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By Cliff Hockley, President of Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services Executive Director, SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Appraisal Adjustments – Covid-19 – Full presentation Appraisals and Covid-19 Presentation- June... View Article

Local Real Estate Market Activity When our city and state were met with shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, there was a lot of uncertainty about how the real estate market would... View Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined an intense spotlight on the design of our cities, and has subsequently emphasized areas in which design is lacking. When citizens are unable to congregate... View Article

One of the most visible and devastating impacts of COVID-19, in Oregon, have been the mass layoffs. In Oregon, about 450,000 initial claims for traditional unemployment insurance were received in... View Article

The future of office demand is a hot topic around the country as COVID-19 required companies to engage in the largest work-from-home experiment in history. After a three-month mandatory hiatus,... View Article

As the pandemic rages on both companies and their employees are looking to the suburbs for salvation, the theory being that the wider spaces in these city outskirts will make social distancing... View Article

As millennials age towards having children, while the generation continues to delay home buying, family-friendly rental units will become more important in the future, according to a new study on family... View Article

With most buildings empty or near-empty from coast to coast, office investors put a brave face on the future of the sector—“it’s still alive,” “not going anywhere,” “as soon as... View Article

Special Legislative Session update regarding residential and commercial tenancies and property-related loans affected by COVID-19 Pandemic By: Clifford A. Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services, Executive Director, SVN... View Article

This recession is fundamentally different than the Great Financial Crisis in 2008, and as a result, the opportunities to benefit from the market dislocation will also be much different. Specifically,... View Article

Commercial Tenancies Our clients are doing better overall than they were at this same time last month, by three or four percentage points. On the type breakdown, industrial is starting... View Article

Source: State of Oregon Employment Department Summary of May Economic Data The unemployment rate for Portland reached 14% in April. A record stretching back decades. Though slightly below the US... View Article

Depending on where they are located, offices are slowly and cautiously welcoming back employees after the shutdown. Likewise for retail stores and restaurants. In the vast majority of cases, these... View Article

By: Clifford A. Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services, Executive Director, SVN | Bluestone and Hockley As an owner of a company with between 80 and 100 employees,... View Article

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps your business will need to take to reopen as restrictions are lifted across the country. While your exact reopening strategy will... View Article

When it’s time to return to the office and reopen business there are multiple things to consider. You are responsible for the safety and well-being of your staff, tenants and... View Article