Posts in category 'Bend Oregon Real Estate Trends'

Is Bend Moving Into a Balanced Market?

The May data has been published and for those who are familiar with Bend Oregon real estate trends, the increase in the numbers of active listings is significant. May traditionally has been a month with a surge in new listings with sellers getting ready for the peak summer selling season. However, in May 2025 there was a huge 42% increase in active inventory year over year. With these numbers, Bend is now trending close to a balanced market with months of supply approaching 5 months.

When May 2025 is compared with May 2024, the following changes can be noted for Bend single family home sales on less than an acre:

• Median sales price up 2.6% to $774,250*
• Original median listing price up 4.7% to $874,000
• New listings up 3.6% to 285
• Homes for sale up 41.9% to 6...

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Bend Home Inventory is Up With Closings Down

The data has been published and the early spring trends year over year for 2025 reflect Bend's single family home real estate market with prices still rising, inventory up considerably, pending sales up, days on market up, and overall closings down.

The increased inventory has provided more options for Bend home buyers and many sellers are willing to negotiate price and terms in order to get their property sold. Those sellers unwilling to do this are often finding their property sitting with little activity. The...

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Bend Home Prices Appear to be Leveling Off

Spring 2025 has begun with many economic and political changes within the country. The uncertainty of tariffs and the stock market may ultimately result in a pull back in home sales. However, the beginning of April has had strong real estate sales for Bend Premier Real Estate brokers. It could be with people not having confidence in the stock market, the proven reliability of real estate to consistently gain value over time coupled with more certainty in mortgage interest rates leveling or even dropping could result in a boom in Bend home sales. The next few months could be a roller coaster, or perhaps a more steady-as-she-goes market....

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Bend Real Estate Inventory is Way Up

The real estate trends for Bend single family homes are reflecting a changing market. Sales are dependent upon a mortgage interest rate that works for the majority of home buyers, but also upon available homes from which to choose. February 2025 saw a shift in both categories with a large increase in home inventory as well as a more moderate reduction in mortgage interest rates. Buyers are finding many more homes on the market that may meet their search criteria. Sellers are finding that in order to make their home stand ou...

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What Happened With Bend Luxury Homes in 2024?

2024 was a year that reflected changes for Bend Oregon real estate. The high end luxury home market had more listings and more activity in 2024 compared with 2023. In particular, homes listed in all categories over $1,000,000 had strong sales with the only exception in the $1,300,000 to $1,599,999 category in which there was a 14.4% decrease in home sales. In this same category, days on market were up over 113% with an increase of 85% in months of supply (up to over 5 months). Based on an earlier 2024 review of the Bend luxury market, it was determined that many listings taken in this price point required pri...

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