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Portland - OR housing market

The Portland metro has a typical home value of $542,843, down 0.4% from a year ago. Homes sell in 20 days on average, a balanced market. 31% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$542,843
-0.4% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$541,048
-0.9% YoY
Median list price
$573,291
Sale-to-list ratio
100.0%
Selling above ask
Days on market
20d
Listings w/ price cut
30.8%
New listings / mo
3,005
+3.7% YoY
Homes for sale
10,212
+2.0% YoY
Typical rent
$1,818/mo
+0.6% YoY
Income needed to buy
$157,900
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Portland housing market, October 2026

The typical Portland home is worth $542,843 as of August 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, down 0.1% over three months, and down 0.4% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $541,897 to $556,118.

Homes are going pending in about 20 days, slower than the 12 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 10,212 homes for sale, 2% more than a year ago. 30.8% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 25.5% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,818 a month, up 0.6% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 24.9.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($108,569), the typical Portland home costs about $3,685 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $157,900 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$556k$542kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
42d11dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
10.2k5.8kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($542,843) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Portland - OR metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are down 0.4% over the past year. A home worth $545,023 last year is now worth roughly $542,843.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $541,048. Homes are selling at 100.0% of list price, meaning buyers are typically paying at or above asking.

Homes listed in Portland - OR sit on the market for roughly 20 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 30.8% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 3,005 new listings hit the market each month in Portland - OR. There are currently 10,212 homes for sale, up 2.0% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Portland - OR is $1,818, up 0.6% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 24.9x, renting territory (#16 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $3,007 a month in principal and interest, $1,189 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 2.94% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in OR

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Salem - OR$449,621 +0.5% 28.0d
Eugene - OR$455,431 +0.9% 16.0d
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