HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

A nice new house and what it costs

Written June 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

On a bike ride on a warm and sunny Tuesday afternoon, this new house with a for-sale sign out front attracted my attention. It looked particularly spiffy and neat, so I stopped to take a photo.


On the housing front: A home goes in

Written January 31st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

There’s a short block of Water Avenue that’s on my bike-riding route through old Albany’s east end. For the past few months I watched a new dwelling taking shape there which now is finished and for sale.


Impact fees and the price of new houses

Written December 14th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

You know what’s kind of fun now and then? It’s to ride your bike on a network of brand new, freshly paved suburban streets before there’s any traffic because the houses have yet to be built.


 
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