Northern Oregon Coast Real Estate Blog

Living in Astoria, Oregon: What Homebuyers Need to Know By Todd Braden | Living Oregon Coast | Living Room Realty, Manzanita There is no other city like Astoria on the Oregon Coast. There is no other city like Astoria anywhere in Oregon. And once you understand what makes it genuinely unique, not the tourist brochure version, but the real, lived-in, year-round version you start to understand why buyers who discover it tend to get serious about it fast. Astoria sits at the far

First-Time Buyer's Guide to Purchasing a Home on the Northern Oregon Coast By Todd Braden | Living Oregon Coast | Living Room Realty, Manzanita Buying your first home anywhere comes with a steep learning curve. Buying your first home on the Northern Oregon Coast comes with a few extra chapters that nobody warns you about. The coast isn't the same market as Portland. It isn't the same market as Bend. The properties are different, the considerations are different, and the thi

Why Manzanita, Oregon Is One of the Best Small Beach Towns to Buy a Home By Todd Braden | Living Oregon Coast | Living Room Realty, Manzanita There's a moment that happens to almost everyone who visits Manzanita for the first time. You park the car, walk a block or two toward the water, and then the beach opens up in front of you - wide, clean, and stretching farther than you expect in both directions. The waves are rolling in off the Pacific, Neahkahnie Mountain rises to the

By Todd Braden | Living Oregon Coast | Living Room Realty, Manzanita If you've been researching real estate on the Northern Oregon Coast, or you visit this area often, you've probably noticed something quickly: this stretch of coastline isn't one market. It's a dozen distinct communities, each with its own personality, price point, and lifestyle — strung together along Highway 101 between the mouth of the Columbia River and the quiet coves of Tillamook County. I'm Todd Braden