Priced-Out Buyers May Dampen Market Growth

For first-time home shoppers, the costs of buying the same home this year compared to last year have risen by 40% due to rising prices and rates.
 

Mortgage Rates Reach 3-Year High

The current month’s 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates averaged 4.6 percent, compared to 3.1 percent in the previous month.
 

Home Sellers Have Great Expectations In A Hot Housing Market

Millennials are moving on up, signaling more starter homes for first-time buyers.
 

Homebuyers, Take Heart: Prices Could Flatten—or Even Dip—This Year

Many homebuyers are hitting their financial limits just as the prime homebuying season kicks off this spring.
 

Zombie Properties: These Undead Homes Can Help Keep Buyers Alive in a Tough Market

Homebuyers are well aware that they have found themselves in what some call “the mother of all seller’s markets.”
 

There Are 9,000 Real Estate Agents in the Portland Area. Are You Next?

In a perpetually overheating market, local real estate agents give us the scoop on what it takes to keep up the hustle and last in the industry.
 

Low inventory, cold weather strained WA housing market last month

Year-over-year inventory, pending sales and closed sales all fell by double digits last month.
 

As home sale prices surge, a tax bill may follow

It has been a seller's market for houses in recent years, particularly in the pandemic. But bigger profits for homeowners may, in some cases, mean a large tax bill.
 

Portland extends housing emergency for three more years

The Portland City Council voted unanimously to extend the citywide housing state of emergency for three more years.
 

Home-price appreciation accelerates again in U.S. cities

Across the U.S., the rise in home prices peaked in July and had been slowing down. It picked up again in January. Here are the hottest markets.
 

Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, March 31, 2022

NAR released a summary of pending home sales data showing that February's pending home sales pace declined 4.1% last month and fell 5.4% from a year ago.
 

How Risk Rating 2.0 Makes Flood Insurance More Equitable

FEMA’s new flood insurance rating system, Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action, takes effect for existing National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders.
 

S&P/Case-Shiller OR-Portland Home Price Index
 

S&P/Case-Shiller WA-Seattle Home Price Index