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Oregon stamped with big red ‘F’ for housing affordability, homebuilding: real estate report card
Oregon stamped with big red ‘F’ for housing affordability, homebuilding: real estate report card
Oregon stamped with big red ‘F’ for housing affordability, homebuilding: real estate report card

Published on: 04/24/2025

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Despite Oregon lawmakers’ efforts to encourage homebuilding to address the state’s housing shortage, the state fell into a homebuilding slump last year.

Oregon was one of only seven states to earn a failing grade on a new housing report card from Realtor.com.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/04/oregon-stamped-with-big-red-f-for-housing-affordability-homebuilding-real-estate-report-card.html

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