Every Monday I publish a short read on the Southern Oregon real estate market: rates, inventory conditions, what is moving and what is not, and anything worth tracking for buyers, sellers, and investors in Grants Pass and Josephine County. Quarterly, I also publish a longer Rogue Valley market article. Browse below for the full archive.
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of July 27, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS Mortgage rates just hit a one-year high: the 30-year fixed is averaging 6.70-6.73%, up about a quarter point from last week. If you’ve been waiting for rates to make the decision for you, that wait keeps getting longer. Grants Pass’s median sale price fell to $409,000 in June, down 9.1% from a year ago, while the median…
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of July 20, 2026
Buyers & Sellers Mortgage rates ticked up slightly this week: the 30-year fixed is averaging 6.55%, up from 6.49% the week before. Economists still expect rates to hold above 6% through the rest of the year, so the real question for most buyers is whether a property and payment work today, not whether rates will eventually drop. Grants Pass home…
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Southern Oregon Market Update -Week of July 13, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS Nearly 60% of Grants Pass homes sold this year went below asking, and days on market stretched to 72-130 days, up from 42-105 in 2024. This is a real buyer’s market, not a seasonal lull. Grants Pass median rent has fallen about 6% this year to roughly $1,300, giving buyers more leverage on move-in timing and making…
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of July 6, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS Grants Pass home values are averaging around $405,000. Jackson County median sale prices are running near $446,000, and Josephine County near $434,000. The two counties are pricing differently enough now that “Southern Oregon” is not one market, and buyers cross-shopping both should expect the comparison to be uneven. Homes are averaging about 38 days on the market…
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of June 29, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS TALK OF THE TOWN Questions about what any of this means for your situation? Get in touch.
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Southern Oregon Home Values in the 2020s: What the Numbers Show
Southern Oregon’s housing market spent most of the 2020s playing by a different set of rules than the rest of the country. Sometimes we led. Sometimes we held when others fell. And right now, in some corners of the region, we’re softening in ways the national numbers don’t capture. Here’s the full arc. The Surge: 2020-2022 The pandemic-era housing boom…
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Southern Oregon Market Update – June 23, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS TALK OF THE TOWN Questions about what any of this means for your situation? Get in touch.
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of June 22, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS TALK OF THE TOWN Questions about what any of this means for your situation? Get in touch.
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of June 15, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS TALK OF THE TOWN Questions about what any of this means for your situation? Get in touch.
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Southern Oregon Market Update – Week of June 8, 2026
BUYERS & SELLERS INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS TALK OF THE TOWN Questions about what any of this means for your situation? Get in touch.
Jamie The Realtor 