John and Sandy Kohlmoos

The Highlands at Broken Top

18780 Macalapine Loop, Bend Oregon 97702 MLS # 201200864 Offered at $2595000 The Highlands at Broken Top I think if I could live anywhere in Bend it would be in the Highlands at Broken Top. Here, on slightly more than 500 acres bordering Tetherow and the Deschutes National Forest, lie 50 exquisite 10 acre parcels….

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Shevlin Commons Lot For Sale

19025 NW Squirreltail Loop, Bend Oregon 97701 MLS# 201102288 June 12 . . . This beautiful homesite has sold!! Offered at $199,000 Shevlin Commons Shevlin Commons is a unique neighborhood on the westside of Bend. While close to everything . . . schools (Summit High School and Central Oregon Community College), restaurants, shopping and downtown,…

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Bend Home Sales

January 2012 in Bend Winter finally arrived in Central Oregon, with over 8 feet of snow falling at Mt. Bachelor from 1/16-1/20. The housing market in Bend wasn’t as happy as the powder hounds; as it  cooled a bit.  We saw the sale of just 111 homes in Bend Oregon in January . . ….

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Land For Sale in Bend

745 SE Briarwood Ct. Bend OR 97702 MLS#201200268 Offered at $89,500 Sunny Southeast Side of Bend Oregon It’s rare to find a sunny, gently-sloped building site in an already established neighborhood, especially on the Southeast side of Bend Oregon. What a spot to build your dream home! The Best Homesite in Tanglewood This over 13,000…

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Homes in Bend . . . December 2011

The photo above was taken from Sandy’s office at Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty . . . not a bad view! Bend Oregon Real Estate Aside from the spring-like weather and absolute lack of precipitation, December was pretty nice. The Bend Oregon real estate market was  active . . . with 140 sales. That’s up about…

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Pronghorn Sells!

Pronghorn Lender Sells Loans The real estate landscape in Central Oregon continues to evolve as The Bend Bulletin reported  that Societe Generale, the holder of $43 M in loans  at Pronghorn has sold the note to a “master developer.” Email to Pronghorn Members An email to members at Pronghorn, sent out by general manager, Spencer…

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Skiers Mob Bachelor . . . Free Skiing, New Chairlift

Skiers Mob Mt. Bachelor The tag line seemed too good to be true. I came across this article in the Bend Bulletin looking back on Bend 25 years ago . . . made me chuckle. A simpler time. I wonder what housing prices in Bend were then? Unheard-of-event Skiers used to shelling out big bucks…

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Bend Oregon Among Best Housing Markets

Bend Oregon Real Estate Twas the season to be jolly, and I was getting rather tired of writing about the negatives (Central Oregon Economy Sputters, Notices of Default Skyrocket, Stress) associated with the real estate market in Bend . . . in the nick of time (no pun intended), along comes this hopeful report on…

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Bend Oregon Real Estate

Real Estate in Bend Oregon . . . November 2011 We did get some positive unemployment news, but, still, the Bend Oregon housing market continues to stumble onward. November brought the anticipation of Mt. Bachelor’s opening, cold north winds, Thanksgiving (and much to be thankful for!), and a rather frosty 119 sales of homes in…

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Central Oregon Economy Sputters

Region’s Economy The economist who has created the Central Oregon Business Index, Tim Duy, says that the local economy has continued its stutter-stepping of the last two years . . . a couple of steps forward, then one back. The index of Central Oregon’s economy topped out in the second quarter of 2006 and reached…

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