I just took a great new listing in NW Bend. Its located just a few blocks from the Deschutes river and has easy access to Downtown Bend. This home is wonderful because it has the security of a subdivision, but it backs to small acreage. You look out the windows to trees rather than houses! [...]
There are some great deals happening in Central Oregon on Bank Owned homes. In trying to make it easier for clients to search for foreclosures, I’ve developed a Foreclosure page on my website that allows users to sign up to receive new bank owned listings as they come on the market. Some of these bank [...]
The Bend Oregon Real Estate Market Is Seeing Signs Of Affordability
A review of the $200,000 or less price range in Bend
As of today, there are 144 stick built, single family homes in Bend available on the Central Oregon MLS for under $200,000, (excluding townhomes, condos, and manufactured homes). The most affordable Bend home is priced at $115,000, [...]
The Central Oregon MLS just added the category Bank Owned to the MLS website. This means that searching for foreclosures in Central Oregon cities will now be easier than ever. While I haven’t found a website that allows clients to search for foreclosures on the COAR MLS, agents can now set up clients to receive foreclosure listings [...]
With most home buyers searching for homes online before they buy, real estate photography is now more important than ever. We’ve all seen the listings online with dark, fuzzy photos. Or how about the photos of just the bed or toilet! These do nothing but hurt your chances of selling your home.
As a photographer and real [...]
Bend Residential Real Estate Sales
As a Bend agent, the question I get most is “How’s the market doing?” Here are some current statistics on the Bend real estate market.
STICK-BUILT HOMES IN BEND
As of 9/29/08, on the Central Oregon MLS there are currently 1,968 stick-built residential properties available in the Bend area, and 169 homes are pending [...]
Million Dollar+ Homes are selling in Central Oregon
With sales down in 2008, luxury homes are still selling. In the past year to date, 86 homes have sold for more than 1 million dollars on the Central Oregon MLS. This number is down from 134 sales from the previous calendar year, and 115 sales in the same [...]
Westside Bend Real Estate
The Downtown and Westside areas of Bend Oregon offer homeowners a unique living experience. The west side of Bend is desirable for home owners for a variety of reasons.
The Deschutes river- The Deschutes flows through the west side and downtown Bend. The river has a bike/walking path along most of the river, and [...]
Are all Central Oregon MLS search pages equal?
This morning I was checking the ranking of my website in Google and noticed the Bulletin’s BendHomes.com site. When I clicked the link I came to a search page. The page is pretty simple and allows the users to search all Central Oregon real estate listings, just classified listings, or just Realtor [...]
While showing homes lately, I’ve been amazed by how many home owners haven’t winterized their homes yet.
Here are some tips for getting your Central Oregon Homes ready for the winter season.
Make sure to cover your Foundation Vents. If you don’t have foundation vent covers, you can pick them up at your local hardware store. This [...]
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