by Lisa Broadwater | Dec 12, 2016 | About Central Oregon, Bend Neighborhoods, Uncategorized
Winter weather is here, snow is plentiful and the Christmas season is in full swing. If you’re feeling festive, check out the list of holiday events below -– there’s a wide variety of celebratory activities in Central Oregon between now and Christmas Day....
by Lisa Broadwater | Nov 23, 2016 | Kudos for Central Oregon, Uncategorized
Kudos to the Redmond delegation of the Central Oregon Association of Realtors, who teamed up for the third year with the Redmond Albertson’s store to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for those in the community who might not otherwise be having a meal on...
by Lisa Broadwater | Nov 1, 2016 | About Tumalo, Oregon, Central Oregon News, Local Resources, Photos of Central Oregon, Uncategorized
Food-cart pod. Mobile kitchen. Food-truck lot. Brew Depot. Whatever you call it, the humble meal-on-wheels dining phenomenon continues to be a strong food trend -– even in tiny Tumalo. It’s hard to believe I wrote about Yolie’s Drive-Up Kitchen, Tumalo’s...
by Lisa Broadwater | Oct 24, 2016 | About Central Oregon, Area Market Reports, Uncategorized
Because of the ongoing increase in home prices throughout Central Oregon for the past three years, more and more often, I hear grumblings that it sure seems as if we’ve returned to the crazy heyday of 2005-2007, when average sales prices were recalculated...
by Lisa Broadwater | Oct 23, 2016 | About Central Oregon, Area Market Reports, Real Estate News, Uncategorized
Several trends worth note stand out among the third-quarter real estate statistics for Central Oregon, which were recently released by the Multiple Listing service for Central Oregon. For one, the average sales price for a single-family home in Bend has almost...
by Lisa Broadwater | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Talk about good timing: This morning, I attended a class about Deschutes County property taxes with County Assessor Scot Langton –- the same day, as Langton pointed out, that many of us can expect to find our new property tax bill in our mailboxes. Oh, goody. In all...
by Lisa Broadwater | Oct 18, 2016 | About Bend, About Central Oregon, Central Oregon News, Kudos for Central Oregon, Uncategorized
Bend has made it to the top of another “Best of” list. This time, it’s Forbes’ recently released “Best Small Places for Business and Careers.” The reasons cited by Forbes? Bend has “the fastest job growth of any metro in the country in 2015 at 6.6 percent.” Forbes...
by Lisa Broadwater | Jul 14, 2016 | About Central Oregon, Area Market Reports, Uncategorized
In the first quarter of 2016, we saw a bit of a slowdown from the tremendous gains of the previous two years. Back then, just about every market in Central Oregon saw an ongoing increase in the number of closed sales and average sales price -– with some markets seeing...
by Lisa Broadwater | Apr 16, 2016 | About Central Oregon, Area Market Reports, For Buyers, For Sellers, Real Estate News, Uncategorized
A survey of the first-quarter 2016 statistics for the Central Oregon real estate market showed a bit of a mixed bag. Folks expecting more of the same from the past several quarters — where almost every market saw healthy increases, both in the number of sales...
by Lisa Broadwater | Apr 4, 2016 | About Bend, Home & Design, Local Resources, Uncategorized
I’m excited to once again be helping behind the scenes of the Bend Area Habitat ReStore’s Furniture Flip. This the second year for the fledgling fund-raiser, which benefits the Bend Area Habitat and its efforts to provide affordable home-ownership to...
