* Lake Oswego is alive with music and festival fun this summer. To get more info on the Summer Splash Concerts, Moonlight and Music Concerts and Sounds of Summer Concerts, CLICK HERE.
* Friends of Tryon Creek are leading groups on free guided hikes through the park and forest on Wednesday evenings through August 31st. Topics will include frogs, bats, owls and salamanders. Learn more HERE.
* Lake Oswego is holding its 3rd Annual Photo Contest. Send in your best photos for a chance to win $25., $50., and $100. gift cards! For contest categories and details CLICK HERE.
* Average Sales Price declined 7.8% in the Portland Metro area in June 2011 as compared to June 2010.
* Comparing month to month 2011 Sales Prices, the average went up 1/8% in Portland Metro from May to June 2011.
* In Lake Oswego and West Linn, the Average Sales Price in June 2011 was $458,200. The Average Sales Price in the Portland Metro area was $267,100.
* In Lake Oswego and West Linn the average “time on the market” in June 2011 was 197 days, whereas the average time on the market in Portland Metro was 134 days.
* Portland Metro saw 1,958 Closed Sales in June 2011, and of those, 104 of them were in Lake Oswego and West Linn. ***This was a 12.4% increase from May 2011.
* Portland Metro generated 3,143 New Listings in June 2011, and of those, 861 were in Lake Oswego and West Linn.
(***Market data derived from RMLS Market Action Report, June 2011)
It isn’t often that we shine the spotlight on any particular property, but when we heard that the new luxury town homes on Sixth St in sought-after First Addition had just lowered their prices by $100,000 each to $599,900., Dianne and I just had to run over there and take a look.
ML# if you want to get a preview is 9057549. Each has 2258 SF, 3 bedrooms, 3 & 1/2 baths, 2 levels with additional full finished basements, and probably just everything you’ve been looking for.
cabinets also boasts additional built-ins and smart features like a pull-down bar. The dark french doors to the front porch area off the dining room are a rich contrast, and the white wainscoting throughout adds that crisp old-world cottage feel. The 2-car detached garage out back with private courtyard to the house is an added bonus in First Addition, and from there you enter the great room compete with gas fireplace and more built-ins.
Downstairs you find another gas fireplace and generous media room as well as another bedroom & bathroom w/an additional laundry area for guests or your reclusive teenager. Upstairs is the master bedroom & bath showing off glorious travertine w/onyx, a clawfoot tub & separate shower as well as an additional bathroom w/soaker tub & yet another bedroom. Walk-in closets of course, and the main laundry near the upstairs bedrooms check those final “must-haves” off the list.
Overall, these are just so unique & have that easy-living feel that goes hand in hand with the First Addition lifestyle… you know, walking to all the services, trendy shops and restaurants, not to mention Millenium Park Plaza for a view of the lake & all the festive local activities like Farmer’s Market, open air Movie Nights, Holiday Tree-Lighting festivities and on & on. First Addition is just a strolling kinda place; a small-town feel with all the amenities. Cottage Living 
magazine named First Addition as one of the ten best cottage communities in the country. American Planning Association name it one of the top 10 neighborhoods in America. The accolades go on & on.
Come on down & take a look. Bring a Realtor as there has been a lot of interest. They will be held open both Saturday & Sunday from 1 – 4.
Here are a few local events & opportunities currently offered Lake Oswego residents. Wish you were here? We do too! Enjoy: