HFO Multifamily Marketwatch for Oregon and SW Washington

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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.

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August 20, 2026Episode 337 min

Eager Lenders, Slow Market - The State of Multifamily Lending

Today we're talking money. Specifically, the debt and equity that makes every apartment deal possible. Our partner Greg Frick recently sat down with Matt Dzbanek, senior director of capital services at GREA, Global Real Estate Advisors, the national partnership HFO belongs to. Dzbanek places debt and equity coast to coast and has closed loans in nearly all 50 states, which gives him a national view most of us do not get.

August 13, 2026Episode 326 min

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch Update for Q2 2026

Today we are going to talk about a gap. This is not a supply gap, although we will get to that. I mean the gap between what the headlines say about this market and what the closing tables show. Because in Q2, those two things told very different stories, and the closing tables were a lot more revealing.

July 30, 2026Episode 305 min

The Insurance Market Is Turning — But Watch Your Umbrella

Good news today for apartment owners who have spent the last two years watching property insurance premiums climb. The market is turning. But before you relax completely, there's a new pressure point moving to umbrella liability coverage that you really need to understand. We will get into both.

July 23, 2026Episode 295 min

Public-Private Partnerships: A Path Forward When Market-Rate Deals Won't Pencil

Today we are looking at a development model that is getting a lot more attention in Oregon and Washington right now — public-private partnerships. And we are going to get into why they are suddenly interesting to developers who wouldn't have given them much thought three years ago.

July 16, 2026Episode 285 min

Washington State Multifamily News Update

Washington saw several significant developments this week. The Ballmer Group announced one of the largest private affordable housing commitments in state history. Puget Sound housing permits fell to their lowest level in a decade while the region experienced job losses. Washington's rent cap law completed its first full year of enforcement. The Spokane Tribe of Indians continued its major expansion into the Puget Sound multifamily market, and state agencies began adapting ahead of HUD's new federal homelessness funding priorities.

July 9, 2026Episode 275 min

Oregon and SW Washington Multifamily News Update

This week we are reviewing a couple of events that are important for the Multifamily Market including a proposal to convert vacant Portland storefronts into housing, leadership changes at Home Forward, a major waterfront redevelopment in Ridgefield, a lawsuit involving Apartments.com's payment platform, and two federal housing policy updates.

July 2, 2026Episode 266 min

Nearly a Decade of Inclusionary Zoning: What Portland's Experiment Actually Produced

If you've been watching Portland's apartment market for any length of time, you've probably heard the term "inclusionary zoning" thrown around a lot. Today I want to walk you through what that program actually produced over nearly a decade, what changed, and what it means for owners and investors going forward.

June 25, 2026Episode 257 min

Oregon Multifamily Legislative Update For June 2026

Oregon's multifamily housing industry brought a unified message to Salem last week and found legislators in both parties willing to listen. Today we are covering what was discussed and what it signals for the 2027 legislative session.

June 18, 2026Episode 244 min

Washington Leads the Nation's ADU Surge

Today we're talking about ADUs — accessory dwelling units. Tiny detached homes quietly appearing behind single-family houses. Suddenly ADUs are becoming one of the biggest housing policy stories in the country.

June 11, 2026Episode 238 min

The Portland Comeback: Why Institutional Capital Is Coming Back

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.