Portland 97212

Multnomah County, OR · 9,163 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

37affordability /100

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

Payment burden
38.3%
severe
Days on market
5
daily
Price cuts
22.0%
of active
Valuation
-77.6%
vs assessor
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45
/100
Mixed
warming · seller advantage · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
82
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
37

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

51/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 21.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 22d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Balanced market in 97212. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 38.3% of median income. A 9% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 22. Renting is approximately 135% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.2).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGSELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers are firmly in control. Prices up 3.1% YoY.

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Median price
$808,925
▴ 3.1% YoY
Days on market
5
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,391
ZORI
Investor score
39/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
38
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-77.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$181,300
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$307
Price-to-income6.3×

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How 97212 ranks in OR
percentile vs all Oregon ZIPs · n=400
Market velocity98%
Supply tightness95%
Affordability42%
Investment yield48%
Appreciation87%

Affordability, supply & momentum

55SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply7.9 mo
Days on Market5d
Inv vs History-6.1%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$4,086
Payment burden38.3%
Median income · ZIP$128,098
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,895
Monthly rent$2,391
Market dynamics
Price cut %22.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply7.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,391
Price-to-rent28.2
Est. cap rate2.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score12
Transit score18
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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