Category real estate agent
One of my pet peeves – Bad MLS photos
If your home is currently for sale and you have it listed with a real estate agent, do yourself a favor and either pull up your listing on the public MLS site http://centraloregonrealtors.com/, Realtor.com, etc. or ask your agent to email you the client detail for your home. It’s really important that you know how your agent is […]
Will You Save Money By NOT Using a Buyer’s Agent?
If someone calls me directly about the house and they are not working with an agent, if they like the home enough to make an offer, I also become the buyer’s agent. It’s called dual agency. The seller is still going to pay the 6% commission but instead of splitting it between 2 agents, they pay me the entire 6%. So the seller is not saving any money, therefore there is no savings to pass on to you.
Bend Real Estate Statistics November 2008
November was a slow month with only 69 homes selling compared to 132 home sales last November. There are still a lot of short sales and bank owned properties getting attention but they’re not the only homes selling. The home that sold for $150,000 was not a short sale or banked owned property. It was a […]
Bend, Oregon featured in USA Today
The Bend, Oregon real estate market was just featured (in a positive light) in USA Today. The article stated “it’s a great time to buy a home in Bend, Oregon.” I think this type of nationally published article is very important for the Bend real estate market for several reasons. Many Bend locals are unable to take advantage of this great buyers’ […]
Mirada Subdivision – New Homes From $169,900
My office is listing a new subdivision in NE Bend called Mirada. The neighborhood will be located at Butler Market Rd. and Eagle Rd. and will have 256 homes priced from $169,900 – $234,900. There will be a small homeowners association fee for upkeep of the grass medians and entrance signs. There are a few builders offering new homes in this price range and […]
919 Bond Street – Modern Living, Downtown Bend
I attended an event at the 919 Bond Building last night. Man that place is swanky. I instantly felt hipper the second I walked through the doors. The 919 Bond building located downtown was developed by Taylor Pickhardt Development LLC and features 4 modern condominiums, a street level restaurant, The Loft of Bend private wine club, full […]
Rocky Point Riverfront Townhomes
I have to brag a little if I may. It’s no secret that the real estate market is slow. Many people that absolutely have to sell can’t and others that would like to don’t dare listing because they’re convinced they can’t sell. They won’t even try. At Rocky Point, we have sold 2 of […]
March Real Estate Statistics
There really wasn’t a whole lot of change from February to March. Sold properties are up a bit from January but not substantially. Most of the activity is in the $200-$300,000 price range, which partially explains why the median home price is currently about $290,000. You can view the March Statistics here: March 2008 Real Estate Statistics
Is Affordable Housing Back?
It obviously depends on your definition of affordable, but it is again possible to purchase a new single family home for under $200,000 in Bend. I’m not referring to short sales or foreclosures either. Several subdivisions are under way in both NE and SE Bend and the lowest priced home I’ve seen is in the […]
Time Magazine Article Says “Don’t Wait to Buy”
A recent Time Magazine article concluded that by waiting one year to buy because you want to wait to see what the market does may not save you as much money as you might think. In fact, it might not save you anything at all. Consider a home priced today at $218,900. If you put […]
Will Refinancing Pay Off For You?
My husband and I just refinanced our mortgage and were able to lower our interest rate by 1.25%. We bought our house in December 2005, so we’ve lived in it just over 2 years. We plan to stay in this house at least another couple of years so refinancing made sense for us. We will […]
Best Buyer’s Market in 20 Years!
I am tired of all the negative press about our real estate market so I was really excited to get an email this morning from Bill Robie about the new marketing campaign being launched. The combined efforts of the Central Oregon Chamber of Commerce, Central Oregon Builder’s Association, Mortgage Professionals (OAMP), and Realtors (COAR) are partnering to spread the word […]
Update on the expired listing
I spoke with the owner this morning and let’s just say I’m staying away from this one. The more I talk to the owner the more I think he and this agent are a perfect match for each other. The owner still had not talked to the agent and said he wouldn’t be able to today […]
Does this seem unethical or is it just me?
Wednesday morning I called the owner of a listing that came up as expired in the MLS. He agreed to meet with me so I dropped off my prelist packet that afternoon and made an appointment to meet the owner at the house Thursday at 4:00pm. This morning, the day of the appointment, I was […]
Great news for the central oregon real estate market
For those of you that have been holding out on buying a home because you wanted to wait to see what the market would do, the results are in for 2007. According to the Central Oregon Association of Realtors, the median sales price for single-family homes in Bend held steady at $349,000, not far off the median sales price for […]
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