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Market Watch

Hot ’Hoods

No matter what kind of buyer you are, one of these six ’hoods has a welcome mat with your name on it.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson With Brian Barker

Housing Trends

The Home Front

Seven trends that are shaping how and where we live

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson, Kasey Cordell, and Camela Raymond

Real Estate

Buy Here Now: Real Estate 2008

Why Portland is still America’s Hottest Hometown

05/19/2009 Edited by Kasey Cordell

Market Watch

Above the Clouds

The national housing market is in free fall, but we’ve managed to stay aloft. Here’s why.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

Habitat

Lake Escape

"Remodel" would be an understatement for the overhaul that Bob and Stevie Burke gave to their spectacularly sited Lake Oswego home.

05/19/2009 By Harriet Klein

Habitat

Perfect Pitch

On a Mountain Park slope, Litmus Design’s modern twist on a Japanese lodge finds harmony with a plant enthusiast’s 50-year-old garden.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Green City

A Garden in the Forest

On a wooded slope near the city's most famous park, a private two-acre oasis blooms.

05/19/2009 By Emily Chenoweth

Beyond the Bridges

Club Med

Palm trees, a saltwater pool, and a gourmet garden make this Alameda house a private resort.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Liquid Lesson

A bright solution to a soggy problem blooms at Mt Tabor Middle School.

05/19/2009 By Jill Davis

Libraries

Checked Out

If you’ve looked around your school library lately, you may have noticed something missing. Namely, the librarian.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

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Gardening

Upstairs Eden

Forget the farm. All you need to grow delicious heirloom tomatoes is a little patch of rooftop.

05/19/2009 By Jordan Crucchiola

Living Here

Back to the ’Burbs

An intrepid suburban mom wonders if home sweet home really is just beyond the next development.

05/19/2009 By Pam Grimes

The Hit List

Haute Diggity

Need a boxwood for the backyard or a succulent for the sill? Look no further.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Best of the City

Progress Report

Our Best Schools 2007

05/19/2009 By Sally Powers Research by Anne Brice, Maura Flaherty, Eric Gold, Joanna Kang, and Katrina Myers

Neighborhoods

Golden Goose

The area sandwiched between downtown and Northwest looks poised to take flight as Portland’s next hot neighborhood.

05/19/2009 By Mike Thelin

Nature

Hedge Fund

The oak standing in front of your home offers shade—and cold, hard cash.

05/19/2009 By Eileen Stark

Real Estate

Buy, Sell, Rent, Keep?

Find the right answer for you and your family in our all-purpose guide to today’s market

05/19/2009 With Kasey Cordell and Brian Barker By Anna Sachse

Habitat

Town and Country

A former carriage house in the Southwest Hills gets an elegant new life for a family of four.

05/19/2009 By Anna Sachse

Dressed to the Canines

Pet-á-Portland

Whether your dog has an eye for some new duds or your cat needs a place to get away from it all, our roundup of the latest in pet paraphernalia should keep tails wagging and spirits from sagging.

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Meow

Pets in Portland

The Results of Our Readers' Choice Pets Survey

05/19/2009 By Jill Davis, Jill Spitznass, John Chandler, and Jenny Davis

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