Are you Zooming to a New Town?

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Location and Quality of Living have become the #1 focus for many people this year, and making a move to a Zoom Town is a breakout trend of 2020! What is a “Zoom Town”? Like a boom town, Zoom Towns are seeing a sudden influx of city folk and people relocating from near and far.

Places that are part of this “Zoom Boom” are mid sized cities with recreation, affordable housing, and proximity to nature. In Oregon Bend has been the shining example of such a town for a decade now, but is also seeing an even bigger boom this year than expected. Other areas that are booming include the resort town of Sunriver and parts of the Oregon Coast. In Washington state, Methow Valley is really feeling this boom and so are the San Juan Islands. Further afield in the Pacific Northwest Kelowna, British Columbia, Sandpoint, Idaho, and Bozeman, Montana, and Booming and Zooming!

Are you looking to relocate to a Zoom Town? Look out for resources that will make the work part of your new work/life balance easy: high speed internet, proximity to recreation you love, transit to you work base (planes, trains, or automobiles?), and affordability.

If you are making any real estate plans in Oregon and Washington please don’t hesitate to reach out! I’m here to answer questions, brainstorm, plan, and as a general real estate resource.

Source: OPB