Posts with tag 'bend real estate'

Is Your Bend Oregon Home Ready for Winter?

For those of us who lived through the winter of 2017 in Central Oregon, we remember how winter weather can be hazardous to your home. When the temperature drops and snow accumulates, having prepared your home can ensure you and your property remain safe and warm throughout the winter.

Here are some of the best tips to get your home ready for winter:

1. Blow out sprinklers and turn the system off.
2. Store hoses in the garage and install covers over your outdoor faucets.
3. Store patio furniture in dry location.
4. Seal cracks around doors and windows.
5. Clean your rain gutters and ensure they are working well.
6. Have your roof and chimney inspected by a professional and the chimney cleaned.
7. Make sure your attic space is sufficiently insulated to help avoid heat loss and ice dams.
8. Have your furnace serviced.
9. Prune your bushes and trees and clean up any yard debris.
10. Drain and refill your hot water heater.
11. Install foundation vent covers and keep them on throughout the winter.
12. Lube your garage door moving parts.
13. Tune up your electrical panel.
14. Clean your dryer vents.
15. If your property has been prone to ice dams in the past, consider installing heating strips on the roof eaves.
16. Line up snow shovels and snow blowers early.
17. Have window scrapers, gloves and snow boots ready to go.
18. Make sure you have sufficient batteries, flashlights and lanterns in the event of a prolonged power outage.
19. When the snow starts falling, keep your roof from accumulating too much snow which can result in ice dams. 

Although heavy snow accumulation in Bend is not a normal occurrence, we have had a couple of exceptional winters in the last few years. Heavy snow can happen again. But by preparing for it ahead of time, the need to mitigate its impact on your home can be greatly diminished and your enjoyment of winter significantly increased.

Lack of Inventory a Big Issue in Bend Luxury Home Sales

As is the case in all of Bend real estate, Bend luxury homes are also suffering from a lack of inventory. Since our last post in July, 2020 exclusively looking at the high end market, Bend homes sales over $1,000,000 on less than an acre have continued to be strong with 106 closed third quarter 2020.  This compares with 40 in 2019 and 31 in 2018. For 2020, the price per square foot on closed sales averaged around $400 with the high just under $800. These prices should rise as more and more demand is made on Bend housing, driving the price of some smaller homes above $1,000,000.

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Lack of Inventory Remains the Biggest Issue for Bend Real Estate Sales

This summer has seen some of the biggest increases in Bend home values coupled with the greatest demand. Multiple offers driving home prices up, far more buyers than available properties, and low interest rates have all contributed to our current Bend real estate market in which listings are key to sales.

When September 2020 Bend single family home sales on less than an acre are compared with sales from September 2019, the following changes can be noted:

• Average sales price up 26.6% to $671,559*
• Median Sales price up 25% to $549,950
• New listings up 25.2% to 273
• Available homes for sale down 77.9% to 199
• Pending sales up 126.6% to 494
• Sold homes up 30.3% to 284
• Medium days on market down 72.7% to 6
• Months of supply down 83% to 3 weeks
• Average price per square foot up 16.5% to $303
• Medium pric...

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Bend Home Sales Continue Upward Trends

The Bend single family residential sales trends that we saw in July continued into August with record breaking prices, low inventory levels, and a large uptick in pending sales contracts greatly impacting the Bend real estate market.  Lack of inventory remains a major issue with levels now below one month supply.  This has driven home prices up and led to multiple offers on many properties.

When August 2020 is compared with August 2019, the following data can be noted for Bend single family homes on less than an acre:

• Average sales price is up 17% to $656,022*
• Median sales price is up 11.6% to $529,950
• New listings are up 6.3% to 254
• Number of homes for sale is down 79.1% to 198
• Pending sales is up 125.9% to 576

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Bend Has Been Discovered by the Luxury Home Buyer

We have been tracking Bend real estate sales for decades, but the summer of 2020 has provided for high end home sales that have never been seen before in the Bend market. High end homes have been part of Bend real estate since the early part of last century when the Shevlin-Hixon and Brooks-Scanlon lumber mills opened and logging became the main industry within the town. The land near Mirror Pond and Drake Park became the location where some of Bend's earliest luxury homes were built. Over the years, as various sections of Bend were developed, the luxury market expanded into Pilot Butte, Awbrey Butte, and the various golf communities in town such as Awbrey Glen, Broken Top, Pronghorn and Tetherow. However, as these communities were developed, what constituted luxury in those days rarely exceeded $1,000,000.  Today, however, Bend million dollar home sales are breaking records.

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