Portland 97205

Multnomah County, OR · 1,864 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

15affordability /100

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

Payment burden
51.4%
severe
Days on market
14
daily
Price cuts
18.6%
of active
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33
/100
Weak
warming · seller advantage · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
62
Affordability
10
Economic health
15

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

64/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 41.6% correction for affordability
DOM: 115d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 97205. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 51.5% of median income. A 32% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 115. Renting is approximately 100% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 24.0).

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.
WARMINGSELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers are firmly in control.

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Median price
$499,899
▴ 1.5% YoY
Days on market
14
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,733
ZORI
Investor score
42/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
48
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
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$379
Price-to-income8.5×

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How 97205 ranks in OR
percentile vs all Oregon ZIPs · n=400
Market velocity88%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability11%
Investment yield69%
Appreciation68%

Affordability, supply & momentum

40SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply41.6 mo
Days on Market14d
Inv vs History+5.5%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,525
Payment burden51.4%
Median income · ZIP$58,943
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,025
Monthly rent$1,733
Market dynamics
Price cut %18.6%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply41.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,733
Price-to-rent24.0
Est. cap rate2.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score49
Transit score52
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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