Lot's of homes for sale in Applegate - why?

[Steve97415]

Originally Posted by Steve Pickering

And Larry, the coast is milder hot and cold wise, year round as compaired to anywhere inland. You should know that.

And he said that. But temperatures don't reveal everything. High dew points, lack of sunshine, and frequent fog and wind compromise human comfort when it comes to the weather of the Oregon coast. It is seldom anything other than overcast, damp and chilly there. Despite what the thermometer says, 50F on the coast feels colder than 45F in the Rogue Valley.

The Applegate Valley is probably the closest you can come to a northern California climate (other than coastal) in Oregon. Beautiful land, nice mesothermic climate. But it's rather remote and it requires a certain amount of social and financial independence to live there.

[Redrock5]

I moved to Talent 5 years ago, a few miles north of Ashland. We're at about 2,000 ft here, and when it does snow (rarely) it's gone by lunchtime. The only time I've had to use a snow shovel here was to load mulch into my wheelbarrow.
Yes, it gets hot here too in the summer, sometimes touching 100F, luckily we're at the edge of the valley and there's always a breeze caused by the convection. Humidity though, is low, and as the Sun dips behind the mountains to the west the temperature drops immediately, often there's around a 30 deg. F swing between night and day.
Property prices are improving, but mostly at the low end, and in the urban areas especially. This is partly due to a lack of distressed sellers there, hopefully the recovery becomes more broad based, and sustained.