{"id":6628,"date":"2026-03-02T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:05","slug":"portland-multifamily-market-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/portland-multifamily-market-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Multifamily Market Report \u2013 February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Softening Fundamentals Across the Metro<\/h2>\n<p>Portland\u2019s average advertised asking rent dropped 0.6% on a trailing three-month basis, as of December 2025, reaching $1,727. Meanwhile, the national rate declined by only half that amount, sliding to $1,737. Metro Portland&#8217;s occupancy rate for stabilized assets clocked in at 95.0% in November, or 40 basis points above the U.S. average, as noted in the <a href=\"\/blog\/national-multifamily-market-report\/\" rel=\"\"><strong>national multifamily report<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-XG0As\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Portland vs. National Rent Growth\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/XG0As\/1\/\" height=\"326\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of November, Portland unemployment stood at 4.8%, accord\u0002ing to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job growth was limited to just four sectors, and those increases were not enough to offset wider employment declines, leading to a net loss of 7,200 positions. Despite economic uncertainty, several developments were underway in Portland. Among these projects was the I-205 Abernethy Bridge improvement, which includes making the bridge earthquake-ready and adding walking and biking paths. The $672 million project is scheduled for completion at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-97nav\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Portland Employment Share by Sector\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/97nav\/1\/\" height=\"417\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, developers added more than 5,800 units to the metro\u2019s inventory and had close to 4,400 units underway as of December. The majority of recent deliveries and projects underway target the Lifestyle segment. Transaction activity remained steady, as the metro recorded $1.2 billion in deals in the past year. That was a little short of the $1.4 billion recorded in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full Yardi Matrix Portland Multifamily Market Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/publications\/download\/file\/8384-MatrixMultifamilyPortlandReport-February2026\" rel=\"\"><strong>February 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Softening Fundamentals Across the Metro Portland\u2019s average advertised asking rent dropped 0.6% on a trailing three-month basis, as of December 2025, reaching $1,727. Meanwhile, the national rate declined by only half that amount, sliding to $1,737. Metro Portland&#8217;s occupancy rate for stabilized assets clocked in at 95.0% in November, or 40 basis points above the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":753,"featured_media":10090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5,4],"tags":[519,458,516],"class_list":["post-6628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-reports","category-multifamily-market","category-real-estate-trends","tag-multifamily-outlook-2026","tag-portland","tag-yardi-matrix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Portland Multifamily Market Report | Yardi Matrix Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Access the up-to-date Portland multifamily market report by Yardi 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