by Jason Boone | Mar 29, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home Buying Tips, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Prospective homebuyers still often ask me about foreclosures. Certainly the question makes sense. In the wake of the housing bust, foreclosed properties dominated the real estate market, both in Bend and throughout the nation. For many bargain hunters,...
by Jason Boone | Feb 8, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
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...
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 | 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 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...