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January 11, 2010

Broken Top Bank Foreclosures

Jim Johnson, Certified Residential Specialist

There are currently 4 bank owned homes in Broken Top for sale. If you have been considering buying a home in Broken Top now is the time. These homes have an average asking price of $163.97 a square foot. You could not replace these homes for these prices. Here’s a link to homes and condos including bank foreclosures, currently for sale in Broken Top. This link is updated daily.

Broken Top is one of the most prestigious golf course communities in Bend. If you are considering buying a home in Broken Top or any other quality neighborhood you should sign up for Jim’s New Listing Notification Service. You can contact Jim with any real estate questions you may have at 541-389-4511 or send him an e-mail.

Jim Johnson is licensed as the Principal Broker of Bend Oregon Real Estate Expert by the State of Oregon. WEB SITE Jim specializes in helping buyers buy bank foreclosures.

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October 15, 2009

Bend Oregon Homes 50% Off Sale!

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Homes for Sale, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Homes for Sale, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Real Estate — number @ 5:46 am

Bend Oregon homes are almost half the price they were at the peak of the market in May 2007! 80% of all economist believe the recession has bottomed out. It looks to me that prices should stabilize on homes in Bend next spring/summer. Now is the time to start looking for that dream home in Bend.

There are some really good buys on luxury homes. You can now buy a top quality home for much less than you can build one. There are some great buys on the other end of the spectrum also. Smaller 3 bedroom, 2 bath homes can be bought for just over $100,000.

First time home buyers better hurry if they want to receive $8,000 from Uncle Sam for buying a home. Purchases have to be closed before December 1, 2009. That does not leave much time.

There’s a sale going on right now on homes in Bend with almost 50% off! There’s money to be made if you buy a home in Bend within the next few months.

If you’re thinking about buying a home in Bend you should sign up for Jim’s free New Listing Notification Service or call or e-mail today. Jim Johnson is a Certified Residential Specialist and has been selling quality homes in Bend Oregon since 1981.

Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site to search the MLS - Bend Oregon Real Estate. Jim is licensed by the State of Oregon as the Principal Broker for Bend Oregon Real Estate Expert. E-MAIL

If you have questions about Bend or Bend Oregon real estate just type in the subject of your question in the search box in the right hand column and click search. You can use this blog as your search engine for Bend Oregon real estate.

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August 15, 2008

Awbrey Glen Golf Course Restaurant

Filed under: Bend Oregon Golf Course Homes, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon golf course restaurant, Bend Oregon Luxury Golf course home, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Jim Johnson @ 6:13 am

I just listed a luxury golf course home in the Awbrey Glen gated community in Bend Oregon. My client was nice enough to take my wife and I out for a steak dinner at the restaurant there. The food, service, and views of the golf course were all excellent!

We ate outside at the only table that was in full shade from the trees. It was the table farthest away from the building. It was hot yesterday but there was a gentle cool breeze coming off the golf course. It was a pleasant experience and I would recommend it to anyone. The restaurant is open to the public.

There are a few golf course homes available in Awbrey Glen. My clients home is the only luxury single level home on the golf course. You can see a virtual tour by clicking this link. http://www.distinctivehometours.com/tour.asp?tour=CottonPlace

Jim Johnson has been selling quality homes in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site Bend Oregon Real Estate Expert . For more information about Jim click here Expert Advice.

If you’re serious about buying Bend Oregon real estate you should sign up for Jim’s free New Listing Notification Service or call or e-mail Jim today. He is licensed by the State of Oregon as a Principal Broker for Bend Oregon Real Estate Expert.

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August 14, 2008

Bend Oregon Luxury Golf Course Home

Filed under: Bend Oregon Golf Course Homes, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon Luxury Golf coure home, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Jim Johnson @ 6:24 am

One of a kind, luxury golf course home in the gated community of Awbrey Glen in Bend Oregon! This exquisite single level home sits high over the 3^rd fairway/green at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on a large secluded lot. It features a circular driveway, 2 water features, gated court yard entry, large gallery with low voltage art lights and 5 skylights, limestone tile, two fireplaces, huge great room, wet bar and all the features you would expect in a truly luxury home.

It has a large great room with a view of the golf course and green from almost every room. The master suite is secluded in it’s own wing in one end of the home and has a nice granite tiled fireplace, coved ceiling and luxurious master bath with extensive use of glass block for a very light and bright atmosphere.

The kitchen overlooks the breakfast nook, golf course and living room with fireplace. The cabinets are seldom seen clear alder over slab granite and stainless steel appliances including trash compactor. This is a one of a kind home offered for only $996,000!

