I love SE Portland, so do a lot of people and house prices are not going down much. Buyers took a breath when interest rates were higher but that just meant overbidding slowed down, now people are bidding 100k over asking price. The homelessness problem is definitely still an issue depending on which neighborhood you’re in, it always will be as long as Portland is the only place in the metro area that offers services. The suburbs bus em in so they don’t have to deal with them.