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Bend Oregon Real Estate | August 2025 Trends
Its a Mixed Market for Bend Home Sales
August is usually a month where home buyers with young children close their purchases and get settled before school starts. It is also a month in which sellers who didn't sell their properties during the peak summer selling season consider their next options. Often, for those who really need to sell, lowering the asking price can be the answer. For others, taking their property off the market may make more sense. However, in 2025, the August Bend home sales reflected a mixed market with prices up, closings up, inventory up and days on market up.
When August 2025 is compared with August 2024, th...
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Why 50% of Homes Are Selling for Under Asking and How To Avoid It
If your selling strategy still assumes you'll get multiple offers over asking, it's officially time for a reset. That frenzied seller's market is behind us. And here are the numbers to prove it.
From Frenzy to "Normal"
Right now, about 50% of homes on the market are selling for less than their asking price, according to the latest data from Cotality.
But that isn't necessarily bad news, even if it feels like it. Here's why. The wild run-up over the last few years was never going to be sustainable. The housing market needed a reset, and data shows that's exactly what's happening right now.
The graph below uses data from Zillow to sh...