Bend and Beyond Real Estate Blog

It's Spring in Central Oregon Real Estate - The Time to List Your Home is Now!  Homebuyers are out early this year in Central Oregon trying to buy homes before the first-time homebuyer and move-up home buyer tax credit deadlines.  The typically height of the spring real estate buying season is Ma...

20087 Mt. Hope Ln., Bend, OR 97702 - Won t Last Long Bring Offers - $100,000 Overview Maps Photos Features Description Neighborhood $100,000 Single Family HomeFor Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms2 BathroomsInterior: 1148 sqftLot: 4,508 sqft Location 20087 Mt Hope LaneBend, OR 97702 Kryste Adams Fre...

Peale St., Bend, OR 97701 - $49,000 - Best Priced Lot in Yardley Estates! Overview Maps Photos Features Description Neighborhood $49,000 Lots and LandsFor Sale Main Features Lot: 0.15 acre(s) Location Peale St.Bend, OR 97701 Kryste Adams Fred Real Estate Group(541) 706-1556kadams@fredrealestate....

HEAR YE!  HEAR YE! The Internal Revenue Service has just published (at long last) the newly revised (and more complicated) Federal Tax Form 5405 which will be used by individuals claiming the $8000 Tax Credit for First-Time Buyers and the $6500 Tax Credit for Long-Time Residents for purchases mad...

Whether your selling or moving into your new Central Oregon home, these inexpensive tips could be just what your home needs to give it that extra edge.By spending $100 or less, a home owner could improve their home and make their surroundings more enjoyable.  Since it is winter and colder outside...

Just Listed - $150,000 61357 Elkhorn St., Bend, OR 97702 Overview Maps Photos Features Description Neighborhood $150,000 Single Family HomeFor Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms3 BathroomsInterior: 1691 sqftLot: 0.16 acre(s) Location 61357 Elkhorn StreetBend, OR 97702 Kryste Adams Fred Real Estate Gr...

Santa's Gone GREEN for Fred Real Estate Group! Santa joined the Fred Real Estate Group team for the annual Bend Christmas parade and Jingle Bell Run through downtown Bend this past weekend!  It was yet another beautiful sunny day in Bend and a great parade!   

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill "There's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning".....I'm sure we've all heard this quote, maybe even said it a few times, in our before child, wild years.  As I was watching the news this Thank...

How will this Effect the Central Oregon Housing Market? New Legislation Proposing an Increase in the FHA  down payment from 3.5% to 5% - To Keep Home Owners from Defaulting on Loans. According to a recent article on Yahoo News "More cash down proposed for FHA-backed loans," ...the administration ...

A Brief History of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is now a favorite American holiday...but did you know it took awhile to catch on as an annual tradition? According to scholars, the first known Thanksgiving took place on September 8, 1565 in Saint Augustine, Florida when Spanish settlers held a M...