Housing Markets Set for Double Digit Gains

Housing Market Recovery 2012

By Les Christie @CNNMoney May 9, 2012: 1:27 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ten hard-hit housing markets will record double-digit price increases through 2013, according to a report Wednesday. And with mortgage rates low, many house hunters have already started to pounce on bargains, said David Stiff, chief economist at Fiserv, a financial analytics… Read More

Epic Snowpack at Mt. Bachelor

Mt. Bachelor Spring Skiing 2012

Mt. Bachelor is planning to remain open daily through Sunday, April 29th, 2012, and Thursday-Sunday in May. The scheduled closing date is Sunday, May 27th. Enjoy one of the longest seasons in North America! Video by Pete Alport. 40 Feet of Snow Video  

Bend Rental Prices Rising

Bend Oregon Rental Market

By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin Published: April 13. 2012 4:00AM PST The competition for Central Oregon rental properties is getting fiercer, as available properties dwindle and homes on the rental market consistently see multiple applicants. That competition means many rental homes cost 20 percent more today than just a year ago. Former homeowners who… Read More

Buying is Cheaper Than Renting

Rentals in Bend, Oregon

Rent Prices Increase as Market Tightens   Rental properties are getting harder to find in Central Oregon. At the start of 2009, 12.4 percent of the region’s rental properties were vacant, available immediately for prospective renters, according to an annual survey by the Central Oregon Rental Owners Association of roughly 4,000 rentals in the area…. Read More

Warren Buffett: Good Time to Buy a Home

Warren Buffett "Now is a Good Time to Buy a Home"

Recorded at CNBC | Mon 27 Feb 12 | 06:00 AM ET TRANSCRIPT: MR. BUFFETT:  I would say that single family homes are cheap now, too. CNBC: You would? MR. BUFFETT: If I had a way of buying a couple hundred thousand single family homes and had a way of managing them … I would… Read More

Bend Real Estate Recovering

Bend Oregon Real Estate Recovery

By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin Published: February 25. 2012 4:00AM PST The New Normal A long-awaited real estate recovery in Bend, Oregon may already be under way. But the boom times of 2005-’07 may never come this way again. Ron Ross, principal broker at Compass Commercial Real Estate Services, and John Mitchell, a national… Read More

Brasada Ranch Cabins

Brasada Ranch Cabins for Sale, Vacation Rentals

The Perfect Vacation Home Brasada Ranch Resort Homes and Cabins are some of the finest real estate opportunities near Bend, Oregon. Perfectly situated between Bend and Redmond, Oregon, Brasada Ranch enjoys 300 sunny days every year, and given the location across the high desert, temperatures are normally 5-10 degrees warmer than in the cities. Owning… Read More

CNN Money 2012 Real Estate Outlook

NorthWest Crossing Homes for Sale Bend, Oregon

Should You Buy a Home in 2012? Amanda Gengler of CNN Money says economists are forecasting a reverse of falling real estate prices in 2012. They’re expecting 95% of the nation’s metro areas will see a slight uptick in prices. Gengler says, “If you’re gearing up to buy a home, 2012 will be a great… Read More

Why We Love Bend

Mt Bachelor Village in Bend, Oregon

Dear Adventurer … We know you. When you hear the word “vacation,” you don’t think of watery beers on lazy beaches. You envision sweet summits, and hard-earned high-fives; sweeping vistas granted only to those who work for them. You don’t want a barcalounger; and you don’t want a lime in your beer. You belong in… Read More

David McLay Kidd Calls Bend Home

David McKlay Kidd, Developer of Tetherow Golf Course

David McLay Kidd is accustomed to being one of the most sought-after golf course architects in the world. After all, since he designed the original course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on the southern Oregon Coast in the late 1990s, few in the Bend resident’s business have received as much acclaim. Kidd moved to Bend,… Read More