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CNN.Money . . . Bend Oregon Appreciation Forecast For 2010 www.bestbendhomes.com by John and Sandy Kohlmoos Bend Oregon Real Estate Market Forecast for 2010 The Bend Oregon real estate market continues its state of vacillation. Even the pundits (pictured below) can't seem to agree on where things...

Bend Oregon MLS Tour . . . Pick of the Week www.bestbendhomes.com by Rocco on March 22, 2010 Bend Oregon MLS Tour Woof ! I am excited. An Airedale measures his week differently than a human. I like  Wednesdays . . .  I  bark at the garbage man and  try to scare the recycling lady.  But best of al...

Brasada Ranch Cabin www.bestbendhomes.com 16700 SW Brasada Ranch Road, Powell Butte, OR 97753 MLS #2811306 Reduced to $319,000 UPDATE--As of 2/9/2010, this home REDUCED $80,000 to just $319,000 Every so often, a housing option in Central Oregon comes along that seems just about perfect.  That is ...

Craftsman Cottage in The Parks at Broken Top www.bestbendhomes.com 61590 Devils Lake Dr., Bend, OR 97702 Offered at $299,000 MLS# 290536 UPDATE--As of 2/10/2010, this home REDUCED AGAIN to just $299,000. On 3/12, it received a wonderful new coat of paint! The Parks at Broken Top Central Oregon Re...

Musings of a Mutt . . . Roadtrip! www.bestbendhomes.com by Rocco Prologue Although I've got a pretty fat lifestyle, occasionally it's imperative for me to get away from real estate in Central Oregon and the incessant talk about homes for sale in Bend Oregon.  My master and mistress had just spent...

Roadtrip (continued) . . . "Leadville 100″ www.bestbendhomes.com by Rocco Roadtrip . . . continued As we hurtled across Idaho, my mind wandered a bit . . . I thought of that nice home in Odin Falls Ranch, the one with the mountain views, the great pool, and room for me to roam.  I was starting to...

Bend Oregon Sales Statistics . . . 2009 www.bestbendhomes.com by John and Sandy Kohlmoos Sales Figures for 2009 . . . Bend Oregon Real Estate Year end sales figures for real estate in Bend Oregon for 2009 turned up some very interesting data.  For the year, sales of single family homes (not inclu...

Musings of a mutt . . . Mt. Bachelor Kennel Club dog show www.bestbendhomes.com by Rocco (with a little help from John Kohlmoos) "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog . . . cryin' all the time" The day started about like most others . . . I crawled casually out of my kennel, stretched languorously, ...

Bend Oregon . . . Jericoacoara, Brazil www.bestbendhomes.com by John and Sandy Kohlmoos Prologue . . . October snow Even though the Central Oregon Visitor's Association boasts of over 300 days of sunshine a year in Bend, occasionally an early season system blows through in October and leaves us w...

Bend Oregon . . . Distressed Real Estate www.bestbendhomes.com by John and Sandy Kohlmoos Mortgage Distress in Upper Echelon An interesting article in the San Francisico Chronicle highlights a trend that has now become prevalent in our Bend and Central Oregon real estate markets.  The article spe...