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Checking in on the Portland Metro Residential Real Estate Market

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The June 2025 Market Action Report for the Portland metropolitan area, published by RMLS, describes a residential real estate market that is steady, if subdued, with slight pricing increases and modest shifts in transactional...more

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Oregon Department of State Lands Selects New Director

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The Oregon State Land Board – comprised of the Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer – recently appointed Kaitlin Lovell of Colton, Oregon as the new Director of the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). Lovell...more

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OP-ED: Legislation May Produce More Middle Housing Opportunities

Available data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that Oregon is not meeting Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing production goal of 36,000 new homes per year, nor is it on pace to address the need identified by the 2024 Oregon...more

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Oregon Governor's Executive Order Regarding Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for State Construction Projects

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek issued Executive Order No. 24-31, titled "Establishing Project Labor Agreements[1] for State Construction Projects" ("EO 24-31" or "Order"), on December 18, 2024. On December 31, 2024, the...more

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OP-ED: Office-to-Residential Conversions and the Search for Feasibility

Portland, like many U.S. metro areas, has an abundance of office vacancies and a shortage of housing. These issues are not news, but rather an obvious — and fixable — disconnect between two real estate market sectors....more

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Portland Multifamily Construction Continues to Slump

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From the campaign trail to the kitchen table, it’s hard to avoid the fact that Oregon has a housing shortage. That crunch is perhaps most severe when it comes to the construction of affordable, multifamily units. Across the...more

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New Legislation Addresses Oregon Housing Crisis

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Last week, the Oregon Legislature took a significant step to address Oregon’s ongoing housing crisis, as Governor Tina Kotek signed a robust legislative housing package into law. Two pivotal measures, Senate Bill 1537 and...more

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Are the Political Winds Changing in Portland for New Housing?

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On January 31, the Portland City Council passed its Housing Regulatory Relief package. This package, which had been approved by the City Planning Commission on a 7-1 vote in November, follows years of lobbying from the...more

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What's in Store for Oregon Housing in 2024?

Two years ago, I wrote about how the pace of homebuilding in Oregon was not keeping up with demand. As explained in the post, according to the Oregon Home Builders Association, at that time Oregon was experiencing a demand...more

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Creative Housing Solutions Pop Up Across Oregon

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Real estate attorney David Petersen talks housing solutions in this Ear to The Ground. Across the nation, residential rents continue to outpace wage growth, making housing less affordable for many. In 2022, the national...more

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Creative Housing Solutions Pop Up Across Oregon

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Real estate attorney David Petersen talks housing solutions in this Ear to The Ground. Across the nation, residential rents continue to outpace wage growth, making housing less affordable for many. In 2022, the national...more

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The Biggest (and Little Known) Change to Oregon Housing Law

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In 2019, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2001 – the “middle housing” law. This new law will bring wide-ranging changes to construction of new housing in Oregon, but has received little press so far....more

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