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Shevlin Commons Lot For Sale 19025 NW Squirreltail Loop, Bend Oregon 09901 MLS# 201102288 Offered at $199,000 Shevlin Commons Shevlin Commons is a unique neighborhood on the westside of Bend. While close to everything . . . schools (Summit High School and Central Oregon Community College), resta...

  Broken Top Homes For Sale Broken Top Broken Top, on Bend’s favored westside, has for almost two decades been considered one of Oregon’s premier golf communities. Custom homes  at Broken Top line the fairways of the championship 18 hole track that meanders through the community.  The course, des...

Rocco’s Last Walk Rocco’s Last Walk It’s taken me almost a year to write this post . . . surely the most difficult I’ve attempted. Maybe because it’s not flippant or trite or irreverent as usual. Instead, it’s about loss . . . the loss of a loyal friend and faithful companion. Rocco, “The Top Do...

Central Oregon Economy Sputters Region’s Economy The economist who has created the Central Oregon Business Index, Tim Duy, says that the local economy has continued its stutter-stepping of the last two years . . . a couple of steps forward, then one back. The index of Central Oregon’s economy to...

Bend Oregon Among Best Housing Markets by John and Sandy Kohlmoos Bend Oregon Real Estate 'Twas the season to be jolly, and I was getting rather tired of writing about the negatives (Central Oregon Economy Sputters, Notices of Default Skyrocket, Stress) associated with the real estate market in ...

  Skiers Mob Bachelor . . . Free Skiing, New Chairlift by John and Sandy Kohlmoos Skiers Mob Mt. Bachelor In this season of no snow, the tagline seemed too good to be true. I came across this article in the Bend Bulletin looking back on Bend 25 years ago . . . made me chuckle. A simpler time. I w...

14960 SW Miramonte Ct, Powell Butte, OR 97753   14960  SW Miramonte Ct,  Powell Butte, OR  97753   MLS# 201100932   Offered at $695,000   Brasada Ranch     Of all the beautiful houses at Brasada Ranch, this one perhaps best personifies the developers’ original vision. It’s a smaller (2575 square...

Pronghorn Sells! www.bestbendhomes.com   Pronghorn Lender Sells Loans   The real estate landscape in Central Oregon continues to evolve as The Bend Bulletin reported  that Societe Generale, the holder of $43 M in loans  at Pronghorn has sold the note to a “master developer.”     Email to Prongho...

Christmas Lights in Bend Oregon Christmas Lights I am sorry about getting into an argument about putting up the Christmas lights. I guess that sometimes I feel like you are pushing me too hard when you want something. I realize that I was wrong and I am apologizing for being such a hard-headed g...

“Casa la Torre” at Brasada Ranch 15141 SW Hope Vista, Powell Butte, OR 97753 MLS# 201009170 Offered at $1,899,900 Custom Home at Brasada Ranch Set high on the southwest flank of Powell Butte is the finest custom home at Brasada Ranch, “Casa la Torre”.  This 5210 square foot masterpiece and seven...