My Portland

New solutions from the Obama administration for the housing crisis continue to emerge. From the New York Times comes: Mo.

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According to the Case-Shiller report, home price declines are easing throughout most of the country, including Portland-

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I put together a graph showing Portland-area median sale prices by month from 2000 through 2009. The smooth curves show annual growth rates between 3% and 6% (from bottom to top) if you had purchased the median-priced home in January …

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The Portland real estate market is starting to pick up and the new Banner Bank program is playing their part to stimulate sales. This program is for new construction, where Banner Bank holds the loan with the builder. …

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According to the Case-Shiller report, home price declines are easing throughout most of the country, including Portland–down 5.4% from the previous year. The New York Times releases another of their nifty interactive graphs to compare …

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I put together a graph showing Portland-area median sale prices by month from 2000 through 2009. The smooth curves show.

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Just about every metric comparing January 2010 to January 2009 would appear to be positive news — higher sales volume & pending sales, fewer new listings, shorter marketing timelines… Except median sale prices, which were down 4% from …

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Just about every metric comparing January 2010 to January 2009 would appear to be positive news — higher sales volume &

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I’ve been pondering how the housing market will fare as federal support programs wind down. First, the Federal Reserve will discontinue its purchase of mortgage-backed securities, which has artificially kept mortgage rates down. …

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I’ve been pondering how the housing market will fare as federal support programs wind down. First, the Federal Reserve w.

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