

About Blake
My approach is straightforward: know the market deeply, give candid advice, and keep sight of the larger goal. I believe clients deserve a broker who will tell them what they need to know—not simply what they want to hear—and who can make a complicated process feel considerably less complicated.
For sellers, that means thoughtful positioning, exceptional presentation, and a marketing strategy built around the particular property rather than a formula. For buyers, it means understanding not only what’s available, but what represents real value, where opportunities may exist, and when it makes sense to walk away.
I’ve built my business on relationships, referrals, discretion, and trust. I take the work seriously without believing real estate needs to be quite so serious all the time.
Portland is a small town with expensive houses. It helps to know people—and it helps even more to know what you’re doing.
Transaction History
- 1 Year
- 2 Year
- 5 Year
Neighborhoods Blake is Experienced In
Blake's Listings and Deals
Blake's Recent Active Listings
Recently Sold
Awards and Designations
- Pearl District Broker of the Year, 2019
Other Experience
Blake's Reviews
2/28/23Jesse Rader
Blake knows the condo market very well and kept us well informed about the process. He also made the experience fun. We were able to check every box of our initial wishlist!
1/13/23Hans Aigner
Moving from the Washington DC area to Portland Oregon presented the challenge on how to find and purchase a condo in a short period of time. Fortunately, my east coast real estate agent referred me to Blake Ellis who helped me the overcome this challenge in three weeks. Blake worked with me while still being out east by identifying a list of properties on sale based on a set of criteria that I had, one of them being it had to be in the city. He listened to my comments about the list presented and refined the next list accordingly. By the time I arrived in Portland, we had the list down to three properties, which we visited the next day after my arrival and I chose one of the three. Now the purchase process started. Blake was very efficient during all phases. He was very supportive and realistic during the purchase price negotiations and made the whole process of completing all the paperwork to go to settlement very easy. In short, three weeks after my arrival in Portland I was the proud owner of a condo in the city of Portland. If and or when the time comes for me to move on, I will call on Blake to help me through the sale and purchase of another property.
7/4/22Deanna-Janine Geiger-Nelson
We have had the pleasure of working with Blake on three transactions over the last several years. In 2014 he helped us sell our condo in the Pearl District and buy our house in NE and our most recently in 2022 he helped us sell our home in NE Portland.
Blake always listened to our ideas and concerns along the way. He provided excellent insight into the current market conditions each time we bought and sold. He was flexible in the approach to selling in very hot, but unpredictable markets in both 2014 and 2022.
Realtors need to be detail oriented, and Blake fulfills that requirement. His follow-up is timely and direct. In our most recent transaction, we were out of the country and he was great at dealing with the time difference and communicating what we needed to know and getting us documents to sign as necessary.
We would highly recommend Blake and would use him again should we have the opportunity.
- Newest Listings in Portland
- Newest Listings in Oak Grove
- Newest Listings in Milwaukie
- Newest Listings in West Linn
- Newest Listings in Tualatin
- Newest Listings in Tigard
- Newest Listings in Durham
- Newest Listings in Metzger
- Newest Listings in Garden Home-Whitford
- Newest Listings in Jennings Lodge
- Newest Listings in Oatfield
- Newest Listings in Beaverton
- Newest Listings in King City
- Newest Listings in Gladstone
- Newest Listings in Raleigh Hills
- Newest Listings in Wilsonville
- Newest Listings in Sherwood
- Newest Listings in Johnson City
- New Homes in Portland
- New Homes in Oak Grove
- New Homes in Milwaukie
- New Homes in West Linn
- New Homes in Tualatin
- New Homes in Tigard
- New Homes in Durham
- New Homes in Metzger
- New Homes in Garden Home-Whitford
- New Homes in Jennings Lodge
- New Homes in Oatfield
- New Homes in Beaverton
- New Homes in King City
- New Homes in Gladstone
- New Homes in Raleigh Hills
- New Homes in Wilsonville
- New Homes in Sherwood
- New Homes in Johnson City
- New Communities in Portland
- New Communities in Oak Grove
- New Communities in Milwaukie
- New Communities in West Linn
- New Communities in Tualatin
- New Communities in Tigard
- New Communities in Durham
- New Communities in Metzger
- New Communities in Garden Home-Whitford
- New Communities in Jennings Lodge
- New Communities in Oatfield
- New Communities in Beaverton
- New Communities in King City
- New Communities in Gladstone
- New Communities in Raleigh Hills
- New Communities in Wilsonville
- New Communities in Sherwood
- New Communities in Johnson City