Greg Stiles

2023 September, saw very welcome relief to US tenants, as levels fell for the first time in six months, whereas in August, they had come to within $2 of an all-time high.   This has nevertheless, brought the monthly median down to US$…

Earlier this year, Oregon’s House of Representatives passed a bill that requires cities of at least 10,000 people to think up a housing strategy plan for the next eight years. The first to be approved in the state was Ashland, who came up…

Last year was a fairly poor one for financial markets all over the world. This was a combination of a bout of inflation, fluctuating prices on commodities, a giant spike in interest rates, and, of course, the war in Ukraine. This has been a…

Back in 2019, an Oregon rent control law allowed landlords to increase the rent up to 7% plus inflation, but did not have an upper limit. Then, in 2023, another law raised the allowable rent hike up to 14.6% after inflation soared. Now, the…

After three years of being put on hold, student loan repayments are finally ready to resume. We knew this day would come eventually, and while many were praying for a complete cancellation of debts on the part of the federal government, it…

A report from commercial real estate firm CBRE has shown that Hillsboro, Oregon, has been leading the country in the construction of new primary data centers for the first half of 2023, lagging just behind Dallas, Texas, and the entirety of…

These days, productivity can be hard to come by. We humans have a fairly special talent when it comes to wasting time. We know how to run out the clock with ease, and even when we’re trying to get stuff done, it can seem as though we’re…

Portland’s downtown area had been hit hard ever since the pandemic, and in a bid to revive it, the city council decided on Thursday to approve a plan that would bring about a tax-free enterprise zone. It will be in the Northwest Industrial…

If you’ve ever worked as a state government employee, you might already know that state government employee unions are a thing. As sad as the thought may be, someone has to be looking out for workers to make sure they’re paid enough and…

In a post-pandemic US, it seems that every business under the sun is struggling to get themselves back up off the ground. Restaurants are still recovering, some mom and pop shops may never actually recover, Broadway is seeing only 50% of…