It's also home to Powell's City of Books, a Portland landmark. Immediately west of the Pearl District is the similarly trendy Nob Hill neighborhood, a dense area of Victorian-style homes and new ...

Most of the metro area's ZIP codes have median home prices beyond the budget of median households. Home ownership loomed beyond the fingertips of many Portland metro-area residents last year.

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