It has 3 spacious bedrooms, great room with living room, kitchen and breakfast nook, formal dining room and billiards/game room all with nice views and a secret 600 square foot room tucked behind the house with an outside entrance. This room has a gas fireplace and additional bath.

The elevated rear deck and driveway are made of cobble stone pavers. This great home is loaded with features including including triple car garage.

Jim Johnson has been selling luxury golf course homes in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site Bend Oregon Real Estate Expert . For more information about Jim click here Expert Advice.

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August 12, 2008

Bend Oregon Golf Tournament – The Tradition

Filed under: Bend Oregon Golf Course Homes, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon golf, Bend Oregon Golf Course Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Jim Johnson @ 5:43 am

Bend Oregon and Sunriver will host the Tradition Golf Tournament this coming Thursday through Sunday at the Crosswater Golf Club. The tournament is for professional golfers on the Champions Tour, which is for players age 50 and over.

Some top pros in the tournament include, John Cook, Fred Funk, Hay Haas, Bernhard Langer, Mark McNulty (2007 winner), Loren Roberts, Eduardo Romero, Jeff Sluman, Tom Watson and other top players. For more information you can visit the PGA web site http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/s558/ .

There are several great golf course homes for sale in the Bend area. Prices are down and now is a great time to buy. The Bend real estate market is always a good investment.

Jim Johnson has been selling golf course homes in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site http://www.bendoregonrealestateexpert.com . To see more information on Bend Oregon click on the link below http://bendoregonrealestateexpert.com/bendoregon.asp .If you would like to make a comment on this post or on the Bend Oregon real estate market click on “comments” below. Jim is licensed by the State of Oregon as a Principal Broker for Century 21 Gold Country Realty.

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August 10, 2008

Financing Luxury Homes in Bend Oregon

Filed under: Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Financing — Tags: Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Orgon real estate, Financing Luxury Homes — Jim Johnson @ 6:21 am

Financing luxury Homes in Bend Oregon is not a problem according to Kevin Pangle branch manager of Evergreen Home Loans.

“Mortgages for Luxury Homes or more commonly know as “Jumbo Loans” are still available and as time passes, have become easier to obtain. The earlier versions of “No Doc”, “Limited Doc” and “Stated Doc” have not come back in the fashion we saw in 2004 – 2006. However, with credit scores over 680, Jumbo Loans are still available. With scores over 720, the rates and terms are favorable. Mortgages that range from 1/1, 3 /1 and 5/1 adjustable to the standard 30 year Jumbo Loan provide more options for most Luxury Home Buyers.”

“It is simple, we may never see Central Oregon home prices this low for many years to come. But we do know that lower mortgage rates will return. It makes sense to buy when the home prices are low; knowing that rates will go back down allowing opportunities to refinance for lower monthly payments.”

Kevin went on to say that by law he cannot advertise interest rates without quoting the Annual Percentage Rate. That is the interest rate plus the cost of financing. So the APR will be a little higher than the interest rate. Of course interest rates change daily and can go up or down on any given day. You can see Evergreen Home Mortgage’s web site at http://kevinpangle-evergreenhomeloanslo.mortgagewebcenter.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1

The photo of the luxury home above is provided by Total Property Resources LLC through the Central Oregon MLS and their reciprocity agreement. It is currently listed for sale at $6,000,000.

Jim Johnson has been selling luxury homes in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site http://www.bendoregonrealestateexpert.com . To see more information on Bend Oregon click on the link below http://bendoregonrealestateexpert.com/bendoregon.asp .If you would like to make a comment on this post or on the Bend Oregon real estate market click on “comments” below.

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August 7, 2008

Golf Course Homes in Bend Oregon

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Golf Course Homes, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon Golf Course Homes, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Jim Johnson @ 5:35 am

There are currently 91 golf course homes for sale in Bend Oregon. Mountain High, Bend Golf and Country Club, River’s Edge, Awbrey Glen, Lost Tracks, Broken Top and Pronghorn all have golf course homes for sale. Mountain High has a patio home with golf course views listed for $279,900. Broken Top has a luxury golf course home listed for sale at $6,000,000.

All of these communities are gated with the exception of the Bend Golf and Country club and part of River’s Edge. Bend is a major golf destination and supports many second homes. The home pictured above is courtesy of Total Property Resources LLC through the Central Oregon Multiple Listing Service reciprocity agreement. The picture below is River’s Edge Golf Course which is open to the public.

Jim Johnson has been selling quality homes in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site http://www.bendoregonrealestateexpert.com . To see more information on Bend Oregon click on the link below http://bendoregonrealestateexpert.com/bendoregon.asp .If you would like to make a comment on this post or on the Bend Oregon real estate market click on “comments” below.

