Lake Oswego Real Estate Blog

You may be planning for a major kitchen renovation, including new appliances, plumbing, countertops or cabinets. Instead, you may be aiming to spruce ...

If your house is bursting at the seams, or simply short on storage options, the solution may be as close as your garage. To make the best use of this ...

When my husband and I were house hunting, properties that had plastic taped over the windows or draft catchers below the exterior doors gave us ...

A super-easy plan for getting organized without adding to your home-is-school, home-is-work, home-is-everything time burden. Did you ever notice ...

Are you considering purchasing a home for the first time? Then you’re probably already saving money for your down payment. But what about all ...

Getting a home improvement project to pay off is notoriously tricky. There's no guarantee you'll recoup the money you pour into a bathroom remodel ...

What are the tax benefits of owning a home? Plenty of homeowners are asking themselves this right around now as they prepare to file their taxes....

With your backyard being the new summer hangout, it’s about time to spruce it up. But what if your budget is already stretched tight? Well, if ...

It’s a big question with no easy answer: Should you keep renting, or is it time to think about buying a home? One of the major benefits of ...

Capital gains tax is the income tax you pay on gains from selling capital assets—including real estate. So if you have sold or are selling a ...

For homebuyers financing their purchase with a mortgage, a home appraisal is often a required step of the process in order to get an approved loan ...

When you design your own home from the ground up, the sky’s the limit when it comes to design. You get to choose the architectural style, the ...

When you buy a home, you can usually rely on a standard mortgage to pay for it. But when you build your home from the ground up, a regular mortgage ...

No one likes to overpay. But if you're looking to hire a home improvement professional to do some work, you might not know what’s a fair price. ...

Note: In light of COVID-19 crisis, the IRS has extended the income tax payment and filing deadline for individual and business returns from April 15, ...

Building a home is a huge investment of time and money. The exciting part: You’ll get exactly what you want in your dream home. But building ...

Your living room isn't just a place to sit in your free time. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic called for work and school to take place at home, a ...