After Mary French of Northeast Portland separated from her husband in April, she lived temporarily in a friend’s Airbnb. By July, she decided to find a place of her own, “to settle,” she said.

“I didn’t plan on buying a home right away but I also didn’t want to rent,” said French.

Working with Kia Caise-Williams , a Portland real estate broker with Coldwell Banker Bain , French signed the deed in August for an updated two-bedroom bungalow in the Concordia neighborhood close to vibrant Alberta Street.

The 900-square-foot home was described as a townhouse alternative, and the long front yard appealed to French, who likes to garden.

The price, at $499,000, was within her budget and under Portland’s median sale price of $550,000, according to the latest Regional Multiple Listing Servic

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