By Jason Boone Buyers are off to a brisk start to the year apparently, leaving an almost historically tight market for single-family homes in Bend. How tight is the market you ask? Through the month of March, the Bend market offered up about 2.3 months of inventory, according to data recently compiled by the Skjersaa […]
By Jason Boone A leap year and seasonably mild weather made February 2016 in Bend a bit different than in most years. One thing that was typical, though: a relatively slow home sales month in Bend. In February, 125 single-family homes were sold, according to data recently compiled by the Skjersaa Group. That is down […]
By Jason Boone So much for freezing the Bend real estate market this winter. In fact, the local market pretty much started 2016 in the same way it ended 2015: with a record-breaking month. According to data recently compiled by the Skjersaa Group, 155 homes were sold through January. That might not sound like much, […]
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? Through the month of December 214 homes […]
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, leading to fewer new listings and the whittling down of inventory. November 2015 was no […]
Home prices continue to rise across the United States and homeowners are excited especially since at the start of this year it was expected that home prices would start to decline due to the Federal Reserve tapering but that has not happened yet. Year-Over-Year Gains Home prices showed some significant gains year over year In […]
As we move through February 2014, and get closer to March, the Bend Oregon Real Estate market remains strong and as of February 11th there were 475 active residential listings in Bend, that’s close to a 40 percent gain from the same time last year when there were just 340 active listings, but the biggest […]
Thanks to recent data that was released by HOPE NOW we know that 181,000 homeowners across the United States have received some sort of permanent modification of their mortgage loans from July through September of this year. Breaking down The Numbers Out of the 181,000 completed loan modifications from the Q3 of 2013, close to […]