RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. A woman in Portland came up with a clever way to beat rising home prices - free pizza once a month for life. Donna DeNicola, who owns DeNicola's Italian Restaurant, wanted to help her 23-year-old son get into Portland's hot market. So when they found the perfect house, she offered an additional topping to her $275,000 bid - the pizza. It worked. The sellers accepted. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.