by Jason Boone | Jul 4, 2018 | Buying a home, Home Buying, Mortgage Interest Rates, Uncategorized
Anyone who has been in the market to purchase a home recently probably knows that interest rates on traditional 30-year mortgages have risen in the past year, from about 4 percent in July 2017 to 4.625-4.75 percent early this month. Results from a survey, however,...
by Jason Boone | Jun 19, 2018 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Buying a home
Median home prices are near an all-time high in Bend. The inventory of homes for sale skews strongly toward a “seller’s market.” Interest rates have risen from their historic lows of recent years. It seems as if there might be some credible arguments for why now is...
by Jason Boone | Mar 2, 2017 | Buying a home, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan, Mortgages
By Jason Boone Even as the housing market rebounded from the depths of the recession, big banks largely stood on the sideline. They watched as nonbank institutions — companies that only make loans and don’t offer traditional banking services such as savings and...
by Sophia Basurto | Jan 8, 2017 | Bend Oregon Home Buyer, Buying a home
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by Jason Boone | Oct 27, 2016 | Buying a home, Home Buying, Home Sales Process, Home Selling Tips
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...
by Jason Boone | Oct 21, 2015 | Bend Oregon Home Buyer, Bend Oregon Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Buying a home, Home Buying, NorthWest Crossing, Real Estate Market, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone The trend in real estate for years has been to build smaller, greener homes in walkable neighborhoods. In fact, in a recent Urban Land Institute survey a majority of Americans expressed a desire to live in compact and mixed-use communities and half of...