Lake Oswego appreciation rates and housing market information

Lake Oswego housing market information

With 35,222 people, 15,668 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $582,321, Lake Oswego house prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon, Lake Oswego real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lake Oswego, accounting for 64.18% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lake Oswego include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (22.15%), row houses and other attached homes (7.46%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (6.05%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Lake Oswego. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 67.07% of Lake Oswego's homes, and 57.22% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Lake Oswego built from 1970-1994, so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Lake Oswego built from 1940-1969 (24.14%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (7.72%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (7.72%).

Lake Oswego home appreciation rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Lake Oswego have tracked to near the national average over the last ten years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 7.77% during the period.

Over the last year, Lake Oswego appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lake Oswego's appreciation rate has been -5.87%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Lake Oswego were at -1.05%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -4.20%.

Notably, Lake Oswego's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to Oregon, our data show that Lake Oswego's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 20% of the other cities and towns in Oregon.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Lake Oswego differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lake Oswego - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 1990, to assist you in making the best Lake Oswego real estate investment or home purchase decisions.