John and Sandy Kohlmoos
Bend Oregon’s Home Price Drop is Worst in Nation?
More Rain on our Parade Quite a headline! And, I just really wanted an excuse to use the above picture. It’s one I’ve enjoyed most of the winter (in part, thankful because I wasn’t out in at Mt. Bachelor). For those of a more intellectual bent, the photo is certainly symbolic of the rain on…
Bend Oregon . . . Pole, Pedal, Paddle
Pole, Pedal, Paddle . . . The Event, The Happening The annual “Pole, Pedal, Paddle” has become emblematic of the active Central Oregon lifestyle. And, certainly, no other event brings folks together as this one does for the citizens of Bend. Pole, Pedal, Paddle–The Race Competitors (individuals, pairs, teams, and special teams in a variety…
Bend Oregon Home Sales . . . April 2010
April Home Sales in Bend Oregon The real estate market in Bend Oregon continues to bounce along the bottom . . . pretty good activity . . . a continued mix of hope and uncertainty. See Bend sales figures for the first quarter of 2010. For the month, we saw 144 single family homes sold…
iPads in Bend Oregon?
The iPads of Bend, Oregon A little departure from the normal drivel on real estate in Central Oregon, homes for sale in Bend, or the customary raving about how great the powder was yesterday (it was!); this week, we’re going high tech! While Bend Oregon has been in the news of late (Bend Oregon Price Drop…
Bend Oregon Real Estate . . . First Quarter 2010
Bend Home Sales and Central Oregon Spring Weather Typical Central Oregon weather . . . we’ve gone from winter to spring and back to winter again. The Bend real estate market seems to have gone through similar moods and vacillations this first quarter of 2010. There have been moments of hope and optimism (CNN.Money ….
Tetherow Golf Club . . . Pay the Temperature
The Tetherow Golf Club, the cornerstone amenity for the community of Tetherow in Bend Oregon, is offering a clever (and fun) promotion for the month of April. It’s called “pay the temperature,” and allows one to play the fabulous David McLay Kidd track at Tetherow at a potentially incredible (and chilly!) discount. Tetherow “Pay the…
Bend Oregon Home Sales . . . March 2010
I keep going with these photos that seemingly have nothing to do with with real estate in Bend Oregon. But the snow conditions have been so good, and Mt. Bachelor is such a big part of (our ) Central Oregon lifestyle, I’ll stick with them. March Home Sales in Bend Oregon March was a pretty…
Odin Falls Ranch . . . Paradise in Central Oregon!
Odin Falls Ranch 7560 NW Grubstake Way, Redmond, OR 97756 MLS #2908102 UPDATE–As of 3/4/2010, this home REDUCED By $50,000 to just $695,000 Words like “lifestyle” and “quality of life” seem to pop up frequently when describing Central Oregon and the surrounding communities of Bend, Redmond, Sisters, and Powell Butte. We all rave about what…
CNN.Money . . . Bend Oregon Appreciation Forecast For 2010
Bend Oregon Real Estate Market Forecast for 2010 The Bend Oregon real estate market continues its state of vacillation. Even the pundits (pictured below) can’t seem to agree on where things are headed. On the tails of an alarmist headline (Bend Oregon Home Price Drop Leads Nation) based on a report done by the Federal…
Strategic Defaults on the Rise in Bend Oregon
Strategic Defaults in Bend Oregon The photo above is simply a great photo; I used it because I love it . . . the raw power (and even the fear it evokes). It’s really not meant to be symbolic, or even a metaphor for anything. I guess if I were deeper (more glib?), it could…