Episodes
100
Latest episode
Jun 2026
Language
EN
HFO's team of researchers and experts in the apartment market for Oregon and SW Washington review the latest news of interest to area multifamily owners and investors.
For the past several years, Portland's national image has often been dominated by stories about office vacancies, homelessness, crime concerns, tax frustration, political conflict, and downtown struggles. And yet underneath those headlines, something much more complicated — and frankly much more interesting — has been happening. Institutional capital is quietly returning to Portland.
Today we're talking about a chart that may quietly define Portland's apartment market over the next several years and almost nobody outside the industry is paying attention to it yet.
Today we're talking about a question that almost nobody in Portland housing politics seems fully comfortable asking out loud. Why does subsidized affordable housing in Portland often cost dramatically more per square foot than market-rate apartment construction?
Today we're looking at Portland's housing market through the lens of city policy, development feasibility and investor confidence. HFO partner Greg Frick recently sat down with Portland City Councilor Eric Zimmerman, who chairs the city's Housing Committee. They talked about multifamily permitting, downtown recovery, investor confidence and what it will take to get housing production moving again.
Today we're looking at Washington state, where several recent stories point to the same challenge: the state knows it needs more housing, but production, policy and regulation are still not aligned.
Today we're breaking down Oregon's 2026 legislative session and what it means for apartment owners, developers and investors.
Today we are looking at several stories that matter for apartment owners and investors in Oregon and SW Washington.
Today we're looking at Southwest Washington, specifically Clark County and the city of Vancouver. These two areas sit within the same metro, but they are behaving very differently. Together, however, they are producing some of the strongest apartment fundamentals in the Pacific Northwest.
Today we're heading into Oregon's Mid-Valley—Corvallis and Albany—two markets that sit right next to each other but are behaving very differently right now.
Today's update is different from a typical market report. Instead of focusing on one geography, we're looking at a series of policy and capital market developments across Oregon, Washington and the federal level. Taken together, these stories point to a larger shift in how housing is being approached. It is a shift toward more regulation, more intervention, and at the same time, more urgency around supply.
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