05/06 real estate and construction indicators

April 6, 2023July 1, 2006 Written by Oregon Business Team

All “latest” numbers are for May 2006 unless otherwise noted.	Latest Month	Previous Month	Previous Year	Annual Change
Real estate/construction permits

Portland-area homes New listings	5,620	4,429	4,395	27.9%

Willamette Valley Multiple listing sales, millions (April)	$182.8	$195.5	$150.6	21.4%

Central Oregon Multiple listing sales, millions (April)	$232.1	$302.2	$223.2	4.0%

New Oregon single-family homes (April)	1,947	2,042	2,335	-16.6%

New multiple-housing units (April)	822	398	551	49.2%

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