Oregon’s Salem-Keizer real estate market is undergoing clear changes as inventory rises and buyers become more deliberate in their decision-making. After several years of rapid sales and limited inventory, both buyers and sellers are adapting to a market defined by increased choice, longer timelines, and higher expectations. Hannah Fouts-Sparks, team leader at Sparks Property Group, ...
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After several years of rapid sales and tight inventory, the Salem-Keizer real estate market is settling into a more balanced phase where both buyers and sellers must rely on preparation and strategy, not just speed. This new environment marks a clear departure from the frenzied market of the early 2020s, forcing participants to adjust their ...
Small investors are retreating from the rental property market. Higher interest rates and elevated prices have made it nearly impossible to achieve a monthly cash flow in many secondary markets. In the Salem-Keizer area, investors who once relied on steady rental income are exiting, according to Hannah Fouts-Sparks, Team Leader at Sparks Property Group. Current ...
Rising interest rates and elevated property prices have disrupted the economics of cash-flow rental investing. Many small investors have left Oregon’s secondary markets or shifted from short-term income strategies to long-term equity plays. During the pandemic, small multifamily investors drove much of the activity in places like Salem-Keizer, Oregon. But that investment approach no longer ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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. ...
After several years of pandemic-driven extremes, Portland’s residential real estate market is working toward balance. Prices have stabilized, inventory is gradually building, and buyers are approaching purchases with a level of deliberation absent during the frenzy of 2020 and 2021. Headlines can paint a discouraging picture. On the ground, the reality is more layered. Carey ...
The traditional housing ladder, where buyers trade up to larger homes as families grow, is breaking down in Portland, according to Carey Hughes, Principal Broker at Carey Hughes Homes. The dramatic gap between pandemic-era mortgage rates and current rates has created a financial barrier so steep that a whole segment of would-be sellers is simply ...
Despite recent challenges, Portland’s fundamentals as a livable, affordable West Coast city remain strong and could drive its recovery, according to one industry leader who argues the region’s quality of life advantages haven’t changed. “We continue to be the most affordable West Coast City,” says Cassidy Bolger, Director of Development at Killian Pacific. “We continue ...
At Killian Pacific’s Jack Straw development, Director of Development Cassidy Bolger is overseeing a new pilot program that dedicates two ground-floor, two-story townhome units for in-home daycare operators. The initiative offers these providers a reduced rent, set at 60% of the area median income, to increase childcare availability for both residents and the surrounding community. ...
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Spokane’s residential market has settled into a pattern that rewards discipline and punishes nostalgia. Sellers who list based on what they remember from a few years ago – when homes drew multiple offers within days – are finding that the market has moved on without them, according to Kim Hagel-Barkley of The Barkley Group in ...
The gap between Houston’s residential market and its coastal neighbor shows what happens when short-term rental speculation meets a correction. Harris County, Texas, currently has roughly six months of housing inventory – enough to classify it as a balanced-to-soft market where sellers need to price carefully and present homes in strong condition. But the sharper ...
The U.S. rental market built aggressively during the pandemic era, particularly in Sunbelt cities like Nashville, Austin, and Dallas. Now much of that new inventory, especially high-end apartments, is sitting partially empty, competing for renters whose budgets have tightened considerably since construction began. The disconnect is straightforward: developers built expensive Class A apartments in markets ...
In most American markets, holding a property for ten or twelve years builds a cushion of equity. In Manhattan, that assumption no longer holds across large segments of the market, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder & CEO of CITY SPHERE Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Rising building carrying costs, ...
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