Federal government steps up probes into foreign real estate deals
The change could make investors nervous.
real estate
Labor scarcity poses headwind for construction companies
We look at labor challenges in the construction sector as part of a new series on the impacts of Oregon’s tight jobs market.
‘Less regulated, non-bank lenders are making higher risk corporate loans’
Financial risks lurk in new market securities and shadow banking.
‘I get the impression everyone thinks another financial crisis is around the corner’
The next recession is going to be mild, an economist predicts.
‘I didn’t see a lot of the bad stuff until the end’
Competition among small banks is leading to some looser underwriting standards.
The legacy of the financial crisis
It has been 10 years since the collpase of Lehman Brothers. Four experts weigh in on lessons learned from the financial meltdown.
River rights
A public private partnership to redevelop an industrial site at the base of the Willamette Falls in Oregon City is mired in conflict. Can the partners pull it off?
The Breakfast Club
Every morning a group of business and goverment workers meet at The Dalles Burgerville. They call themselves the “Right Wing Cafe.”
New kid on the block: The urban gated community
Portland’s newest crop of luxury apartment buildings reshape relationship between public and private space.