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April 30, 2009

Sunset in Bend Oregon

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Sunset — number @ 6:15 am

Whoever visits Bend, moves to Bend, people warned me. So frequently, in fact, that I took it to be the official motto of this always sunny central Oregon playground – a blessedly bipolar high-desert home base, where you can trail run along the rushing Deschutes River in the morning and hit the snowy slopes of Mt. Bachelor in the afternoon.

My kind of town…Bend remains a decidedly unpretentious community, where folks prefer moonlight snowshoes over movies, and unfussy hotel rooms run about $100 a night.

- Sunset Magazine, February 2008

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 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

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April 29, 2009

Timing The Bottom Of The Bend Oregon Real Estate Market

Filed under: Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bank Foreclosures, Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real estate market, Timing the bottom of the real estate market — number @ 5:58 am

Are you waiting to time the bottom of the Bend Oregon real estate market? It is a very difficult thing to do. Real estate statistics lag so far behind the market we never know when there was a bottom until we are coming out of it and prices are starting to rise.

Once that happens buyer competition increases. You don’t know prices have started to go up until after the fact. Then you have missed the bottom. Buyer competition means multiple offers. So that is one sign to look for.

We are currently seeing multiple offers in today’s market. I sold 5 properties in the past few weeks and 3 of the 5 had more than one offer. Other Realtors are also seeing multiple offers on well priced homes, especially bank foreclosures.

Does this mean we have hit the absolute price bottom of the market? Maybe! Maybe not! Only time will tell. It does indicate there is pent up demand and buyers are jumping on good opportunities.

I do believe we are at or near the bottom of the Bend Oregon real estate market. Strong buyer activity and multiple offers are a good indication. Using the graph above I feel we are now in the “Lucky Zone.” People who buy now and this summer will be as close to the bottom as humanly possible. I may be wrong but I don’t think so.

Interest rates are near all time lows. Consumer confidence is rising. Prices are extremely affordable and Bend Oregon is one of the best places in the United States to live!

There is still some fear out there. It’s easy to buy when prices are rising rapidly. But look what happened to the people who bought in the “Unlucky Zone.” You can be lucky and smart by purchasing a home in Bend Oregon now. It’s for sure “Safe” to buy real estate in Bend now.

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 today.

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April 28, 2009

Top Economists Say Recovery Has Begun

Filed under: Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Economic Recovery — number @ 4:48 am

Economic recovery is about making people feel more confident, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Economy.com.Zandi evidenced increasing home sales and gains in the stock market are some promising signs that the worst is over and people will start spending again.

“We’re starting to see some pent-up demand for goods,” he says.

But Zandi warns that the situation is still fragile. “Confidence is a very fickle thing. It can go from abject pessimism that pervades now to a more balanced view of the world rather quickly.”

Robert Brusca of FAO Economics is predicting strong growth in the last half of the year and a quick recovery for the labor market. “You’ve lost 5 million jobs. It shouldn’t be hard to put 2.5 million jobs back on rather quickly after you hit bottom,” he said.

Joseph Carson, chief economist at AllianceBernstein, calls improving home sales, a rising stock market, and better-than-expected retail sales in February and March good signs of a turnaround. By the time President Obama’s stimulus package takes effect, the economy will be ready, he says.

“The stimulus has a much better chance of working if trends are already turning up than if it needs to halt a decline,” he said.

Source: CNNMoney, Chris Isidore (04/06/2009)

Now is the time to buy a home in Bend. Prices are very affordable and interest rates are near all time lows! 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 today.

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April 27, 2009

Bend Oregon – Get Outside

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Brew Pub, Bend Oregon Fishing — number @ 11:24 am

Every place has its season – when living there makes you feel blessed. In Bend, one of the country’s fastest-growing cities, the showcase season happens to be, well, all of them. Take a midsummer night. It’s light until nearly 9:30pm……

Plenty of time to lob Wooly Buggers into crisp holes on the Deschutes River after work or hop on a bike to catch Beck at the amphitheater. You can ski through May and mountain bike all year and 10,000-foot volcanoes dominate the skyline. And there’s a lot of good beer: five breweries for 67,000 people, plus swanky restaurants, art walks, and film festivals.

- Outside Magazine, August 2007

Bend is a great place to live! 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 today.

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April 26, 2009

Bend Oregon – Great Stuff

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Live in Bend Oregon — number @ 5:32 am

Quietly lurking in the middle of Oregon, the town of Bend is a Boulder, Colorado, in the making. It is a place of unabashed outdoor worship. Residents and vacationers come to Bend because they like to ski, bike, golf, climb, kayak, fish, hike – and some will knock all those off in just one week.

A classic Bend summer evening rolls in with a fuchsia-heavy, orange-tinged sunset that plunges into deep purples framed by clusters of Lodgepole pine and Douglas fir trees, with Mount Bachelor and the western Cascades silhouetted in the distance.

- Seattle Metropolitan, February 2008

Bend is a great place to live! 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 today.

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April 25, 2009

Have Fun In Bend Oregon

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon golf — number @ 7:03 am

For the ambitious residents of central Oregon, winter does not liken to hibernation. Oregon’s heartland, located between the base of the Cascade Range and the expansive high desert, spreads out around the upscale city of Bend, epitomizing loveliness and outdoor opportunities. In the summer, locals pursue a frenzied excess of biking, hiking, golf and boating.

