by Jason Boone | Feb 3, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan
By Jason Boone The Federal Reserve’s plan for its federal funds rate has been making plenty of news as of late. The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee decided last week to keep the range for the federal funds rate — the rate at which banks charge other banks on...
by Jason Boone | Jan 25, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips
By Jason Boone As just about any longtime resident will tell you, living in Bend can seem like a dream. We are lucky to live in a beautiful place that puts just about any adventure sport within minutes of any Bend front door. It’s a wonder the area managed to stay a...
by Jason Boone | Jan 19, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate
By Jason Boone During the heady days of the real estate boom, it was not uncommon for home sellers to enlist the help of discount real estate brokers. Back then sellers had all the leverage amid the frenzy, tempting many to look for ways to save on commission. Then...
by Jason Boone | Jan 12, 2016 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Home, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Realtor
By Jason Boone What was already an impressive year in 2015 ended on a particular high note in December. In fact, an almost shocking number of homes were sold during the last month of 2015, pushing the year into record-breaking territory. How good of a month was it?...
by Jason Boone | Jan 5, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone New development in and around Bend has certainly been at the top of mind in the resurgent last few years on the High Desert. For better or for worse, growth is on most everybody’s mind here in Bend. But new development is not all that has been going up....
by Jason Boone | Dec 28, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Mortgage Interest Rates, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Predicting the future is a fool’s errand. As the last 15 years of peaks and valleys in real estate has taught us, it can be particularly foolhardy to say with any certainty what the year ahead will bring. Yet we all still look ahead to 2016 with a sense...
by Jason Boone | Dec 21, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone The news was hardly surprising last week when the announcement came that the Federal Open Market Committee would be hiking the target range of the federal funds rate a quarter point. After seven years of a zero-interest policy, such a move from the...
by Jason Boone | Dec 16, 2015 | Real Estate Market
By Jason Boone Affordable housing, or supposed lack thereof, has been a much-discussed subject around Oregon. And Bend has not been immune, with a historically tight rental market, rising rents and a median home price that at last count sat at $321,500. Such market...
by Jason Boone | Dec 9, 2015 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Home, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Realtor, Home Buying, Home Buying Tips, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone The residential real estate market in Bend, Oregon tends to slow during the winter months. Typically beginning in November, the colder weather combined with the holiday season often sends potential home buyers and sellers into temporary hibernation,...
by Jason Boone | Dec 2, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Buying a rental property can be a wise investment for many, providing extra income for years to come. And the temptation to become a landlord right now is clear. The Bend rental market dramatically favors landlords at the moment, with a historically...
