by Jason Boone | Feb 9, 2021 | Buying Home In Bend
January is traditionally one of the more sedate months for real estate activity. But in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market, January 2021 produced a record high for median sales price amid an environment of demand continuing to far outstrip supply. The median sales...
by Jason Boone | Jan 13, 2021 | Bend Oregon Home Sales, Buying Home In Bend
In the final six months of 2020, 1,587 homes were sold in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market. That made it the most active “second” six months of a year on record. By a lot. The July 1-to-Dec. 31 figure was 20 percent greater than the previous high-water...
by Jason Boone | Dec 10, 2020 | Buying Home In Bend
A slowdown in real estate activity near the end of the calendar year is a seasonal expectation. But what’s happening at the end of 2020 in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market looks more like a shortage of homeowners willing to put their house up for sale than...
by Jason Boone | Nov 10, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate Statistics
October provided more of the same data that has characterized the Bend, Oregon, real estate market since the reopening from March’s stay-at-home orders: Prices continue to climb, inventory continues to decline, homes are moving more quickly, and sellers are getting...
by Jason Boone | Oct 12, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Residential Home Sales
In September, for the fourth month in a row, the median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, rose, reaching an all-time high of $549,900. The sales figure continues a run that began roughly when the state emerged from stay-at-home orders imposed to combat the...
by Jason Boone | Sep 13, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate
Whatever metric you want to use, the numbers paint a pretty clear picture of the Bend, Oregon, real estate market: There is not enough supply of homes to meet buyers’ demand. Not nearly enough. Speaking of August’s sales figures in general terms, lots of homes were...
by Jason Boone | Aug 11, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Real Estate News, Real Estate Statistics
Cheap interest rates? Pent-up demand after the pandemic-caused shutdown? A push from urbanites to move somewhere with a little elbow (or social-distancing) room? All of the above? Something completely different? Whatever the cause, the effect on the Bend, Oregon, real...
by Jason Boone | Jul 9, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Prices
A record-low inventory of homes for sale and a year-to-date high in the median sales price characterized the Bend, Oregon, real estate market in June as things continued to kick back into gear. What’s more, the month ended with the most pending sales on record,...
by Jason Boone | Jun 17, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Home Sales, Home Sales Process
May ended with 285 pending home sales in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market – the most in one month in nearly four years – as the reopening of the region from the coronavirus shutdown was reflected in more real estate activity. The 285 pending sales at the end of...
by Jason Boone | May 20, 2020 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Statistics
Data from the first full calendar month since Oregon was placed under a stay-at-home order shows fewer homes sold in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market for a normal April – probably not a surprise – but a median sales price that is virtually unchanged from that of...