by Jason Boone | Oct 30, 2017 | Bend Oregon Home Buyer, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Buy vs. Rent
Nearly 10 years old, the implosion of the U.S. housing market created wounds that still bear scars. One of the byproducts from that period was a general decline in homeownership. Every age category below those 65 years old shows fewer people owning their homes. Those...
by Jason Boone | Oct 13, 2017 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate
The residential real estate market in Bend, Oregon, continued in September to reach new heights for sales prices, but the increases remained modest. In September, for the fourth month in a row, the median sales price of a home in Bend reached a record high. Although...
by Jason Boone | Sep 12, 2017 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate
The median sales price of Bend homes hit another record high in August — barely. It marked the third month in a row the median sales figure established a record. At $414,000, the median sales price in August was $1,500 (0.4 percent) higher than July’s amount....
by Jason Boone | Aug 8, 2017 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
The median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, set another record in July, the second month in a row that figure has reached unprecedented levels. But along with the rising median sales price came evidence that the market is highly competitive and buyers are...
by Jason Boone | Aug 1, 2017 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan, Mortgages
Even though interest rates for traditional 30-year mortgages are near the lowest on record, some home buyers in Bend, Oregon, take on adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs. These loans start, for a predetermined time, with an interest rate even lower than that of a...
by Jason Boone | Jul 12, 2017 | Bend Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate
Back-to-back months of declines in the median sales price of homes in Bend, Oregon, ended in June: The median price was $409,000 – a record for the 10-plus years for which the Skjersaa Group has data and the first time in that period that the median price has reached...
