We all have a lot on our plates this time of year. That reality can make the prospect of trying to sell a home appear daunting. Who would put their home on the market now, just after Thanksgiving and a little before Christmas? Well, as counterintuitive as it might seem, selling a home during the
The leaves have fallen from the trees. A light dusting of snow has covered the ground on a couple of recent mornings. Car windshields have to be scraped clear of frost and ice for the morning drive to work. Yes, we’re full-on into autumn and just days from Thanksgiving. This time of year is often
By Jason Boone The number of homes sold dropped and the median home-sale price in Bend, Oregon, fell in October, copying a trend from the previous October. The year-to-date median sales price continued to rise last month — as it has done each month in 2016 — adding a very small amount in October to
By Jason Boone In a lot of instances, a homeowner might not be able to control when he sells his house. A change in jobs, a development affecting a family member who resides in a different town or a sudden alteration in one’s lifestyle choice can result in the need to sell a home now. And
Selling a property is not everyone’s cup of tea. Most people have to move mountains in order to get the best price for their property. You have to make sure that your property is in its best condition, so that you can make huge profit from it. The potential buyers tend to offer the price
Much like the overall Bend real estate market, the sales environment in Northwest Crossing picked up in September from the previous month. The number of homes sold and the median sales price increased, and the average days on the market for homes decreased, compared with August’s figures. In August, six single-family detached homes in Northwest
By Jason Boone Any sense during the summer months that the housing market in Bend, Oregon, was softening or beginning to tilt in favor of buyers might be erased by the sales figures from September. After three months of declines in the median sales price, it rose in September to $385,750. That is 7.5 percent more
By Jason Boone Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen announced this month that the central bank would not raise its benchmark interest rate. What can be read into that for the housing market in Bend, Oregon? First understand that the Fed Funds Rate is used to set the rates of most bank loans. Also keep in mind
By Jason Boone In my review of May’s home sales data in Bend, Oregon, I suggested that the market might have been reaching a peak. The figures for the three months since seem to support that theory. The median sales price of a home in August was $359,000. That represents the third month in succession that
By Jason Boone With the city of Bend, Oregon, making progress toward an expansion of its urban growth boundary, some observers of the real estate scene might think that the market for homes — both owner-occupied and rental — will relax from the last couple of years of tight inventory and rising prices. But although
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