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The Newberg Local Contractor List
Every year in the late summer/early fall the Assurance Team puts together our list of Top Local Contractors. These are the contractors that live in our community, our kids goto the same school, we bump into each other at the grocery...
Newberg STR Update
Just finished up with the Aug 22, 2024 Short term Rental listening session The two major Opinions: Pros: These are private homes and people should be free to do what they choose - STR's bring in money and tourists i...
Newberg’s Short Term Rental Rules (2024)
As of last check the City of Newberg has 74 homes being used as short term rentals. For a city of 9,200 households in this is just under 1% of the homes are being used as STR’s. Based on community input, and the feel that Short Term Rental...
Middle Housing – How does this affect Newberg?
In 2019 the Oregon legislature passed house bill 2001 also known as the “Middle Housing Bill”. This allows “Middle housing” – including duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhomes and cottage clusters – to be build within single fa...
City of Dundee Newish Short Term Rental Rules
A few weeks ago I posted on Newberg's (possibly) changing Short Term Rental Rules and received a handful of questions about Dundee’s Rules. The information is a bit tricky to find on the City of Dundee’s webpage but here is t...
Tips for First-Time Homebuyers
Most homebuyers start the process anxious, excited, nervous, and some are downright terrified. It’s natural. A home is the largest and most expensive purchase that most people will make in a lifetime. It can either turn out to be a complete f...
Signs that Now is the Time to Sell Your Home
There are many reasons why it may be time to sell your home. You may need more space to make room for a growing family or you need to downsize after your kids leave the nest. Whatever your motivations, you want to make sure that you’re timing...