December 2020 Market Trends for Bend Residential Real Estate
Finding a home for sale in Bend continues to be challenging for buyers who are competing for an extremely limited inventory of active listings. The available inventory dipped to another new low in November, down from 0.6 months in October to 0.5 months. To compare that inventory metric, there was...
Winter Solstice—why it’s my favorite day of the year
“In our constantly busy contemporary world, we are relentlessly trying to defer the onset of winter…we may never choose to winter, but we can choose how we do it. I think that a lot of the pain of winter comes from the pain of our flinching away from it.” – Katherine...
Practicing Gratitude and Staying Safe This Thanksgiving
Like so many life experiences in 2020, Thanksgiving will look a lot different for most of us this year. Many of us look forward to large family gatherings, travel and festive holiday shopping, but scaling back our social activities this year helps keep our entire community as safe as possible. The...
Giving Tuesday in Bend
Resources for supporting our community, now more than ever As we head into the holidays, we hope you and your family are finding many things to be grateful for even during these uncertain times. Despite the disappointments and inconveniences the pandemic has presented to all of us for months now,...
November 2020 Market Trends for Bend Real Estate
Inventory at an all-time low and median home price at all-time high Despite a rise in new listings last month compared with October 2019, buyer demand continues to keep available inventory of homes for sale in Bend at historic lows and drive the median home price up to an all-time high of...
Election Resources in Central Oregon
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...
October Market Trends for Bend Real Estate
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 Market Trends for Bend Real Estate
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...
Median Home Price in Bend Hits All-Time High
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...
How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Affecting the Bend Real Estate Economy?
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...