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July 24, 2008

Bend Oregon Vacant Houses for Sale

Filed under: Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon MLS, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Real Estate Blog — Tags: Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Real Estate Blog, Bend Oregon vacant homes for sale — Jim Johnson @ 8:03 am

According to the Central Oregon MLS there are 444 vacant homes for sale in Bend. These homes are priced from $155,000 to $3,250,000. This does not include homes on over one acre, town homes or condos.

There are an additional 53 vacant homes for sale on acreage and 118 vacant condos and town homes. That’s a total of 615 vacant dwellings for sale in Bend in the MLS. No one knows how many other homes not listed are sitting vacant.

It’s going to be another year or more before this inventory is sold. Homes are selling right if they are priced right and out of town buyers are still moving to Bend. Now is a good time to buy!

Jim Johnson has lived in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site http://www.bendoregonrealestateexpert.com . To see more information on Bend Oregon click on the link below. http://bendoregonrealestateexpert.com/bendoregon.aspIf you would like to make a comment on this post or on the Bend Oregon real estate market click on “comments” below.

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July 14, 2008

Bend Oregon Real Estate Update

Filed under: Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Real Estate Blog, Real estate, Uncategorized — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Real estate market, Real estate — Jim Johnson @ 10:35 am

The Bend Oregon real estate market keeps chugging along. According to a report put out by Mike Caba the median price of homes sold in Bend in June was up slightly over May sales. The median sales price per square foot was also up.

Statistics can be misleading. I don’t want to bore you with numbers. I will tell you that the number of sales this June was down substantially from June 2007. A closer look at what sold shows that there were 22 homes that sold in June 2008 that were over $500,000.

One sale was a home in Pronghorn that sold for $3,000,000. That sale alone substantially raised the median price and the median price per square foot sold. The Pronghorn home was on the market for 331 days. One of the homes that sold over $500,000 was on the market for over 2 years.

The bottom line is that prices are still falling on our Bend Oregon real estate. It looks like it may continue well into next year. We will see. One thing this data shows us is that the upper end homes are starting to move.

If you would like to make a comment on this post or on the Bend Oregon real estate market click on “comments” below.

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July 9, 2008

Bend Oregon Luxury Homes

Filed under: Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Real Estate Blog, Real estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Home Prices, Bend Oregon Homes, Bend Oregon Luxury Homes, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Real estate market, Real estate — Jim Johnson @ 6:42 am

There are currently 85 homes listed for in Bend Oregon over $1,000,000. For purposes of this post we are saying a luxury home is:

1) Over $1,000,000. 2)3,000 square feet or larger 3) Has triple car garage or larger 4)Built prior to 1990. 4) Connected to Bend City sewer. We didn’t count residential acreage will be be a discussion in another post.

The most expensive home for sale in Bend is asking $6,000,000. It is a European Chateau in the gated community of Broken Top. It has over 10,000 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 7 baths and a 4+ car garage. It includes a 800 square foot wine cellar is sits on a one acre lot over looking several fairways.

The second most expensive home for sale in Bend is located in the luxury golf course community of Pronghorn. It is listed for $3,950,000. It features: 1)5,579 square feet 2)5 bedrooms 3) 4.5 Baths 4) Triple garage 5) Small guest house.

There have been 34 luxury homes sold in Bend within the last year. The most expensive home sold was listed for $3,475,000 and sold for $3,000,000. It featured: 1) 4 bedrooms. 2) 6 baths. 3) Triple garage. 4) Premier membership in the Club at Pronghorn. It was on the market for 331 days.

The second most expensive home sold was on Awbrey Butte in Wyndemere subdivision. It was situated on a 1.35 acre lot that I had sold to the owners in 1998 for $195,000! Nice return on investment! It featured: 1) 5,214 square feet. 2) 3 bedrooms. 3) 4 baths. 4) Triple garage 5) Views of Deschutes river and Cascade mountain range. It was on the market for 611 days. It was originally listed for $2,650,000 and sold for $2,200,000.

The average luxury home for sale in Bend is listed at $1,715,001 and has been on the market for an average of 175 days. Several homes have been on the market for over a year. If you are in the market to buy a luxury home in Bend Oregon now is a good time to buy.

The above pictures are courtesy of Coldwell Banker Morris RE and the Central Oregon Board of Realtors through our reciprocity agreement.

Jim Johnson has lived in Bend Oregon since 1981. Call 541-389-4511 or see his web site http://www.bendoregonrealestateexpert.com . To see more information on Bend Oregon click on the link below. http://bendoregonrealestateexpert.com/bendoregon.asp If you would like to make a comment on this post or on the Bend Oregon real estate market click on “comments” below.

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