“Housing prices looking up, sort of.” “Portland Home Price drop 8.4%“ The first headline is by Eliot Njus of the Oregonian (print version, I can’t find it online).  The second is Wendy Culverwell’s of the Portland Business Journal.  Both headlines refer to yesterday’s release of the July 2011 Case Shiller Index.  The two articles are… Continue reading The Tale of Two Portland Real Estate Headlines

Today is the PortlandRealEstateBlog’s 5th birthday.  Back then it was just Jenny and I.  Now there are the six of us.  The Case Shiller Index was 133 (October ’04) and is now 150 (October ’09) having peaked at 186 in August ’07. This is the 721st post.  I’ll write more next week looking back at… Continue reading Happy New Years and Happy Birthday

October 2011’s Portland Case Shiller Index was released yesterday.  Portland slipped slightly over the previous month from 136.10 to 135.44.  October’s pricing nearly mirrors January’s 135.80 but the 12 month average still makes the Portland Business Journal’s headline, “Home prices down 4.7% in past year.” True but this time last year it was down  7.8%… Continue reading Portland Real Estate Shedding Less Blood Than A Year Ago

The Case Shiller real estate report was released this morning for November 2009. Overall, results were mixed with relatively small gains and losses nationally. Portland’s Case Shiller Index is now 150.38, up half a point from October’s 149.88. Only five of the twenty tracked markets saw gains. Four cities hit new lows in the last… Continue reading Portland Case Shiller Index November 2009

The latest Portland Case Shiller Index report is out. As always, it covers the data from 60 days ago, meaning this report centers on data from October. Both the National Index and the Composite Index were down slightly. In addition, the City Composites also showed a decrease of -0.1% for October. It’s notable that San… Continue reading October 2014 Portland Case Shiller – Showing Continued Strength