
At a recent lunch meeting, the Bend Premier Real Estate top producers for 2018 were announced. All Bend Premier Brokers contributed to the success of the brokerage in 2018, but special recognition was given to those in various categories:
Recognition was also given to the top 10 in total sales:
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The figures are out and the trends we have been following over the past year were again seen in the December 2018 Bend residential real estate sales figures. December 2018 saw a dramatic reduction in Bend home sales on less than an acre compared with December 2017:
The figures for act...
The Bend high end real estate market grew considerably in 2018. Million dollar homes, including those built for speculation, have sold at larger numbers than those in 2017 with the greatest percentage increase in the $1,300,000 to $1,699,999 range (up 42.9%). **
For available inventory, the numbers of homes in the $2,300,000 and up range grew by the largest percentage with 50% more properties available in 2018 than in 2017. The months of supply fell in all categories except the highest where the inventory levels are now at 17.2 months (up from 10.9 months in 2017).
Pending sales were also up with the greatest percentage increase in the $1,300,000 to $1,699,999 category with an increase of 63.9% There were 59 homes which went pending during 2018 which are listed in this group. There were 93 pendin...
Historically, our local commercial real estate market trends above the national averages. Our Central Oregon area commands very aggressive CAP rates due to supply and demand; when you put a magnifying glass to our market, we have very little Industrial property For Sale/For Lease and it would appear that the Urban Growth Boundary expansion recently passed will not solve this immediate problem. Our local market in most cases this year has positive absorption rates for office and retail as well.
What's Up on the National Front?
Our local commercial real estate market trends about a year behind what we experience in the residential market. This is consistently true and while residential real estate sales experienced a sudden recessional impact in 2008, commercial real estate sales stayed consistent until roughly 2nd quarter 2009 and then fell into distressed "short sa...
The data has been published and Bend single family home trends show mixed results for November. When Bend home sales from November, 2018 are compared with the sales from November, 2017, the following changes can be seen:
Closings were down significantly in November which can be contributed to the softening Bend home sales seen earlier in the year; days on market and months of inventory are both up. While...