Booming parts of Oregon? (Portland, Salem: real estate, place to live, prices)

[neal93]

We were thinking of moving to Bend but it appears it will be at least a couple years before it gets back on track. Are there any other towns in Oregon that are really booming now or look like they are about to? I'm an architect & need a place that's growing while still being a nice place to live...

[Silverfall]

Nothing, to my knowledge, is booming in Oregon. I'm not sure how you define booming, but real estate has slowed significantly in Oregon as the rest of the country. Last stats showed appreciation around 3%, but that average will go down with many builders dropping prices.

I don't know if you are a residential or commercial architect, but Salem is spending a lot of money on revialization projects for downtown. There are several large projects going in, and 13 acres of prime downtown real estate, that was a Boise Cascade plant on the Willamette river, is going to be developed into something. It was just sold this fall.

Portland is still a great place to live, but the pace of growth has slowed there as well. While I would not call Seattle booming, it still has nice growth numbers.

[windsurfingiskewl]

I know Bend has had a huge population boom.

[burnhams]

Bend would be the only I would consider "Booming" at least population wise. There are still positives to Bend like being close to the Mountains. I myself am going to probably move to the Medford/Ashland area, mainly cause I can play in the rivers in the summer and snowboard in the mountains (Mnt. Ashland, Shasta, Etc) in the Winter.