2018 ended with December showing a 7.9 percent year-over-year increase in the median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon. The final month of the year was also characterized by continued signs of a housing market fueled by demand from prospective home buyers. December’s median sales price of $425,700 was 1.7 percent lower than
Given the Bend, Oregon, real estate market – characterized by six consecutive months of a median sales price of at least $425,000, an inventory of homes for sale that tilts toward sellers, and an average sales price to list price that rarely dips below 99 percent – it might seem surprising that the housing market
The median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, rose in October, stopping a three-month run of declines. October’s figure was $432,900, 1.9 percent more than the previous month’s median sales price and 7.1 percent more than that of October 2017. An increase in median sales price and other data points from October seem
August has recently been a month of consolidation in the median sales price in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market. The eighth month of 2018 followed that trend, with the median sales price falling 1.5 percent from July. The median sales price in August was $430,500, after it registered at $437,000 in July. August’s figure
Even as interest rates on mortgages have risen, the demand for homes in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market continues apace. In June, the median sales price of a Bend home was $449,450. Not only is that a record median sales price for the 11-plus years for which we have data (and probably a record
April in 2018 followed the pattern of previous years for real estate activity in the NorthWest Crossing neighborhood in Bend, Oregon, which remains among the most desirable areas of town. Ten single-family NorthWest Crossing homes were sold in April, traditionally one of the busier months of the year. Only once in an April (2013 –
Activity in the Bend, Oregon, real estate market increased in April, setting calendar-year bests for active listings and average days on market. The median sales figure dropped from the month before – as has happened in previous Aprils – but was 6.5 percent more than in April 2017. April’s median sales figure was $415,250. That
The median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, continued to climb in February, and benchmark data points surpassed previous highs for any February dating to 2007. If the pattern from previous years holds in 2018, we have not seen a peak in the real estate market. February’s median sales price was $410,000. That’s
The affordability of housing in the Bend, Oregon, area has the attention of government leaders, local media and the general public. The rising price of homes and the scarcity of rental housing have produced what is regularly referred to as a housing crisis. The lifestyle Bend offers is one source of the high demand for
Home prices in Bend, Oregon, continued their general upward trend in January 2018. The rise in the median sales price here has been part of a nationwide increase in home prices. In this environment, it’s understandable to wonder if the market might be prone to the type of free fall it experienced the last time
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