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Bend Oregon Real Estate

A West Side Pooch As I mentioned previously, I’m pretty much a west side of Bend Oregon pooch. I know the homes for sale there. I guess you could even say that I’m an expert when it comes to Bend Oregon Real Estate.  I’ve hung in some of the nicest communities . . . including…

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Stunning Quality at Stonegate in Bend Oregon

60329 Sage Stone Loop, Bend OR 97702 MLS #20100701 UPDATE–As of 10/04/2010, THIS HOME HAS SOLD Offered at $349,900 “One man’s poison ivy is another man’s spinach” I’ve always been big on cliches. Some would even say that my life is like a big cliche. the one  “One man’s poison ivy is another man’s spinach”…

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Bend Oregon Real Estate . . . Pick of the Week

19485  Tam Lake Ct,  Bend, OR  97702 MLS #201000483 UPDATE–As of 7/19/2010, THIS HOME REDUCED BY $150,000 TO $1,499,900 Rocco’s Pick of the Week I’ve been a little slack on my “pick of the week” from the Bend Oregon MLS tour. Yeah, I’ve been  under the weather a bit (a growth removed from my left hind…

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Brasada Ranch Cabin . . . short sale opportunity

Brasada Ranch Cabin 16700 SW Brasada Ranch Road, Powell Butte, OR 97753 MLS #2811306 Reduced to $260,000 UPDATE–As of 9/16/2010, this cabin REDUCED  to just $260,000 Every so often, a housing option in Central Oregon comes along that seems just about perfect.  That is certainly the case with this single level cabin at Brasada Ranch….

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Pending Home Sales Rise According to NAR

I apologize in advance for this post . . . it’s an up-to-the-minute  (9/02/10) report from the National Association of Realtors on pending home sales nationwide. It’s also incredibly boring! In fact, it’s so boring that I’ll offer a prize to anyone who can watch the video below from start to finish. Simply click here…

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Drowning in Debt . . . Underwater Mortgages

Notices of Default in Central Oregon Notices of default (to many, the initial phase of the foreclosure process) fell slightly in Deschutes County for the month of August. There were 308 last month, compared to 314 for July . . . still pretty hefty numbers, and an indication that our distressed property pipeline in Bend…

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Brasada Ranch homesite . . . a bargain at $74,900

15872 SW Brasada Ranch Rd. (lot #300), Powell Butte, OR 97753 Amazingly offered at just $74,900 MLS#201001681 UPDATE–As of 10/10/2010, THIS HOMESITE AT BRASADA RANCH HAS SOLD A Hot Market . . . Brasada Ranch, June 2005 June of 2005, the Bend Oregon real estate market was on fire. And no place was hotter than…

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Road Trip . . . The Oregon Coast

The Real Bend Oregon Real Estate Expert Even the penultimate canine real state guru, the true Bend Oregon real estate expert, occasionally gets tired of the bad news regarding both the national level and our own housing market here in Central Oregon. All this pedantic shit about double dip inflation and the stalled recovery just…

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Bend Oregon . . . happy thoughts and a great video

Sunday Morning This morning I got up early, and, for a change, didn’t think about the Bend Oregon real estate market. I took my dog for a walk out through Tetherow, played an hour of tennis at the Athletic Club of Bend.  Then showered and dressed in my Sunday best, I set off downtown to…

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Home Sales at 15-year Lows

Bend Oregon Real Estate I probably should be writing about something significant like the “Bend Brewfest.”  But, after examining our home sales figures in Bend Oregon for July (Bend Real Estate-July), then seeing a positive spin from Bloomberg Businessweek (Strongest Real Estate Markets) . . . we get the gruesome headlines below from Reuters. This…

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