May Residential Highlights When comparing sales activity in the Portland metro area in May 2010 to the same time last year, May 2009, closed sales increased 43.7%. Pending sales and new listings both decreased by 24.1% and 10.2%, respectively. On a month-to-month basis, when comparing May 2
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06/19/2010
http://www.tigardballoon.org/content.asp?pgid=1109 Save $7 on the Festival of Balloon's admission and unlimited rides pass, and help The Foundation For Tigard Tualatin Schools. Offer good for Friday, June 25th only. MUST BE PURCHASED ONLINE at www.tigardballoon.org. $3 of each sale will be donate
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06/19/2010
Post Tip: Need a natural insecticide? Add onions and garlic to a jar of water, let stand for a week, and spray garden plants with it.
06/18/2010
I'd love for everyone to Like my Facebook page for Pillar To Post Portland West Side. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-OR/Pillar-To-Post-Professional-Home-Inspections-Portland-West-Side/279839451918?ref=ts
06/18/2010
Recently, criminals have tried to trick PGE customers by pretending to be PGE employees and demanding money. Other times, crooks have posed as utility workers to try to gain access to homes. Stay safe - follow these tips •· Be suspicious if anyone comes to your home unexpectedly and asks
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06/18/2010
Although a fan can't lower the temperature of the air, it can make people feel cooler. Moving air accelerates the rate at which perspiration evaporates from your skin. The evaporation process requires heat, so increased evaporation means that more heat is leaving your body. Moving air also remove
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06/14/2010
Wanted all of my agents to know I have added a class on Woodstoves and the new Oregon DEQ requirement to remove all non certified stoves starting August 1st 2010 when a home is sold. Click on the link below to download the newest class list. http://bit.ly/954iOo Each class name is also a link tha
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06/11/2010
Beginning August 1, 2010, anyone selling a home with an old, uncertified woodstove will be required to remove and destroy this device. The 2009 Oregon Legislature signed Senate Bill 102 into law requiring the removal of any uncertified woodstove from a home when it is sold. This law is part of a
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06/10/2010
We all know that life is full of peaks and valleys. There are times when we are happy and then there are times when we are flung to the depths of sadness and despair. There are times we feel like the architects of our own destiny, and other times, when we feel like nothing is going according to p
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06/02/2010
An odorant, called mercaptan, is added to natural gas to make even the smallest leak easy to smell. If you notice the smell of rotten eggs indoors or out, here's what you need to do: If you smell gas indoors or outdoors Don't use your telephone or cell phone near the gas leak. Leave electrical sw
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06/01/2010