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PNW Market Look
As of market close 4.6.25
United Healthcare up over 11% on the day
Private Equity predicting 15-20% default rate for privately held software companies
One Hundred Years in the U.S. Stock Markets (Papers)
Headline Roundup
Oregon’s Climate Protection Program Costs Far More Than Other States’—and Is Far Less Accountable (WW)
Unemployment in WA reaches highest rate since 2021 (KUOW)
Trump wants to remake the way we fight wildfires. The stakes couldn’t be higher. (WAPO)
Bozeman housing market cools, but a stable market hasn’t meant an affordable one (MTFP)
Marion Parkade Revitalization Begins, Bringing Months Of Phased Work To Downtown Salem Parking Hub (SBJ)
‘I don’t have anybody’: Idaho is seeing its police flock to Washington agencies for better pay (IDP)
Legislature leaves big tax breaks for data centers on the books. A Cali. company eyeing large data center could use them (BoiseDev)
OHSU removes hospital CEO after only 4 months (ORL)
Multnomah County still can’t say where $150,000 in gift cards, other incentives went (ORL)
Oregon joins $10M suit over failed Kroger-Albertsons merger (PBJ)
Big Pink owner, Melvin Mark acquire downtown tower (PBJ)
Downtown Portland office vacancy rates fall for first time in 3 years (PBJ)
Trump proposes to cut 9,400 TSA workers, $1.5 billion from budget (Ground)
Amazon and U.S. Postal Service Reach Delivery Deal (WSJ)
Missoula County to decide rezone for development near Bitterroot River (Missoulian)
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Rip’s Spotlight
New Idaho laws target home prices to help an ‘endangered species’: 1st-time buyers (IDS)
“Through Tuesday, Gov. Brad Little has signed three pieces of legislation to ease or lift local rules restricting remanufactured homes, accessory-dwelling units and small-lot starter homes. The new laws emerged from a suite of supply-side solutions to Idaho’s housing shortage
Once they take effect July 1, the laws override local rules zoning rules that Toews said created “artificial scarcity” in the housing market. The measures will:
Require factory-built manufactured homes to be treated like traditional single- and multifamily houses. (House Bill 800)
Lift bans on accessory-dwelling units — smaller, secondary homes attached or adjacent to a primary residence — and allow homeowners to build them by right, providing the project meets health, safety and infrastructure standards. (Senate Bill 1354)
Remove local laws and HOA restrictions that prevent “starter-home subdivisions” — that is, dense, small-lot homes designed to sell for less than typical single-family options. The bill sets a statewide minimum lot size of 1,500 square feet while also shrinking setbacks and eliminating dimensional requirements”
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