With the outbreak of the coronavirus worldwide, which has sickened thousands and created panic and uncertainty in our stock market, we are left to question if the effects will extend to the US real estate market, and more specifically to our local Central Oregon real estate market.

Mortgage Interest Rates have already fallen to new record lows (3.29% as of March 5th) as investors are taking money out of the volatile stock market and putting it into safer US Treasury Bonds. Historically, when bonds are strong, mortgage rates go down.
Commercial Real Estate in Central OregonBend Premier Real Estate is pleased to represent commercial clients in all aspects of their commercial needs, including leasing, sales, investments, tenant representation and consulting services. Our commercial Brokers know how to put a commercial deal together. Plus we answer our phones on weekends!
Bend Premier Real Estate Brokers Rachel Greenwald Rhoads and Kacey Taylors' new listing at 17605 Vandevert Road...
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...
Bend Premier Real Estate is thrilled to welcome Rachel Greenwald Rhoads back to the brokerage. Rachel has spent the last two years working in commercial real estate and brings this expertise back to Bend Premier.
Rachel began her career as a residential real estate agent and had great success with residential sales for 6 years. It was while working in residential that she determined she needed the added experience with commercial real estate to best represent her clients in all their real estate needs. Her tenacity in finding the best property for her clients or in representing them in their sale is a trait that makes Rachel a phenomenal real estate Broker. You can read more about Rachel in the Bend Premier Company page.
The latest census predicts that the population of Bend will be 130,000 by 2030. With just under 95,000 people currently residing in the city limits, and just 2,380 acres recently added to the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), new density philosophies will certainly be needed to accommodate this growth.
Bend Planners have identified a handful of "Opportunity Areas" throughout the city. Several of these, The Old Mill Korpine property, the east Greenwood District and the Bend Central District (BCD) are currently being considered by the city to become urban renewal areas, and promise to drastically alter the face of this once sleepy logging town.
The BCD is gaining the most traction. Brooks Resources recently purchased 1.76 acres between Franklin and Emerson, the former Murray and Holt Auto dealership, with the hopes of jumpstarting the BCD's urban renewal process. Some concepts have been considered a...