When mortgage rates were near historic lows in 2021 and 2022, Portland buyers stretched into the city’s outer neighborhoods to get more house for less money. That trade-off made sense when borrowing was almost free. Now, with rates still elevated, according to Scott Edelman, a Realtor with Sold by Scott, homes on Portland’s edges are ...
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For the past few years, buyers shopping for cottage cluster homes in Portland, Oregon faced a strange tradeoff: newer, efficient homes in walkable neighborhoods, but often tiny, sometimes under 800 square feet. That cramped footprint wasn’t a design choice. It was a direct result of the city’s fee structure, which forced developers to build small. ...
Portland set a goal of adding 6,000 housing units per year through 2032. Last year, the city managed 1,652. That shortfall has created space for development models that don’t follow the conventional acquire-permit-build sequence. One emerging approach skips the land acquisition step entirely by partnering directly with existing landowners who have buildable space but no ...
The conventional wisdom about Portland-area real estate focuses on interest rates and inventory – the same forces shaping markets nationwide. But in Beaverton, a suburb where Intel, Nike, and Columbia Sportswear employees fill entire neighborhoods, a more localized trigger determines whether buyers show up at all: the corporate fiscal calendar. When bonuses land and stock ...
Walk through an open house in Northeast Portland on a Sunday afternoon, and you might see something that’s been rare for a while: a handful of serious buyers, genuine competition, maybe a few offers by Monday morning. Drive out to the suburbs, and the picture is different. Homes are sitting. Sellers are cutting prices. Days ...
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Small homebuilders in the Raleigh metro area are losing ground at the bottom of the market, and the reason is cost, not demand. Large national homebuilders have a cost advantage that no small operator can match: the purchasing power that comes with building hundreds or thousands of homes a year. For a 15-home-a-year operation competing ...
Buyers in Georgetown, Texas, and across Williamson County have plenty of new construction to choose from right now. According to Realtor Tanya Kerr of T Kerr Property Group, builder incentives are giving new homes a clear edge over many resale listings, but buyers need to look past the advertised monthly payment before deciding. Many buyers ...
Buyers moving to Williamson County usually face the same early decision: Georgetown, Round Rock or Liberty Hill? Realtor Tanya Kerr of T Kerr Property Group in Georgetown, Texas, says Houston is currently the largest source of in-state relocation buyers to the area, while California leads among out-of-state buyers. Their reasons differ. Houston buyers are mostly ...
Six months ago, most data center site conversations in Kansas City started with power and price. Today, says Logan Freeman, managing broker at Midwest CRE Advisors in Overland Park, Kansas, the first question is usually about policy. Since June, a state executive order, a public rejection from Kansas City planners, a wave of local ballot ...
Most data center headlines in Kansas City are about hyperscale. Google leased the entire 920,400-square-foot Building VII at the I-49 Industrial Center in south Kansas City, Missouri, for a hyperscale data center, with move-in expected in January 2027, according to Newmark Zimmer’s third-quarter industrial report. Logan Freeman, managing broker at Midwest CRE Advisors in Overland ...
Narek Arakelyan, Secretary-General of FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation, will attend the 4th International MLS Forum, November 16-17, 2026, at Raffles Istanbul in Istanbul, Türkiye, with a FIABCI delegation. FIABCI’s work with the Global Data Exchange (GDX) is a central focus of this year’s Forum. FIABCI World President Lily Chang will speak at the ...
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