navigating Oregon Property Tax Exemptions for Charities and Landlords--Deadline April 1

Mar 28, 2016

Tax, From the Ground Up

It’s tax season again. Every April, most Americans begrudgingly turn their attention to their tax obligations. April’s tax significance isn’t limited to one’s federal income tax return, however, April 1 marks the deadline for filing an application fo...

Plan Now So That Excess Water Isn't Trouble Later

Mar 22, 2016

Environmental, From the Ground Up

Water is a frequent topic of conversation these days, with valid concern over the growing scarcity of this resource. In the past few years, however, concerns about too much water have also arisen. From Hurricane Katrina to Superstorm Sandy to our own...

Creative Way to Deal With Easement Dispute Fails

Mar 03, 2016

By LeAnne M. Bremer

Real Estate, From the Ground Up

In the recent Washington Court of Appeals case of Buchheit v. Geiger, property owners tried to prevent a neighbor from crossing over their lakeside lot with an antiharassment order. The neighbor began using the lakeside lot without the owners' permi...

Justice Thomas Signals that the Supreme Court May Review Inclusionary Zoning

Mar 01, 2016

Housing, Land Use, Legal Developments—National, Legal Developments—Oregon, From the Ground Up

Just days after the Oregon Senate approved a bill that would allow inclusionary zoning—i.e. permitting local governments to condition the grant of incentives to developers on the inclusion of affordable housing in new developments—at least one United...

New Property Owners, Beware: Possible Shortened Time to Bring Defective-Construction Claims

Feb 25, 2016

By Stacey A. Martinson

Construction, Housing, Legal Developments—Oregon, Real Estate, From the Ground Up

The Oregon Supreme Court issued a decision on February 19, 2016, affirming a decision to dismiss a homeowner's claim against a builder for defective construction. In Shell v. Schollander Companies, Inc., 350 Or 552 (2016), defendant, a builder, began...