Oregon

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.

Portland-area home sales rebounded in October after a slow September, but the housing market remains sluggish compared to a year ago.

The typical Portland-area home is out of reach for a median-wage family, new home-sale figures show.

For the first time in a year and a half, Washington is no longer the state with the hottest housing market in the country, though not because homes here have suddenly become cheap.

Portland-area home prices jumped 6.7% in March compared with a year earlier, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index.

Portland-area home prices pushed further into record territory in February, but their growth slowed to the lowest level in more than two years.

The Portland area's housing market fell into in a familiar pattern in March, with strong demand undercut by a slim supply of homes on the market.

Home sales took off in the Portland area last month, perhaps as buyers tried to get ahead of rising mortgage rates.

Thanks to low mortgage rates, homes in most metros are actually more affordable today than they were in 1990.

The rise in Portland-area home prices slowed through 2017, new figures show.

Homebuyers are most likely to slow their purchases or stay on course if mortgage rates rise above a certain benchmark, but some could act more quickly or drop out.