Oregon

BRIDGE Housing Corp. is the first to publicly offer tax-exempt bonds to finance construction of a new development, a 224-unit project in Portland, Oregon.

Portland metro has never had so few homes for sale as seen in November, handing even more power to sellers and forcing buyers to face bidding wars or wait for more owners to list their residential property.

Despite a roller-coaster stock market, lingering pandemic and uncertainty caused by natural and made disasters, the real estate market continues to connect buyers to sellers.

Shannon King, a single mother, left the Bay Area a decade ago as housing costs soared, hoping to find an affordable place to live in southern Oregon.

Portland is a tale of two residential real estate markets: Well-priced, single-family homes are selling fast while sales of turnkey condominiums with concierge services and killer views have stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The roller-coaster effect of national spending, Oregon's unemployment rate and conflicting economic forecasts are reflected in Portland's residential real estate market.

While most work activities were halted in April to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, people continued to buy and sell real estate.

People shopping for a home in the Portland area are facing headwinds as the year dwindles down.

Portland-area home sales jumped in September compared with a year ago, bringing a jolt to the housing market during the waning months of a slow year.

As global warming contributes to the spread of wildfires, those fires lead to the destruction of homes, mortgage delinquencies and defects. From Texas to California, these are the 15 housing markets with the highest wildfire reconstruction costs, according to CoreLogic.

It appears a relatively good time to be a homebuyer in the Portland, Ore., area.

The industry has taken some steps to lower barriers to affordable housing, but some observers say that more can be done.

Portland-area home price growth held steady in June amid a nationwide slowdown.

July brought some zip to a Portland area housing market that had been in the doldrums relative to the past few years, but the rally might prove short-lived.

March foreshadowed a cooler Portland-area housing market as the busy spring selling season begins.

Home prices in the Portland, Ore., metro continued their upward climb in January but at their slowest rate since 2012.

Portland-area home sales picked up in February from a winter slump, but remained cooler than the same time a year ago.

Home prices in the Portland, Ore., area rose last year at their slowest rate since 2012.

The year-over-year median home sale price dropped in January for the first time since February 2012 in metro Portland, according to new numbers from the Regional Multiple Listing Service.

The median price for a home in Clatsop County, Ore., has surpassed $300,000, breaking a record set before the Great Recession and illustrating an ever-growing gap between the market value of real estate and what many locals can afford.