Lack of affordable housing affecting local economies
Jeremiah Jensen | housingwire.com For local economies to thrive, affordable housing must be built. According to Blake Plumley, CEO of Capital Pursuits, a real estate development...
Category : Market Update
Portland behind other U.S. cities in home price rises
Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive Portland-area home prices continued to rise at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in May, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home...
Seattle market affected by slowing Chinese market
Diana Olick | CNBC Seattle has been arguably one of the hottest housing markets in America, with home prices rising annually by double digits fueled...
Is the U.S. housing market starting to cool?
Jeff Andrews | Curbed.com With housing inventory shortages rampant across the nation, the summer of 2018 was suppose to be “the most competitive housing market in...
Where homeowners stay put the longest? Seattle ranks #7
Lance Lambert | realtor.com Should I stay or should I go? For many homeowners, that’s the question. Conventional wisdom strongly dictates that homeowners should live...
Portland housing market starts to cool
Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive Doug Wicks put his Northeast Portland house on the market on Sunday and had a couple of offers by Tuesday....
Are millenials buying homes?
Jeremiah Jensen | housingwire.com People talk about how the American Dream of one day owning a house is still something that Millennials want and are actively pursuing, and...
Current Bellingham Housing Market
Dave Gallagher | Bellingham Herald The steady drumbeat in local real estate recently is that inventory is tight and home prices keep rising. It appears...
Homebuilders Encouraged by Steady Housing Market
Alycnna Lloyd | housingwire.com Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged at 68 points in July, according to the National Association of Home...
Average Time a Family Lives in a Home is Up
Keepingcurrentmatters.com Staff The National Association of Realtors (NAR) keeps historical data on many aspects of homeownership. One of their data points, which has changed dramatically, is the median tenure...