Bend Oregon Market Report . . . October 2014

November 9, 2014
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The Giants Win The Pennant October . . . the month the Giants clinched the pennant, then went on to capture the World Series in most dramatic fashion.  Seems the Bend real estate market pretty much knocked it out to the park as well. Especially after a rather lackluster month of September. Nine Sales Over […]

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Bend Real Estate . . . Sales Dip in September

October 13, 2014
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 September . . . The Month of Change September in Bend always feels like the month of change. Most of the tourists are gone, we’ve got glorious Indian summer days and cool nights, sometimes we even see our first snow. Bend Real Estate Market The Bend real estate market waffled (a technical real estate term) […]

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The Parks at Broken Top

October 2, 2014
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19319 Blue Lake Loop 4/4.5, 3016 square feet Offered at $584,000 The Parks at Broken Top Since its creation by Costa Pacific Homes in 2000, The Parks at Broken Top has been one of Bend’s most popular communities. With a heritage that hearkens to an earlier time, The Parks at Broken Top is a neo-traditional […]

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Bend Rocked in August

September 25, 2014
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Bend Rocked Bend rocked in August . . . Jack Johnson and Dave Mathews played to sold out, standing room only crowds at the Les Schwab amphitheater . . . and the Bend real estate market rolled on too. Six Homes Over $1M Once again (for the third consecutive month) we topped the 200 sale […]

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Dog Days of Summer in Bend

August 11, 2014
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“Dog Days of Summer” “Dog Days of Summer” . . . to me, the phrase is not normally associated with reference to Bend. Instead, it seems to conjure ancient visions of Enos “Country” Slaughter and buggy nights of mid-summer baseball in St. Louis, maybe California’s parched Central Valley, or even Forence and the Machine’s eclectic […]

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233 Sales in Bend in June

July 16, 2014

Bursting at the Seams? Our little town certainly feels like it’s bursting at the seams (I had to wait for 3 minutes at the Reed Market roundabout at 5:00 PM a few days ago) . . . there is a ton of activity, hustle and bustle, scores of events, and  a lot of folks who […]

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How’s The Bend Market? May 2014 Update

June 12, 2014
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How’s the Bend Market? Doesn’t matter where it is in Bend . . . the grocery store, riding the chair at Mt. Bachelor, cruising on Tiddly Winks or Funner, hanging at the river or one of the Cascade Lakes, enjoying a beer with friends; not a day goes by when we’re not asked the same […]

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Bend’s Median Price Tops $280,000

May 15, 2014
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The Market is Fine! The Bend real estate market is doing just fine, thanks. While we didn’t reach the vaunted 200 sale plateau in April, we came pretty close at 195. And, less than 5% of those sales were “distressed properties” (bank-owned and short sales). Quite a contrast  to just three years ago when distressed […]

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19754 Clarion Avenue, Bend Oregon 97702 . . . Beaver’d Live Here!

April 24, 2014
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19754 Clarion Avenue, Bend Oregon 97702 MLS# 201403371 Offered at $319,000 19754 Clarion Avenue, Bend Oregon 97702 I know this feels sort of like a re-run, but “Beaver” Cleaver’s home in Tanglewood sold sometime ago. If he and Wally were to live on Bend’s westside, again it would be in an all-American home like this […]

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Pending Sales Soar in Bend . . . March 2014

April 15, 2014
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Pending Sales Soar to 210 As the peerless pundit previously predicted, we’re going to see some hefty sales figures in Bend come May. The local real estate market appears to be shifting into seasonal overdrive as we saw pending sales soar in March (210). These homes will normally close 45-60 days after going pending. 155 […]

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“The Boston Globe” on Bend Oregon

March 18, 2014
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Check out this great article by correspondents Diane Bair and Pamela Wright in the March 15 edition of  The Boston Globe (Bend Oregon Beer Town USA). It pretty well captures the essence of Bend. The above photo is by Pete Alport/Visit Bend. Bend, Oregon: Great beers, a greater outdoors BEND, Ore. — “This place has […]

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