John Gillem

The Seattle and Portland metropolitan areas both experienced a sharp pullback in apartment demand over the past year. After peaking in the first half of 2025, 12-month trailing absorption — the net ...

Idaho’s largest growth centers continued to expand in 2025, led by Boise and supported by steady in-migration into Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Falls.

Oregon’s largest metropolitan areas posted mixed population outcomes in 2025, with Portland and Salem adding residents more slowly than in 2024, Bend continuing to expand, and Eugene slipping back ...

The Pacific Northwest's two largest metropolitan areas are experiencing divergent rent growth trends: Rents are holding steady in the Emerald City, while rents in the City of Roses are declining.

Logistics facility vacancy rates in the Boise, Idaho, metropolitan area have risen to 11.8%, up from a cyclical low of 1.2% in December 2021 and 9.8% a year ago.

A heavy cycle of speculative construction is pushing Salt Lake City logistics vacancy higher, lifting the rate to 10.1% as pandemic‑driven demand fades.

Salt Lake City retail leasing experienced a noticeable decline in volume during the fourth quarter of 2025, as evidenced by new lease data that excludes renewal deals.

Salt Lake City’s multifamily market is becoming more balanced as 2026 sets in, with leasing steady and new supply visibly tapering.

After several uneven years, investment buyers began finding their footing again in Salt Lake City in 2025, with a surge in industrial and apartment deals pushing overall sales activity sharply higher ...

At the end of 2025, performances across Portland, Oregon's medical and nonmedical office subtypes remained out of sync. Availability rates widened further in the fourth quarter, with weak demand ...

Since the end of 2022, Salt Lake City’s logistics market has experienced a significant increase in vacancy, rising from 4.4% at the end of that year to approximately 10.9% today, near an all-time ...

Multifamily investments in the Portland, Oregon, region have cooled in early 2026.

Idaho gained more residents than it lost through state-to-state moves.

Utah gained more residents than it lost through state-to-state moves.

Apartment vacancy rates across the Portland, Oregon, region are declining, albeit slowly.

Oregon gained slightly more residents than it lost through state-to-state moves.

Apartment vacancy rates across the Bend, Oregon, region may have reached a peak.

The multifamily market in Bend, Oregon, enters the first quarter of 2026 with a historically elevated vacancy rate, and its asking rent performance has underperformed to date, indicative of ...

Apartment vacancy rates across the Boise, Idaho, region are declining.

Boise, Idaho’s multifamily market rebalance continues into the first quarter of 2026, though the market’s asking rent performance hasn’t quite synced with the trend.