John and Sandy Kohlmoos

Bend Oregon Real Estate . . . September 2011

Real Estate in Bend . . . September 2011 The warmest September on record failed to heat up the real estate market in Bend. We saw the sale of 132 homes in Bend, down about 18% from August’s figure of 162 (Bend Real Estate . . . August).  Activity was up a bit  from a…

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Tetherow Townhomes

Tetherow Townhomes Infrastructure work continues at the site of the new townhomes at Tetherow. They will be called Tripleknot Townhomes, and the  first phase will consist of 22 units, 14 of which will back to the golf course. Each building will consist of two townhomes. The wonderful location . . . just minutes to the…

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Bend Real Estate . . . August 2011

Bend Real Estate As we moved through the “dies caniculares”  (dog days of summer), our Bend Oregon real estate engine continued to rumble on.  We saw the sale of 158 homes in Bend . . . up about 30% from a year ago; also up  24% from last month (see Home Sales in Bend in…

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Bend Real Estate . . . July 2011

Braggadocio A little bragging for the month . . . we had a wonderful sale that won’t show up in this month’s statistics–our listing on Macalpine Loop in The Highlands finally closed at $1,252,000. It would have been the high priced winner for the month (except that it’s on 10 acres; for our analysis, we…

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Tetherow Home For Sale

Tetherow Tetherow first received accolades because of the superb David Kidd-designed, links-style 18 hole track. And, while the course is still a wonder, more Bendites are starting to see Tetherow as great neighborhood . . . room to roam, close to schools, downtown, and just a hop and a skip to the road to Mt….

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Brasada Ranch Cabin . . . golf frontage, Cascade views!

Brasada Ranch Cabin 16719 SW Brasada Ranch Road (cabin #71), Powell Butte, OR 97753 MLS #2904710 $275,000 PRICE REDUCED  on August 8, to $275,000! UPDATE . . . This cabin sold on 11/10/11! Then Real estate was red hot in Bend and Central Oregon in June of 2005, when Brasada Ranch released its first phase…

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Cascade Sotheby’s and the iPad

Cascade Sotheby’s and the iPad Even at an advancing age, I’ve tried to stay somewhat informed. I recently acquired an iPad. Then I happened upon a post by Joel Burslem on 1000 Watt Consulting that very succinctly summed up my feelings about my iPad and my affiliation with Cascade Sotheby’ International Realty. I’ve included the…

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June 2011 . . . Bend Home Sales Statistics

Sales in Bend Sales activity in Bend Oregon continued at a fairly level pace for June . . . we saw the sale of 139 homes. That ‘s down a bit from the 171 in May (May 2011 home sales in Bend), but still a reasonable number. Bend Real Estate Trends As expected, for sale…

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Bend’s Fourth of July Pet Parade

Fourth of July in Bend Oregon Monday, July 4 was one of those chamber of commerce days in Bend Oregon . . . about as good as it gets.  Definitely one of those “300 days of sunshine” the Bend Visitors Bureau likes  to rave about. With a high of 81 degrees and dazzling blue skies,…

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SUP in Bend

Bend Oregon . . . Sports Mecca Bend Oregon has deservedly earned a reputation as a mecca for folks who love the outdoors. There are simply a myriad of potential activities . . . golf, cycling, boating fishing, skiing and snowboarding, climbing; the list goes on. In recent months, Bend has been named as the…

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