Jonathan Michael Bach

Jonathan Bach is an award-winning real estate and finance reporter with the Portland (Ore.) Business Journal, part of the American City Business Journals. Bach's reporting has been featured on the front pages of The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. For Oregon State University Press, he is writing a book on housing insecurity in the American West.

Portland Business Journal • 23rd May 2023

Aequitas' Brian Oliver kept working in Oregon finance after guilty plea

Former Aequitas executive Brian Oliver pleaded guilty to two white-collar crimes. That didn't prevent him from continuing his career in finance.

Portland Business Journal • 13th May 2021

High desert, higher costs: The dark side of Bend's runaway housing market

Bend has been booming for years. A deepening affordability crisis is taking its toll.

Portland Business Journal • 10th December 2021

Cracked Foundation: How the feds' compliance framework failed Portland homebuyers of color

White homebuyers in the U.S. get an outsized share of purchase mortgages within neighborhoods of color.

Portland Business Journal • 28th June 2020

Checking out: Portland hotel business crumbles under pandemic's weight

Rather than greeting droves of guests, many hoteliers have shown workers the door.

The Wall Street Journal • 8th August 2016

That Vibrating ‘Wub Wub Wub’ That Comes From Cracking One Car Window? It’s Not Just You!

An "A-hed" story that ran on the front page of The Wall Street Journal investigates "wind throb" in cars.

The Wall Street Journal • 15th July 2016

VW’s Dealers Fume While Waiting for Diesel-Car Fix

A coming wagon and SUV offer a ray of hope for U.S. dealers unable to sell nearly 12,000 vehicles.

(Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal • 4th March 2017

44 children left in harm's way: Oregon's child welfare agency struggled to fix problems

An investigation reveals shortfalls of Oregon's child welfare agency.

(Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal • 20th April 2018

Pot taxes across U.S. shore up school budgets, drug-prevention efforts

States with legal pot have collected more than $1.6 billion since the newest sin taxes went into effect in 2014.