Monthly Archives: April 2010

26 Apr

Osprey’s New Home on Yaquina Bay

Just outside the Regatta Condominiums on Yaquina Bay is a set of pilings that support a Coast Guard operated fog horn as well as a new construction project.  This new project is an Osprey nest comprised of sticks and vegetation.   The nest being built on the Bay is likely going to be the home of [...]

02 Apr

What Sold on the Oregon Coast in March

Interesting March here on the Central Oregon Coast.  Numbers of closed sales were up significantly from February (almost double the numbers) with a higher selling prices by $30,000 average.  This does not account for the length of the escrow process which could have been up to 90 days.  This means that many of these sales [...]

02 Apr

Newport Moves to Become The Woods Hole (Mass) of the West

As announced in the Daily Journal of Commerce on March 19th, Newport is in line to have another jewel installed in it’s crown of excellent marine research. Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal and Marine Genomics Building received a big boost from the Oregon Legislature recently when $9 million was dedicated to the funding [...]