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 | Jan 25, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips
By Jason Boone As just about any longtime resident will tell you, living in Bend can seem like a dream. We are lucky to live in a beautiful place that puts just about any adventure sport within minutes of any Bend front door. It’s a wonder the area managed to stay a...
by Jason Boone | Dec 21, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone The news was hardly surprising last week when the announcement came that the Federal Open Market Committee would be hiking the target range of the federal funds rate a quarter point. After seven years of a zero-interest policy, such a move from the...
by Jason Boone | Nov 24, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Home values have grown significantly since the depths of the Great Recession. There is no denying that. Here in Bend, Oregon, the monthly median price has grown from a monthly low of $166,000 in November 2011 to $339,950 in October. For anyone who lived...
by Jason Boone | Nov 18, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips, Mortgage Interest Rates, NorthWest Crossing, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone By most any measure this has been a very good year at NorthWest Crossing, easily among the most talked about neighborhoods in Bend, Oregon. For those of us who live in town, we know the buzz that has surrounded the unique live-work development on Bend’s...
by Jason Boone | Nov 3, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home Buying Tips, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Not long ago it seemed there was a reward for those who chose to wait on the sidelines of the real estate market. The housing boom had gone bust, and downward pressure was created as more and more foreclosures hit the market. Thankfully, those scary...