Portland Rental Market Update June 2026: Rents Flat, Renewals at 85% | Living Room Property Management
What waitlists, an 85% renewal rate, and a flat market are telling Portland & Vancouver, property owners We’re deep into peak leasing season in the Portland and Vancouver, WA rental market now, and the headline number might surprise you…Portland rents are flat. Zillow has the average house at $2,895 — no movement month-over-month and actually […]
St. Johns: Grounded and Good
St. Johns knows exactly what it is — and that’s what makes it so easy to love. Tucked into Portland’s far north, where residential streets give way to industrial corridors before opening back into wide blocks, alleyways, and tidy ranch-style homes, this neighborhood has a settled confidence that’s hard to find anywhere else in the […]
May 2026 Market Update: Price for the Tenant You Want to Keep
Living Room Property Management · Market Update April and May mark the beginning of Portland’s peak leasing season — the time of year when demand picks up, homes show better, and it can be tempting to push rents higher simply because the calendar says you can. We want to offer a counterpoint to that instinct, […]
Rental Market Update — April 2026
Portland’s Rental Market Is Building Momentum What property owners need to know heading into peak leasing season Spring has arrived — and so has peak leasing season. If you own a rental property in the Portland metro area, here’s what we’re seeing on the ground and what it means for your investment strategy as we […]
The Accidental Landlord Era: What it means for renters and the single-family market
By Coty Thurman · April 2026 Industry perspective · Living Room Property Management This spring, I’ve had more conversations with property owners about selling than I’ve had in the past 3 years. Not owners who are desperate, not owners whose tenants are leaving — owners with solid tenants, market rents, and no obvious reason to […]
Tenant Screening in Portland: Does It Actually Predict a “Good Tenant”?
Today’s blog is about tenant screening—what’s the point, and does it actually tell us who’s going to be a great tenant? As property managers, we’re hired to place qualified tenants. But here’s the part most people don’t realize: We’re not actually “picking” tenants. Portland’s FAIR Ordinance: Why Screening Isn’t What You Think In Portland, tenant […]