(Update: adding comments from Prineville Planning Director) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Prineville housing development is moving forward with a new builder, and city leaders say the change could help add more homes to the fast-growing community. The Ochoco Pointe subdivision has been in Prineville since 2003. Over the years, Pahlisch Homes has built up
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — One chart jumps off the page in October’s Central Oregon home sales report from Beacon Appraisal Group – a noteworthy spike in how long it took to sell a Bend home. “I was kind of shocked by that,” appraiser Donnie Montagner told KTVZ News when asked about the 66-day median days
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(Update: adding video, adding interview with Bend Chamber, City of Bend, and Bend YIMBY) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Bend’s population continues to grow, so does the pressure on housing. Now, officials are turning to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as one way to help ease the crunch — starting with a library of pre-approved ADU
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After being offered for sale by the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL), Hayden Homes has been chosen to purchase and develop a 260-acre property — referred to as the Stevens Road Tract — in southeast Bend.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At a time of year when home sales traditionally heat up, Bend’s average sales price dropped nearly $80,000 in June and nearly $140,000 over the past two months, to $693,000 – the lowest figure in 18 months, a new report says. Beacon Appraisal Group’s Donnie Montagner said Wednesday that Bend has
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Wednesday, Oregon State fire marshals Partnered with the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) to conducted a wildfire burn scenario demonstrating the effectiveness of creating defensible space around your home. “Today’s demonstration makes that reality personal. Seeing the way bark mulch, shrubs and building materials burn helps people connect
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(Update: Adding video) CENTRAL OREGON [KTVZ] — Central Oregon’s housing market continues to evolve. It presents both challenges and opportunities. Affordability and supply, remain at the forefront of concerns. According to Rocket, in Bend, the median home list price reached $899,000, in April 2025. That’s a 14.5% increase from 2024. What follows is Redmond, with
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend home sales market hit another record in April, and got there in dramatic fashion: an $84,000 jump in a single month, to $832,000, Beacon Appraisal Group said Wednesday in its monthly real estate report. That’s well above the previous record median price of $800,000, reached last fall and in
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(Update: Added video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Skjersaa Group is mourning the loss of its founder, Terry Skjersaa, and his wife, Renee, who were beloved figures in the Central Oregon community. The couple’s passing has left a profound impact on the local real estate industry and the community at large. Jason Boone, a longtime
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Bend’s median home sales price returned to the $800,000 record set in the summer of 2023, while Redmond’s figure of $500,000 held within the fairly narrow range of the past year, Redmond’s Beacon Appraisal Group said in its monthly report Thursday.
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Between June and August of this year, Harcourts The Garner Group in Bend helped 79 families become homeowners. They have recorded 153 sales for the year to date, an increase from 144 during the same period last year.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -Bend’s median home sales price got closer to a record level in June, while Redmond’s dipped a bit. Both markets saw their inventory rise to 3 ½ months, the highest level in at least three years, according to Thursday’s report from Beacon Appraisal Group. Bend’s median price rose $22,000 last month, to
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Cushman & Wakefield announced Wednesday that the firm has been retained as exclusive advisor by the Oregon Department of State Lands for the sale of ±262 acres of developable land in southeast Bend, the second part of the Stevens Ranch Tract.
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– While Bend’s average home sales price rose $46,000 to over $750,000 in May, the number of home sales dropped from 162 to 128. Redmond home sales also slightly dropped from April to May, from 69 to 67.
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REDMON, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend and Redmond single-family home markets saw a significant increase in the number of sales in April and the marketing times in both areas declined, Beacon Appraisal said in its monthly report, issued Tuesday. The Bend median sale price declined $46,000 in April, to $707,000 while Redmond’s median sale price
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Several months of slow declines in Bend’s median home sales price turned around in a hurry in March, as it jumped $71,000 in a single month, to $753,000 – not a record, but much closer to that $800,000 figure, set last June, a monthly report from Redmond’s Beacon Appraisal Group showed Tuesday.
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A recent proposed Realtor lawsuit settlement that would change commission rules for real estate agents could have some serious impacts on the housing market and real estate industry, here on the High Desert and elsewhere. Just how is still coming into focus.
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In a quick search on Realtor.com, it was revealed that there are over 900 available houses in the Bend area up for sale. According to Zillow.com, the average price of an Oregon home is about $480,000.
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According to Compass Commercial Real Estate, about 1,200 new multi-family housing apartments are set to come online in Bend over the next six to eight months.
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You might say that record-breaking home sales prices in Bend are getting to be … a broken record. Not every month, but often enough to fuel its symbolic marker for the conversation over how to keep housing in the area from getting farther out of reach for so many.
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