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Where Have all The Realtors Gone?
Hundreds of Fewer Brokers in Oregon Aside from property values continuing to decline in Central Oregon, there are other peripheral issues related to the market difficulties. Hundreds of fewer brokers are expected to join the ranks of Realtors in Oregon next year, and an increasing number of real estate agents are letting their licenses lapse…
S & P/Case-Shiller Report
Case-Shiller The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are the leading measures for the US residential housing market, tracking changes in the value of residential real estate both nationally as well as in 20 metropolitan regions. The indices are calculated monthly and published with a two month lag. New index levels were released at 9am Eastern Standard…
Best Value in Broken Top
19231 Dutchman Court, Bend OR 97702 MLS# 201010402 Offered at $329,000 UPDATE– THIS HOME SOLD after being listed for less than two months Broken Top Just two years ago, this custom cottage at Broken Top was listed at $549,000. Today it’s the best value in Broken Top, and listed at just $329,000! It’s an unreal…
Cascade Sotheby’s and Pronghorn . . . A New Relationship
Cascade Sotheby’s and Pronghorn Announce New Relationship Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty (CSIR) is very pleased to announce a new relationship with Central Oregon’s premier golf community, Pronghorn. Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty will now act as the featured on-site sales brokerage for the entire development. Cascade Sotheby’s is perhaps the preeminent real estate company in Central…
Home Sales Statistics in Bend Oregon . . . November 2010
November 2010 . . . Bend Home Sales Winter has arrived with a vengeance . . . Mt. Bachelor offered stellar, mid-winter skiing conditions prior to Thanksgiving. But as the weather has cooled, so too has our local real estate market in Bend. We saw the sale of 127 homes, down about 17% from the…
Lower Bridge Estates . . . Terrebonne
21275 NW Roberts Court, Terrebonne OR MLS # 201009017 UPDATE—SORRY, THIS HOME HAS SOLD (as of 1/14/11) Proudly offered at $589,000 Big Sky at Hidden River Occasionally a home just seems to personify all that’s great about Central Oregon . . . wonderful views from virtually every room, open space, privacy, the sounds of the…
Nestled in The Pines at Widgi Creek
60499 Seventh Mountain Dr, Bend OR 97702 MLS # 201009739 Offered at just $289,000 Occasionally, even the most dedicated Bend Oregon Realtor needs to get out of town. Usually the escape is to a warm weather clime like Brazil or Kauai (see photo above), and often it’s precipitated by an early-season arctic blast. After a…
Broken Top Club Names New Owner
I took pen in paw and wrote the initial post about the Broken Top Club going into default, so I guess it’s my duty to do this one too. Both my master and I thought that the owners of Tetherow would take over operation of the Broken Top Club. Well, once again we were proved…
Jeld-Wen Sells Brasada Ranch
JELD-WEN Sells Interests in Oregon Destination Resorts It has been a while coming, but as forecast in previous posts Central Oregon Destination Resorts Face Uncertain Future and Brasada Ranch to Sell, JELD-WEN inc. has announced the sale of three destination resorts in Oregon to a new partnership comprised Northview Hotel Group (“Northview”) and a subsidiary…
Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty
Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty Bend’s real estate market is getting a much needed boost that will strengthen the position of one of the region’s top real estate firms. On Tuesday, Nov. 16, Cushman & Tebbs Sotheby’s International Realty announced that it had changed ownership and is now Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty. With a new investment…