Blog
Portland Housing Market Update August 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell 2% in July. The number of closed home sales fell slightly...
Portland Housing Market Update July 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose 1% in June. 2,263 home sales closed in June, which is...
Portland Housing Market Update June 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose over 3% in May. This was a result of higher activity...
Portland Housing Market Update May 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro was flat in April while the median home price rose 1%. Recent...
Portland Housing Market Update April 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose 4% in March. Home prices have now gained 8% in only...
Portland Housing Market Update March 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose 4% in February. The number of closed sales rose 26% as...
Portland Housing Market Update February 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell 4% in January. However, the sales that resulted in that drop...
Portland Housing Market Update January 2026
The average home price in the Portland Metro was virtually flat in December. Mortgage rates were likely already playing a...
Portland Housing Market Update December 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell 1% in November. Prices are still up 4% year to date....
Portland Housing Market Update November 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell 2% in October. Home prices are still up 5% year to...
Portland Housing Market Update October 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell 0.5% in September. The inventory of listings increased to 3.8 months...
Portland Housing Market Update September 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro was flat in August. Inventory fell to 3.5 months as the housing...
Portland Housing Market Update August 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell 2% in July. Portland home prices are still up almost 8%...
Portland Housing Market Update July 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose 1.5% in June. The inventory of active listings rose to 3.6...
Portland Housing Market Update June 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose over 1% in May. Home prices are now up over 7%...
Portland Housing Market Update May 2025
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose 3% in April. The average home price is now up 5.5%...
The Changing Landscape of Real Estate Transactions – Part 4
In this fourth installment of the series about the changing landscape of real estate transactions, I am going to update...
Portland Housing Market Update April 2025
Insights into the Oregon housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
Portland Housing Market Update March 2025
Insights into the Oregon housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
Portland Housing Market Update February 2025
Insights into the Oregon housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
Portland Housing Market Update January 2025
Insights into the Oregon housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
The Changing Landscape of Real Estate Transactions – Part Three
In this third installment of the series about the changing landscape of real estate transactions, I am going to update...
Portland Housing Market Update December 2024
The average home price in the Portland Metro rose 2% in November. This was unexpected by most agents given the...
Portland Housing Market Update November 2024
Insights into the Oregon housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
Portland Housing Market Update October 2024
The average home price in the Portland Metro fell under 1% in September. The inventory of listings rose from 3...
Portland Housing Market Update September 2024
Portland Housing Market Update. Insight into the housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
Portland Housing Market Update August 2024
Portland Housing Market Update. Insight into the housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
Portland Housing Market Update July 2024
Portland Housing Market Update. Insight into the housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
The Changing Landscape of Real Estate Transactions – Part Two
The NAR settlement still has not been fully finalized but here is what we know for certain. Buyer’s agent compensation...
Portland Housing Market Update May 2024
Portland Housing Market Update. Insight into the housing market, mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve, the economy, and the stock market.
The Changing Landscape of Real Estate Transactions
In this special update I am going to address changes that will be occurring to how real estate agents are...