Portland 97201

Multnomah County, OR · 4,503 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

35affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
39.5%
severe
Days on market
45
daily
Price cuts
15.4%
of active
Valuation
+26.6%
vs assessor
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28
/100
Weak
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
15
Affordability
25
Valuation
50
Economic health
35

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

65/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 24.1% correction for affordability
DOM: 130d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 97201. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 39.5% of median income. A 11% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 130. Renting is approximately 97% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.7).

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
COOLINGBALANCED

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 3.4% YoY.

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Median price
$436,830
▾ 3.4% YoY
Days on market
45
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,539
ZORI
Investor score
33/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
119
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+26.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$553,150
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+53.9%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Multnomah+53.9%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$655
Price-to-income6.5×

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How 97201 ranks in OR
percentile vs all Oregon ZIPs · n=400
Market velocity55%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability36%
Investment yield69%
Appreciation2%

Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply31.8 mo
Days on Market45d
Inv vs History+2.0%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,207
Payment burden39.5%
Median income · ZIP$67,074
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,643
Monthly rent$1,539
Market dynamics
Price cut %15.4%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply31.8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,539
Price-to-rent23.7
Est. cap rate2.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score71
Transit score39
Bike score

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Multnomah County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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