Data Sources Used for My Portland Tribune Guest Opinion Challenging Accuracy of Portland Housing Cost of Living Data.

Today's Portland Tribune has a guest opinion from me HERE that challenges the accuracy and applicability of housing cost data used in a Portland Business Alliance study that said, in the City of Portland:

..."Housing was 31.6 percent more expensive [than the national average for all cities surveyed]. Housing is the main cause of the high [cost of living] ranking...”

Below are links to sources for the data that I referenced in the opinion piece: 

1. 5 Year (2005-2009) American Community Survey Housing Occupancy Characteristics for City of Portland
2. Consumer Expenditure Survey 2009, Quintiles of Income before Taxes
3. HUD Housing Scorecard for December (Page 5)
4. March 2010 RMLS Report Portland Metro
5. Marcus and Millichap 1st Qtr. 2010 Portland Market Report (pg. 3)

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.