Portland Real Estate Market Forecasts

Every year Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor, top 1% agent in the U.S. writes dedicated Portland real estate market forecasts to help buyers and sellers make long term decisions on home ownership. He also writes annual articles on the best time of the year to sell a home and the best time of year to buy a home, as well as a wide variety of news articles on the Portland real estate market itself.

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Portland Real Estate Market Forecast 2024

Licensed since 2003, with over 2,000 home sales, I write a Portland real estate market forecast annually. To be more specific, I write one in the late summer and then I update it a couple of times in the winter before the next spring selling season rolls around. Most years I am able to predict […]

Portland, Oregon Real Estate Market Forecast for 2023 – Updated

The Portland, Oregon real estate market has had a tremulous 2022 with soaring prices combined with historically low inventory in quarter one and two, and then soaring inventory with stagnant prices in quarter three (and significantly fewer closed sales, reduced homebuyer activity) and soon to be falling prices in quarter four. Of course, the main […]

Portland Real Estate Market Forecast 2022

We looked for anyone forecasting a decline in home prices in 2022 nationally or locally and couldn’t find a single reputable source. The lowest forecast for the nations real estate market in 2022, is Realtor.com’s 2.9% increase prediction. Summer 2022 Market Forecast Update. Since writing this forecast at the beginning of the year, the aggressive […]

2022 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast (Prelim.)

The Portland real estate market has been on a wild ride since early 2020. The real estate market here was actually slowing and becoming more affordable back in 2017, and that trend continued until the pandemic hit. Year zero, or 2020, was the most unusual in my real estate career (licensed for 18+ years now […]

Portland Real Estate Market Forecast 2021 – A Boom Year

Each year we research and put out two Portland real estate market forecasts, one in the fall prior and one in January of the new year. Every year until now those two forecasts have lined up fairly closely. In 2021 we have a different story to tell. First off, it is important to realize that […]

2021 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast

The 2021 Portland real estate market is full of uncertainty, but we’ve experienced enough of the post COVID19 housing market to have some confidence in creating a solid forecast. We will follow up with a second housing market projection in Jan. 2021, but this should be a good guide to any home buyer or seller […]

2020 Portland Real Estate Forecast (final)

This is our final Portland housing forecast for 2020, updated from our first prediction written in August. In this article we are going to address the financial market indicators that bolster a relatively stable real estate market prediction. We are going to address interest rates, housing affordability, foreclosure rates, construction rates, and crime statistics. See […]

2020 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast

Here is our first 2020 Portland real estate market forecast. We will follow up with a final forecast in January. Below are early housing market forecasts from other sources about the entire country’s real estate market in 2020 and Portland Oregon’s housing market specifically. There are not a lot of early predictions, which is why […]

2019 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast (final)

Here is our final Portland housing market forecast for 2019. Below are the real estate industry market forecasts for national and Portland housing prices in 2019. 5 National Real Estate Market 2019 Predictions: Zillow – 6.4% Increase Realtor.com – 2.2% Increase Veroforecast – 4.3% Increase Corelogic – 4.8% Increase Freddic Mac – 4.3% Increase 3 Portland […]

2019 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast (1st)

Here is our early 2019 Portland real estate market forecast. We will follow up with our final 2019 housing market forecast this coming January. Below are early real estate industry housing forecasts for the country and for the Portland market. National Real Estate Market 2019 Predictions: Zillow 6.6% Housing Price Increase CoreLogic 5.1% Housing Price […]

2018 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast (final)

Here is our final Portland real estate market forecast. Below are the real estate industry forecasts for housing price increases in 2018. 6 National Real Estate Market 2018 Predictions: 3.2% housing price increase – Realtor.com 3.2% housing price increase – Zillow 4.0% housing price increase – VeroForecast 4.6% housing price increase – Federal Housing Finance […]

2018 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast (1st)

Here is our early 2018 Portland real estate market forecast. We will follow up with our final forecast for the 2018 housing market this coming January. Below are early industry forecasts for housing price increases in 2018. National Real Estate Market 2018 Prediction: Corelogic – 5.1% Housing Price Increase Zillow – 3.2% Housing Price Increase Portland […]

2017 Portland Real Estate Market Forecast

Portland 2017 Home Price Prediction: Zillow – 5.7% increase VeroForecast – 11.1% increase National Home Price 2017 Prediction: Zillow – 3.2% increase NAR (National Association of Realtors) – 4% increase Corelogic – 5% increase Freddic Mac – 4.7% increase Four reasons why home prices will increase nationally in 2017: Basic supply verses demand. New home […]

Portland Housing Market Forecast for 2016

National Real Estate Housing Forecast for 2016: Zillow Research – 2.4% increase Kiplinger – 3% Corelogic – 4.7% Freddie Mac – 5.1% Portland, Oregon Housing Market Forecast for 2016: Zillow Research – 5.8%   Four reasons why home prices will increase nationally in 2016: 1. Consumer confidence rates continue to increase without signs of slowing […]

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We have worked with many Realtors over the years and Stephen is by far the best we have ever met. He's very knowledgeable and gets the job done quickly. We had multiple offers after one day, not because we were under priced but because we had maximum exposure at the appropriate price!

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