When the snow flies, those endeavors simply segue into a similarly hyperactive pursuit of skiing, snowshoeing and sledding. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself pursuing the region’s truly most arduous activity – keeping up with the locals.

- Skywest Magazine, November/December 2007

Bend is a great place to live! 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 today.

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April 24, 2009

Bend Oregon – America’s Top Mountain Biking Town

Filed under: Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Recreation — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Mountain Biking — Acrohavaflolo @ 4:29 am

MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION MAGAZINE NAMES BEND AMERICA’S TOP MOUNTAIN BIKING TOWN IN MAY 2009 ISSUE

Bend Beats Out Other Popular Destinations Including Moab, Utah, Crested Butte and Durango, Colo., and Marin, Calif., For Top Honors

(BEND, OR.)—It’s not even April, yet the May 2009 issue of Mountain Bike Action magazine is out and so is the secret about Bend’s mountain biking scene. In a feature story titled, “America’s Top Mountain Biking Town:

35 reasons why Bend, Oregon, rules,” Mountain Bike Action (circulation 66,239)editors praised everything from access and lodging, to weather and friendly locals as reasons why they made their ultimate decision.

“To prevail over such respected mountain biking destinations as those we were up against is a perfect example of Bend’s business community rallying together to support tourism and leave a positive and lasting impression on the editors that will reap rewards for years to come,” said Doug LaPlaca, president and CEO of Visit Bend. “From Cog Wild Bicycle Tours and Phoenix Inn, to Green Energy Transportation, Deschutes Brewery and several local bike shops and other businesses, this honor is truly a city-wide achievement.”

During a four-day visit to Bend last September, editor-in-chief Jim McIlvain and assistant editor John Ker spent several days touring Bend with representatives of Visit Bend and Cog Wild Bicycle Tours. Their riding itinerary featured three full-day trips, including Cog Wild’s Ochoco Mountain, Cascade Lakes, and Bachelor-to-Bend tours.

The May issue of Mountain Bike Action began arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes late last week, and will be available on newsstands in early April. It will also be available on the Mountain Bike Action web site, www.mbaction.com.

This latest news comes on the heels of Bend being touted as, “The cycling capital of the United States for the next two years” by VeloNews magazine (circulation 38,197) after Bend was awarded the 2009-2010 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships and Elite, U23 and Junior Road National Championships.

Bend’s great mountain biking is only one reason people are moving to Oregon. 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 today.

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April 23, 2009

The Bend Oregon Real Estate Market is Heating Up

Filed under: Bend Oregon Real Estate — Tags: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real estate market — number @ 3:59 pm

It seems that the Bend Oregon real estate market is heating up with the weather. Using Google Tools I track the number of visitors to our web site every day. The last couple of months we have averaged 35 visitors a day. Of these visitors about 75% are new visitors or about 26 new visitors each day.

A new visitor is one that has never been to our web site before. In the last 3 days we have had 142 visitors on our site and 110 of those were first time visitors. Some clients return to our web site to search the MLS or use our helpful Bend Oregon Links in the right hand column.

We are also seeing a large increase of buyers taking advantage of our New Listing Notification service. That’s where we input a clients needs to the MLS computer and they automatically receive an e-mail as soon as a home that meets their needs comes on the market.

There are some great buys on today’s market and interest rates are near all time lows. 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 today.

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April 22, 2009

Kids Love Bend Oregon

Filed under: Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Real Estate, Bend Oregon Recreation — Tags: Activities, Bend Oregon, Kids, Moving to Bend Oregon — number @ 6:28 am

Kids and parents alike love Bend Oregon. Thanks to Bend Park and Rec kids have many choices of healthy activities to keep them busy year round.

Juniper Swim & Fitness Center offers swim lessons, snorkeling, fit kids yoga, parent-child-play, busy buddies club, junior lifeguard, family swim, water polo and synchronized swimming.

Outdoor Adventure Programs include trips for rock climbing, backpacking, camping, canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, rafting, trackers ANW and girls go outside.

Summer day camps include operation recreation, cougar camp, clubhouse, art station programs, theater, martial arts, Spanish camp, chess camp, summer strings, arts, crafts, cooking………..

The list is endless and includes Youth Enrichment programs, Sports, Preschool Recreation and special recreation programs. Bend is a great place to raise kids. No wonder families from around the United States are moving to Bend and buying a home.

If you’re considering moving to 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

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April 21, 2009

Bank Foreclosure Inventory Holding Steady in Bend Oregon

Filed under: Bend Oregon Bank Foreclosures — Tags: Bank Foreclosed properties, Bank Owned Homes, Bend Oregon, Bend Oregon Bank Foreclosures — number @ 9:19 am

The inventory of Bank Owned Homes for sale in Bend Oregon seems to be holding fairly steady. Bank foreclosures for sale in Bend have been staying around 110 active listing. They sell on the average of one a day and a new one comes on the market.

This morning there were only 96 active foreclosures. Inventories may be falling but it’s too early to tell. We are seeing more and more buyer activity as prices are very attractive and interest rates are near all time lows. Now is a great time to buy a home in Bend.

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 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

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