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Rare Acreage Just Minutes From Downtown Bend Oregon

20235 Hardy Road, Bend OR 97701 $595,000 UPDATE–As of 2/20/2010, this home REDUCED to just $595,000 City Living in a Country Setting A beautiful retreat in the country, this home in Bend is just minutes to shopping, restaurants, bars and downtown; a rare and wonderful combination in Central Oregon real estate . . .  city…

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Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

It’s not just real estate that’s hot in Central Oregon! The region absolutely jumps the entire summer . . . Balloons Over Bend, Bend Summerfest, the Pacfic Crest Triathalon in Sunriver, the Oregon Open at Brasada Ranch, the Cascade Cycling Classic, the Jeld-Wen Tradition. But few events attract attention more than the Sisters Outdoor Quilt…

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Bend Oregon home sales . . . six month review!

Sales in Bend Oregon It’s been a rather topsy turvy ride for the first six months of 2009 in Bend Oregon real estate.  We now have a chance to sit back, cold micro brew in hand, to try and digest the data.  As the post on this site earlier in the week stated, sales of…

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Home sales in Bend . . . up in June!

Home Sales in Bend Oregon Despite continuing worries about the economy, the unemployment rate, and the political fate of Sarah Palin, sales of homes in Bend Oregon actually increased slightly over the figure for the previous month.  The data measured reflected sales of single family homes on less than an acre; it did not include…

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Brasada Ranch . . . panoramic living!

Brasada Ranch Brasada Ranch is Jeld-Wen’s 1800 acre resort community, set on the southwest flank of the Powell Buttes, about 20 minutes northeast of Bend Oregon.  It features wonderfully rolling terrain dramatically gouged by draws and arroyos; it also offers magnificent 360 degree vistas and unmatched panoramas of the Cascades. The resort at Brasada Ranch…

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Bank-owned home at Brasada Ranch!

SORRY . . . THIS HOME SOLD ON DEC. 31, 2009! 16497 SW Ranchview Road, Powell Butte, OR 97753 Originally $1.695 million As of November 25, PRICE REDUCED to $849,000! What a difference a year makes in Central Oregon real estate!  This wonderful home at Brasada Ranch, built by Gary Norman, was a 2008 COBA…

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Musings of a mutt . . . Mt. Bachelor Kennel Club dog show

“You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog . . . cryin’ all the time” The day started about like most others . . . I crawled casually out of my kennel, stretched languorously, gave a healthy shake, then padded over to the door.  I scratched it ever so politely; a subtle sign that I wanted…

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Classic Bend Oregon cottage in Broken Top!

19231 Dutchman Court, Bend OR 97702 Offered at $484,671 Cottage at Broken Top Enjoy the vivid sunsets, catch the startlingly clear night sky, and live the casual, outdoor Central Oregon lifestyle with this home in Bend Oregon.  It’s a classic cottage in Broken Top, in Fall Creek–a neighborhood in Broken Top where all exterior maintenance,…

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Brasada Ranch home . . . imcomparable Cascade views!

16588 SW Vaqueros Way, Powell Butte Originally offered at $1,275,000 Brasada Ranch Home For Sale When Brasada Ranch first released property for sale in June of 2005, it attained a level of success never dreamed of in the annals of Central Oregon real estate. More than 200 homesites were purchased during a “launch” that featured…

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More musings of a mutt . . . the mystery of Shumway Lake at Brasada Ranch

The Formative Years I’ve spent a good portion of my formative years dog-trotting (pardon the pun) around Central Oregon.  I’ve wasted way too much time listening to my loquacious master talk about homes in Bend and real estate in Central Oregon.  It hasn’t been all bad though; because I’ve been able to hang at some…

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