Adam Bogle's Blog

Now that the Ashland fire is apparently under control, I can return to the boring statistics of Ashland Oregon real estate. I've come to the conclusion that statistics are not exciting for anyone to read. I post them because I personally find them fascinating, but I don't consider myself to be a ...

   The biggest difference is the temperature...and the low temp in Bend is makes it unbearably cold to me at night in all but the summer months. The averages are only about 5 degrees difference, but look at the charts for the extremes. The exteme low on record for Ashland is -5 degrees, where in ...

In the last two days, the latest foreclosures to be listed for sale are in Central Point. *One located on Ester Way and looks like a good bargain. A little over 25oo square feet on 1.78 acres. The house was built in 2001 and currently appears to be owned by Wells Fargo. The price on this house is...

A quick search of the Southern Oregon MLS shows that today there are 133 bank owned (REO) forclosed houses currently for sale. These properties are all kinds...in all price ranges. On the bottom end is a $55,000 house in Evans Creek on an acre that has fire damage. But more realistically, there i...

The government sponsored first time home buyer credit of $8000 or 10% of the purchase price of a home is set to expire at the end of November. With recent national news that the real estate market is doing better, the government may think that extending the credit is not necessary. While I person...

I've been looking at the added sales volume we have had in the Rogue Valley lately, and hearing stories (and experiencing) multiple offer situations. It has been feeling like a seller's market in many ways. However, it all seems to be in the lower price range. So I just ran a few numbers. For the...

There are currently 315 houses listed for sale in Ashland. There are 35 pending sales, and 26 places sold last month. This roughly shows a 10 month supply of inventory in Ashland.

With every set of statisics I run or receive there is always good news....and there is always some bad news. That is the nature of real estate. What is good for sellers, is not necessarily good for buyers...and vice versa. That being said...it appears that we are approaching a point in the market...

In the last 3 months in Jackson County 384 total sold residential properties 125 sold REO properties 35 sold Short Sale properties Median price of REO/short sale properties is 20% lower than non-duress properties Total 42% of the sold market is REO/Short sale In the last 3 months in Ashland 39 to...

Some interesting facts... In Jackson county, there are currently 281 homes for sale that have been on the market for over 1 year. 139 homes for sale that have been on the market for over 1 1/2 years 50 homes for sale that have been on the market for over 2 years 25 homes for sale that have been o...