Gotta give credit where it’s due. Today’s lead business story in the Bulletin, “Bend Subdivision Faces Foreclosure,” is a straight-shooting look at the problems facing the local real estate market.
The story mainly focuses on the debacle at Renaissance Ridge but further into the story we find a few interesting facts:
-In the first few months of this year, home sales in Bend and Redmond are down 44% from the same time last year.
-Over the same time, default notices have risen 253%.
Still, prices are still well above fair value and it seems to me that this is only just the beginning of a correction that’s been long overdue.
This is what it feels like After the Goldrush:
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