Bend Oregon Real Estate Sales

June 21, 2020

Bend Real Estate Market Update

Bend Oregon Real Estate Market UpdatAs life around Oregon begins to take some degree of normalcy, I’m beginning to get questions from clients, family, and friends who are wondering about the state of the market. Prospective buyers want to know if now is a good time to purchase a home or investment property around Bend ...

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Jan. 15, 2019

Bend Oregon Real Estate Experts

Bend Oregon Real Estate Experts

Jim and Matt Johnson have been working as a father and son real estate team for over 16 years! Jim is now in semi-retirement and spending the winter in Arizona with his wife Connie. Matt works full time and takes care of Jim's clients ...

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Oct. 28, 2017

Bend Oregon Home Prices Back to Normal

Home Prices in Bend Are Rising

Now that the great recession is behind us and the real estate bubble is in the past the prices of homes in Bend have reached their highs of 2006.  But now our rate of appreciation is much less than it was back then ...

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Sept. 17, 2014

July 2014 Existing Home Sales

Sales Increasing

Home sales in Bend continued to increase even with the reduction in inventory.  New home sales are also increasing as there is now a profit margin for builders and their spec homes. 

Existing-home sales in the West climbed 2.6 percent to an annual rate of ...

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Aug. 19, 2012

Bend Oregon Home Prices Up 15%

The Bend Bulletin reported that median home prices have risen over 19% in the last year in July.  According to my research thru the Central Oregon Multiple Listing service median prices are up 15% this July over last July and the number of July sales were up 33% this ...

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April 19, 2012

Existing-Home Sales Decline in March but Inventory Down, Prices Stabilizing..

Prices Stabilizing

WASHINGTON (April 19, 2012) – Existing-home sales were down in March but continue to outpace year-ago levels, while inventory tightened and home prices are showing further signs of stabilizing, according to the National Association of Realtors®.  However, homes sales have been strong in the first quarter in ...

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Nov. 6, 2010

Realtors Always Optimistic

Realtors® Cautiously Optimistic about Future of Housing Market

New Orleans, November 06, 2010

Real estate experts were cautiously optimistic about the current and future state of the industry at today’s State of the Real Estate Industry forum during the 2010 REALTORS® Conference & Expo.

Panelist Margaret Kelly, chief executive officer ...

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Nov. 6, 2010

Long Term Home Ownership in Bend Oregon

NAR Home Buyer and Seller Survey Shows Value of Long-Term Home Ownership

New Orleans, November 05, 2010

Home buyers today have affirmed a long-term view of home ownership, the typical seller is experiencing positive returns and the vast majority of home owners see their property as a good investment, according ...

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Aug. 11, 2010

Bend Real Estate Market Looking Up

Lagging Market in Bend

The Bend Oregon real estate market lags behind the national real estate market.  The were many bank foreclosures in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Southern California before the foreclosures started in Bend.

Now it looks like the market is starting to pick up nationally.  This ...

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May 24, 2010

Home Sales Continue to Rise

Home Sales

 

WASHINGTON (May 24, 2010) – Existing-home sales rose again in April with buyers motivated by the tax credit, improving consumer confidence and favorable affordability conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Existing-home sales1, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased ...

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