Real estate activity in Deschutes County for single-family homes remains strong, with seventy-eight pending sales and seventy-seven closed weekly transactions. More importantly, the active listings only increased by twenty-five to 787, twenty-two less than this week last year. The year-over-year weekly difference in inventory may be small, but the …

Before I pulled the MLS data this morning, I prepared to write about cracks beginning to appear in the housing market based on stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. My speculation about a slowing market originated from an early week spike in inventory and my incorrect assumption that buyers would …

The lack of homes for sale in Central Oregon is no more apparent than in the less populated counties of Crook and Jefferson, where the inventory of single-family homes this week are 133 and seventy, respectively, an increase of one for each county over last week. With so few …

Mortgage rates backed off of recent highs, with the 30-year average for a fixed-rate conventional loan at 6.89% yesterday afternoon, unchanged from Monday. This week is bereft of new data, with the Fed in a blackout period ahead of next week's meeting and the CPI numbers coming out on …

As mortgage rates rise, the threshold that keeps buyers on the sidelines in Central Oregon also rises in our supply-constrained market. When rates first began climbing, 6% was the breaking point for many buyers, with the inventory of single-family homes in Deschutes County peaking at 972 on August 10, …

Inventory of single-family homes in Deschutes County increased eighteen to 667 this week, while Crook and Jefferson Counties were flat. Deschutes County homes for sale are up 12.7% from last year, nowhere near enough inventory to dampen prices significantly. Price reductions of the actively listed homes in Deschutes and …

Thankfully, inventory in Central Oregon continues to climb, with 649 single-family homes listed this morning in Deschutes County. Homes listed in Crook County were up by two to 117, and Jefferson County was flat at sixty-four. Conversely, the median price reduction for pending sales remains low, with Deschutes County …

Pending sales have increased in Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties since my report last week. Jefferson County has seen the most significant pending sale volume since I started tracking the county statistics last July, with eleven pending sales. Crook County also had eleven pending sales and a median price …

Single-family homes for sale in Deschutes County increased this week by the most significant amount in 2023 to 570, up forty-seven from last Wednesday. The increase is welcome news to buyers working with constrained supply and up from this time last year. However, on May 25, 2022, the inventory …

This week, inventory of available single-family homes declined in all three Central Oregon Counties, a sign that buyer demand is outstripping homes for sale. Pending sales in Deschutes County dropped by five to seventy-five, with twelve in Crook County and four in Jefferson County. Pending sales are a great …