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Bend Oregon Real Estate . . . YTD figures
Fall in Central Oregon Moving into October, the weather starts to become brisk, the leaves change color, then fall. The third quarter real estate figures for the Bend Oregon market are in as well; we begin to get a picture of what is happening with Central Oregon home sales. Sometimes, we can even decipher what,…
Bend home sales . . . September 2009
Tiny cat feet A couple of days ago, I was riding my BMW Dakar out Tumalo Reservoir Road to the Sisemore Road area to check on on one of our Bend Oregon real estate listings (Barbara Way acreage), to replace flyers and straighten signs. As I scrambled down the gravel road (freezing my ass off!),…
Bend Oregon Real Estate . . . New Lending Rules
Buyer’s Market in Bend Oregon It’s certainly a buyer’s market in Central Oregon real estate; maybe the best in twenty years! There is an incredible range of choices when it comes to homes in Bend. And with all the options, has comes a beehive of activity and the necessity to move quickly when the right…
Homesites at Brasada Ranch!
Land at Brasada Ranch Just four years ago, in June of 2005, purchasers gobbled up 201 homesites at Brasada Ranch in a single weekend. The Central Oregon real estate market was on fire, and Brasada Ranch led the charge. At the time, the average sales price of the lots sold at Brasada Ranch was a…
Foreclosure opportunity at Brasada Ranch!
SORRY . . . THIS HOME SOLD ON DEC. 31, 2009! 16448 SW Brasada Ranch Rd., Powell Butte, OR 97753 Originally priced at $1.765 Million As of November 25, PRICE REDUCED to $895,000! Foreclosure at Brasada Ranch Occasionally, in a down market, a buying opportunity comes along that is almost too good to pass up…
Bend home sales . . . August 2009
Even though sales of single family homes in Bend Oregon dropped slightly (when compared to July figures) for the month of August, activity was still rather robust, especially at the lower end of the price spectrum. 127 houses sold in Bend, compared to 152 for the previous month. But the data also shows an increase…
Roadtrip (continued) . . . “Leadville 100”
Roadtrip . . . continued As we hurtled across Idaho, my mind wandered a bit . . . I thought of that nice home in Odin Falls Ranch, the one with the mountain views, the great pool, and room for me to roam. I was starting to tire of the incessant babble of the books…
Musings of a Mutt . . . Roadtrip!
Prologue Although I’ve got a pretty fat lifestyle, occasionally it’s imperative for me to get away from real estate in Central Oregon and the incessant talk about homes for sale in Bend Oregon. My master and mistress had just spent a lot of time and effort securing a wonderful new listing in Odin Falls Ranch…
Home Sales in Bend Oregon . . . July 2009!
The July statistics reveal an interesting road for real estate in Bend Oregon . . . sales figures are up, as is median sales price, however, notices of default (a measure of future foreclosure activity) remain near record levels. Home sales in Bend Oregon . . . up 10% The number of houses sold in…
2009 COBA Tour of Homes
The COBA Tour of Homes is often the highlight of the summer in Central Oregon real estate. This year, the event, sponsored by the Central Oregon Builders Association, ran two weekends in July, and showcased 42 outstanding homes in Bend, Redmond, Powell Butte, and Sisters. Even though the economy and the real estate market are…