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Portland's 25 hottest neighborhoods:
Where the most homes are selling (Q1 2015)
Portland Business Journal, May 11, 2015 By Andy Giegerich

Note:  Neighborhoods are divided by zip code and may appear twice on the list under different zips.

1.     Forest Heights    254
2.     Beaverton / Aloha     204
3.     Foster / Powell     170
4.     Multnomah Village     165
5.     Beaverton / Aloha     163
6.     Oregon City / Happy Valley     158
7.     Tigard / King City     150
8.     Tigard / Metzger     139
9.     Arbor Lodge / Kenton     ( )
10.    Hillsboro / Rock Creek     129
11.    Hillsboro     124
12.    Sellwood / Eastmoreland     122
13.    Hazel wood / Fairview     118
14.    Gresham     117
15.    Lake Oswego     111
16.    Piedmont / Concord     109
17.    West Linn / Lake Oswego     107
18.    St. Johns     105
19.    Mt. Tabor / Hollywood     100
20.    Happy Valley    93
21.    Newberg     92
22.    Gresham     90
23.    McMinville     90
24.    Tualatin     88
25.     Powellhurst-Gilbert / Centennial     87

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Where homes are selling the fastest (Days on market) (Q1 2015)
 Portland Business Journal, Continued
1.     Piedmont-Concordia.    38
2.     Cully.    40
3.     Beaverton / Aloha.    42
4.     Arbor Lodge / Kenton.    45
5.     North Tabor / Hollywood.    46
6.     Sellwood / Eastmoreland.    48
7.     St. Johns.    50
8.     Oak Grove / Oatfield.    52
9.     Foster / Powell.    53
9.     Gresham.    53
9.     Beaverton / Aloha.    53
12.   Clackamas / Gladstone.    57
13.   Pearl / Old Town.    58
14.   Irvington / Grant Park.    59
15.   Forest Heights.    60
16.   Beaverton.     61
17.   Beaverton / Raleigh Hills.    62
18.   Hawthorne / North Tabor.    63
19.   Beaverton / Aloha.    64
19.   Nob Hill.    64
19.   Damascus.    64
22.   Cornelius.    65
23.   Centennial / Glenfair.    66
23.   Beaverton.    66
23.   Gladstone.    66

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Annual Quick-Reference Guide to 122 Neighborhoods and Suburbs
Portland Monthly, April, 2015  Ed. by Marty Patail and Ramona DeNies

Good news! Portland’s real estate market is brawnier than ever, with nearly 10,000 home sales in 2014and a median price of $305,000—a rip-roaring 9 percent spike (or $25K) from the year before. 

Top 14 neighborhoods by median home price
1.     Healy Heights.    900,000

2.     Arlington Heights.    790,413
3.     Forest Park.    751,000
4.     Hillside.    665,000
5.     Southwest Hills.    640,000
6.     Sauvie Island.    636,400
7.     Eastmoreland.    612,000
8.     Irvington.    599,000
9.     Northwest Heights.    585,000
10.    Grant Park.    573,242
11.    Laurelhurst.    543,950
12.    Beaumont-Wilshire.    512,000
13.    Bridlemile.    486,250
14.    Lake Oswego.    480,000

Map: Change in median home price

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