FHFA Changes in Home Price Index, Oregon Metro Areas.

Data is as of 4th Qtr 2009 from HERE

Total of 299 Metro areas nationwide.; Rank is from best (largest increase) to worst (smallest increase or largest decline).
Notes:

1. Bend had largest 1 year decline in the country.
2. Only Bend and Medford had 5 year declines.
3. Corvallis had the 8th BEST increase over last 5 years.

Metro	1 QTR	1 YR	5 YR	State	1 Qtr Rank	1 YR Rank	5 YR Rank
Corvallis, OR	-0.95	-3.84	29.85	OR	166	162	8
Eugene-Springfield, OR	-2.02	-8.21	21.9	OR	245	246	39
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	-1.29	-8.67	20.47	OR-WA	202	252	49
Salem, OR	-3.57	-10.55	20.16	OR	278	267	54
Bend, OR	-5.52	-20.55	-0.71	OR	292	299	220
Medford, OR	-3.37	-12.96	-5.45	OR	275	283	235

New Federal Reserve Publication: Innovative Ideas for Revitalizing the LIHTC Market.

Announcement page is HERE.

Six articles (in single PDF) are HERE. The articles and page references are:

1. The St. Louis Equity Fund and LIHTCs: Past and Future, page 9.
2. Modifying CRA To Attract LIHTC Investments, page 13.
3. Federal Co-Investment in LIHTC Properties, page19.
4. Create a More Robust LIHTC Market by Attracting Individual Investors, page 25.
5. LIHTC: The Dilemma and A Secondary Market Solution, page 31.
6. Enhancing LIHTC Investment in Preservation Projects., page 35.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

MAP FOR ROB

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http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1235154534&e=1235158434&n=1

Crowley video

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1235154534&e=1235158434&n=1

Some Travelling Music for the Weekend.

Bettye LaVette performs Reign Down O'er Me from Walter Smith on Vimeo.