Your Vote Counts: Ballot Drop-Off Locations Now Open in Deschutes County One of the silver linings of 2020–an unusual year to say the least!–is the increasingly authentic, personal answer to the courteous question of “how are you?” While our clients always share their hopes and dreams, as well as their concerns and worries with us […]

Market stays active despite virtual back-to-school and wildfire smoke After a very active summer due to overwhelming buyer demand and increasingly limited inventory, Bend residential real estate didn’t experience the seasonal dip it typically does, and continued to be a very dynamic market through September. Usually, we see a slow-down from August to September as […]

Inventory of Residential Real Estate Continues to Shrink in Bend, Oregon If you’ve been following our recent blogs on the local real estate market, you know that the inventory of homes for sale in Bend has shrunk steadily and dramatically over the summer. That trend continued through August despite a leveling of other real estate […]

Available Inventory Shrinks to Record Low While an all-time high of the median price of a Bend home is certainly the headline this month, there are other metrics we track that illustrate how truly dynamic the residential real estate market in Bend just is right now, even during a pandemic. The median home price in […]

Jason Boone answers frequently asked questions about the local real estate economy Our team is getting a lot of questions from clients and friends about how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the real estate economy, and we asked Jason to offer his perspective on how the local real estate market in Bend is currently faring, […]

Sales and Pending Sales of Bend Homes Surge We hope you are doing as well as possible right now, and that this update on the Bend real estate market is helpful to you during this chaotic time. The local real estate market in Bend has been a dynamic one due to many factors these last […]

Local real estate market activity is relatively consistent during different phases of pandemic First of all, we hope your life is as peaceful and healthy as possible during these tumultuous times. With so much of our daily lives disrupted, many of our clients are surprised to hear that the local real estate market in Bend […]

Weekly and Monthly Market Trends Through May 17, 2020, Show Some Signs of Weathering the Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local real estate activity over the last couple of months, the Bend real estate market continues to show signs of weathering the storm. While there were fewer listings, […]

If you’ve listed a home for sale, you know it’s typically ideal for a homeowner to occupy their home while it’s being shown, and if that’s not possible, to have it staged with furniture and home decor. This conventional wisdom among real estate professionals is that a furnished home helps potential buyers appreciate the livability […]

If you’ve seen some of our recent blogs and email updates, you know that we’ve been tracking weekly real estate activity in Bend during the COVID-19 pandemic to help us understand how the local market is being affected during this unprecedented time. We are currently tabulating data for the month of April, and wanted to […]