by Jason Boone | Sep 24, 2018 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
When home prices in Bend, Oregon, approach or exceed the prices seen before the housing market imploded a decade ago, a common reaction seems to be skepticism or concern, a sense of foreboding that another steep drop in the housing market must be imminent. Such a...
by Jason Boone | Sep 12, 2018 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
August has recently been a month of consolidation in the median sales price in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market. The eighth month of 2018 followed that trend, with the median sales price falling 1.5 percent from July. The median sales price in August was $430,500,...
by Jason Boone | Aug 20, 2018 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying, NorthWest Crossing, Real Estate Market
July was among the busiest months for real estate activity in NorthWest Crossing since the master planned community in Bend, Oregon, was developed. Sales statistics for July and prior months show that homes in this neighborhood remain in higher demand than in the...
by Jason Boone | Aug 10, 2018 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate
After reaching a record high the month before, the median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, took a step back in July. July’s median price was $437,000, 2.8 percent less than the figure recorded the month prior – yet 5.9 percent higher than the same month in 2017....
by Jason Boone | Jul 12, 2018 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying, Market Trends, Real Estate News
Even as interest rates on mortgages have risen, the demand for homes in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market continues apace. In June, the median sales price of a Bend home was $449,450. Not only is that a record median sales price for the 11-plus years for which we...
by Jason Boone | Jul 4, 2018 | Buying a home, Home Buying, Mortgage Interest Rates, Uncategorized
Anyone who has been in the market to purchase a home recently probably knows that interest rates on traditional 30-year mortgages have risen in the past year, from about 4 percent in July 2017 to 4.625-4.75 percent early this month. Results from a survey, however,...
by Jason Boone | Jun 19, 2018 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Buying a home
Median home prices are near an all-time high in Bend. The inventory of homes for sale skews strongly toward a “seller’s market.” Interest rates have risen from their historic lows of recent years. It seems as if there might be some credible arguments for why now is...
by Jason Boone | Jun 14, 2018 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
The median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, remained virtually unchanged in May from the month prior even as other data indicates the market might be tightening. May’s median price of $415,000 was less than one-tenth of 1 percent less than April’s figure of...
by Jason Boone | May 16, 2018 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, NorthWest Crossing, Real Estate News
April in 2018 followed the pattern of previous years for real estate activity in the NorthWest Crossing neighborhood in Bend, Oregon, which remains among the most desirable areas of town. Ten single-family NorthWest Crossing homes were sold in April, traditionally one...
by Jason Boone | May 11, 2018 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Home, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
Activity in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market increased in April, setting calendar-year bests for active listings and average days on market. The median sales figure dropped from the month before – as has happened in previous Aprils – but was 6.5 percent more than...
