Bend Oregon Real Estate Blog

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The Bend Oregon real estate market is showing signs of life.  We just sold a home in NE Bend that had been listed with us for less than 3 weeks.  It had been listed for the last two years with two different Bend Oregon real estate agents that were members of the Bend and Central Oregon MLS.  The ...

  I have many clients asking me if they should sell their home in Bend Oregon now in this buyer's market or wait until "the market comes back?"  There is no one answer for this question.  It depends on the circumstance of the individuals. We are advising our younger clients who want to sell their...

The Bend Oregon real estate market keeps chugging along.  According to a report put out by Mike Saba the median price of homes sold in Bend in June was up slightly over May sales.  The median sales price per square foot was also up. Statistics can be misleading.  I don't want to bore you with nu...

The Bend Oregon real estate market is slow but people are still moving to Bend from all over the country.  It is a great place to live and own a home.  Check out this virtual tour to see why.  http://www.distinctivehometours.com/tour.asp?tour=BendOregon Jim Johnson has lived in Bend Oregon since...

The Bend Oregon MLS is a state of the art Multiple Listing Service.   When sellers have their properties listed with a member of the MLS their property can be listed with full detail, up to 10 pictures plus virtual tours. Documents such as plat maps, seller's disclosures and any other pertinent d...

The credit crunch continues.  It seems that now all real estate loans are credit driven.  The better your credit score the lower the interest rate the banks will give you.  If you have a lower score your interest rates are higher. The logic behind this is the "risk factor."  The lower your credit...

There are currently 85 homes listed for in Bend Oregon over $1,000,000.   For purposes of this post we are saying a luxury home is: 1) Over $1,000,000.  2)3,000 square feet or larger  3) Has triple car garage or larger  4)Built prior to 1990.  4)  Connected to Bend City sewer.  We didn't count re...

  I spent the past winter in Southern Texas in our new motor home while my partner and son Matt Johnson held down the fort during the long winter here in Bend.  The number of buyers is increasing slowly with the temperature.  I have been having several calls a week from out of town buyer's lookin...

Now is the time to buy homes in Bend.  Prices are low and there is a large choice for the descriminating buyer.