by Jason Boone | Mar 1, 2018 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate News
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...
by Jason Boone | Feb 22, 2018 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Mortgages
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...
by Jason Boone | Feb 13, 2018 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Residential Home Sales
The January sales figures for the Bend, Oregon, real estate market make two things evident: The winter is no longer a “slow” time of year, and the market is divided into two portions – what might be loosely called “affordable” homes on one side and those that are at...
by Jason Boone | Jan 31, 2018 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Real Estate News, Residential Home Sales
The median sales price of a home in Bend, Oregon, rose 10.8 percent from December 2016 to December 2017. That followed increases of 9.9 percent in 2016 and 12.2 percent the year before. Many in the real estate industry, however, expect the recently enacted tax law to...
by Jason Boone | Jan 17, 2018 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Real Estate, NorthWest Crossing
In a year that the real estate market in Bend, Oregon, set records for median sales price, it probably shouldn’t be a surprise that the NorthWest Crossing neighborhood had the highest sales price of its existence, too. The median sales price of NorthWest Crossing...
by Jason Boone | Jan 10, 2018 | Bend Oregon Real Estate
A record-breaking year for real estate in Bend, Oregon, ended with higher prices in December than the month before. December’s median sales price was $394,535, an increase of 1.2 percent from $390,000 in November. The inventory of homes for sale and average days on...
by Jason Boone | Dec 11, 2017 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Home Sales, Bend Oregon Real Estate
The pace of home sales and the median price dropped in November compared with the previous month. But the one-month snapshot comparing November’s numbers to October’s doesn’t capture the bigger picture of the Bend, Oregon, real estate market. November’s median sales...
by Jason Boone | Nov 30, 2017 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, New Home Construction, Real Estate News
By almost any measure, NorthWest Crossing is among the most popular and successful neighborhoods in Bend. Homes are in high demand, the schools are well-regarded, and the community fits the city of Bend’s vision of multiuse neighborhoods. Taking shape on the other...
by Jason Boone | Nov 22, 2017 | Real Estate Market
You might have read recently that Bend and Deschutes County are among the fastest-growing areas in Oregon. To anyone who has lived here long, Bend’s desirability shouldn’t be a surprise. The attraction of this city is what helps us at the Skjersaa Group make our...
by Jason Boone | Nov 8, 2017 | Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Home Sales
After four months in a row of record-setting real estate prices in Bend, Oregon, the market took a step back in October. The median sales price of a home in Bend declined last month, but there is strong evidence that the move was a consolidation, not a sign that the...