Portland Real Estate Market

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Portland Real Estate Market Update, July 2022

As we move into summer, we’re looking at how the real estate market is shaping up in Portland. Rising interest rates have cooled off a red hot sellers market, and comparing May 21 with May 22, 16% less homes went pending and closed sales dropped 8.4%. However, inventory remains low along with average market time, […]

Willamette Valley Riverfront Real Estate Guide

Does relaxing on your back deck or yard to the sound of the Willamette River flowing by sound good to you? If so, you’ll want to keep reading. Many people dream of living the waterfront lifestyle, but finding available riverfront real estate can take some work. We already created a comprehensive guide for riverfront real […]

Are People Moving out of Portland? Population 2022 Update

What has happened to Portland over the past two years in terms of population growth? While it may seem to reason that with all Portland has endured—social unrest and the riots of 2020 overlapping the pandemic—residents would have left in search of serenity or safety. The statistics lead us to telling two different stories within […]

No Portland Homes for Rent, Only Apartments

As a licensed real estate agent serving the greater Portland metro area since 2003, my practice, like most agents serving the area, involves representing home buyers and sellers in the real estate market. (If you’re looking for a rental, it is best to lookup property management companies in the area you want to live in.) […]

How Long Will Housing Prices Rise Nationally?

Big questions still loom large in the world of real estate, one of which is: “How long will housing prices rise?” While none of us has a crystal ball, we can look to recent past trends and what experts are saying to arrive at a well-informed answer. Here’s what we know. Will the Current Seller’s […]

Portland Real Estate Condo Market, 2022

Recent history. The Portland condo market took an absolute beating in 2020 after slowing down for years prior to the start of the pandemic. While the single family real estate market in Portland started booming by fall 2020 and hasn’t stopped skyrocketing (until very, very recently), the condo market in 2021 saw modest gains and […]

Portland Real Estate Market Update, June 2022

We’ve all been waiting and wondering what it will take to shift the real estate market in Portland after two years of an unprecedented sellers market. Prices have continued to rise at record rates with inventory remaining low. While it is obvious this state of affairs isn’t sustainable, when the shift would happen and what […]

Portland Real Estate Market, May 2022 Report – A Wild Ride

We live in interesting times. The Portland real estate market was scorching hot in the first quart of 2022 with no end in sight for skyrocketing home prices and crazy bidding wars. But mortgage interest rates are rising incredibly fast and in April we started to see the first slowdowns in the market. (Typically April […]

Top 5 Real Estate Market News Stories of 2022 so Far

We keep track of what’s going on in the world of real estate, both near and far. We wanted to see how it all looks now that we’re about to move into the second quarter of the year. We get that times are strange in real estate right now, but it’s a great time to […]

Portland Housing Affordability Rate, 2022 Report

We recently wrote about Oregon’s growing population, with many of its migrants being Californians looking for more affordable housing. While this may come as a surprise to Portlanders who have faced increasing rents and home prices, Portland is still more affordable than many west coast cities. But what about those who have lived in the […]

5 Essential Portland Neighborhood Maps

Maps have existed for thousands of years serving to help people get where they’re going and educate them about geographies and terrains. While we’re long past the practice of plotting maps on clay tablets and parchment, we all still rely on them every day. If you’re thinking about moving to Portland, if you’re new to […]

Portland Real Estate Market Report – March 2022

As we move into the spring Portland real estate market, we’re looking at the numbers to see what’s happening. Last month, we reported that experts are predicting a “brutal” spring market, and from what we’re seeing, they’re right. As always, we look to RMLS and Fidelity National Title for our data, and we’re reporting what […]

How Many Californians are Moving to Portland? – 2022 Report

Californians have been migrating north to Oregon for years, and despite the pandemic, the past couple of years have been no different. While COVID did slow both in- and out-migration in early 2020, some population growth returned in 2021, according to the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC). This isn’t to say that Oregon […]

Portland Real Estate Market Update – February 2022

Not that we’re into the second month of 2022, we’re taking a look at the real estate market in Portland to see how stacks up against the past year, 2021, and month, Dec. to Jan. 2022, and what it might mean moving forward. Fortune predicts that the upcoming national spring market will be “brutal,” compared […]

Portland Real Estate Market Home Prices – 2022 Report

As we enter spring 2022, we thought we’d take stock of Portland real estate market prices to see where things stand and maybe get a clue about what they might mean for the market moving forward. We took a look at each quadrant of the city and checked the last monthly average sales prices, year-to-date […]

Portland Real Estate Market Update – January 2022

As we move into a new year, we’re looking at real estate trends in Portland to see where we stand and where we might be headed. Let’s take a look and see what’s happening right now. Is it a Buyer’s or a Seller’s Real Estate Market in Portland? Anyone who watches real estate market trends […]

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