Portland blogs its way toward the top

Wordpress screenA recent Scarborough Research report puts Portland as the second-most bloggiest city, just behind Austin TX and just ahead of San Francisco and Seattle.

The survey estimates that one out of seven Portland-area residents has either read or contributed to web logs in the past 30 days. A quick visit to the definitive Oregon blog index,www.orblogs.com, shows over 1,400 registered blogs, with nearly 370 in Portland. All sorts of interests–foodies, political ‘analysts’, neighborhood gossips, and much more can be found–many laced with that fiercely independent Oregon ‘tude.

And not all blogs are written by hobbyists and navel-gazers. When re:PDX was launched in November 2005, only three other real estate-related blogs were active, and frankly, the Portland area severely lagged behind Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix and other ‘wired’ towns in this content area.

Well, they’ve definitely bloomed this year. Here is a reasonably definitive list (as least for the Portland area), in no particular order:

Happy reading, real estate junkies. If I missed one (or many), please leave them in the comments field.

UPDATE: from reader comments, a few more Oregon real estate blogs:

[tags] Portland, Oregon, real estate, blog [/tags]

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December 13, 2007 · Filed Under Diversions, National News

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8 Responses to “Portland blogs its way toward the top”

  1. Jeff Kempe on December 13th, 2007 1:20 pm

    Ron…

    Damn! Why is it people always take my ideas before I have them?

    True: I was about to write a post on why real estate blogs are important, using as an example how far ahead of the MSM curve you, your readers and Michelle Berry were on the caution that should be afforded Buena Vista auction.

    I may still write it, but in the meantime I have a lot of reading to do!

    Many thanks for the link, and thanks for being the standard bearer, consistently one of the best in RE.net.

    Jeff

  2. Uncle_Git on December 13th, 2007 4:18 pm

    Not sure if you saw this report or not – according to this PDX is overvalued by 47%.

    Bend wins top prize though ;)

    Warning – PDF file

    http://www.nationalcity.com/content/corporate/EconomicInsight/HousingValuation/documents/3Q2007report.pdf

  3. Christian on December 14th, 2007 9:39 am

    Another Portland / Central Oregon real estate blog is Woodhill Homes’ Bend & Central Oregon Real Estate blog. That address is:

    http://www.woodhillhomes.net/blog/

    They have some good info about the state of real estate in central Oregon along with some insightful commentary about real estate news or just reporting about events happening in Bend.

  4. Joel Burslem on December 14th, 2007 10:38 am

    Ron/Jeff – we should organize a Portland area RE bloggers meetup. Maybe some time after RE Connect in NY? I’m thinking late January/Early Feb.

    That could be fun.

  5. Jeff Bernheisel on December 14th, 2007 11:33 am

    Portland RE Bloggers Unite! That would be fun…

    http://www.titlerep.info
    Marketing Ideas for Mortgage and Real Estate Professionals.

    Take care,
    Jeff

  6. Liz Voss on December 14th, 2007 5:07 pm

    Ron – Thanks for compiling the list of RE blogs.

    http://www.vintageportlandhomes.com/blog

    Best,
    Liz

  7. Portland Oregon Real Estate Agent Blog » Portland Real Estate Blogger Meetup on February 27th, 2008 2:14 pm

    [...] When re:PDX kicked off in October 2005, Portland had but 3 real estate bloggers. Now, my feedreader contains nearly 60 (here’s a partial list). [...]

  8. Portland Oregon Real Estate Agent Blog » Just What We Need…Another Local Real Estate Blog on March 12th, 2008 2:16 pm

    [...] noted before that the Portland metro area real estate blogosphere has blossomed over the past couple years, adding fresh voices to the chorus of brokers and real estate professionals working throughout PDX [...]

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