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 1, 2016 | About Bend, About Central Oregon, Central Oregon News, Real Estate News, Uncategorized
In the increasingly common discussion about Bend’s affordable-housing crisis, one word is a constant. Three letters, actually: U-G-B. It stands for Urban Growth Boundary, and it’s a prime reason we’re in the mess we’re in right now. The truth is, when it comes to...
by Lisa Broadwater | Dec 13, 2015 | Area Market Reports, Real Estate News, Uncategorized
Here are some highlights of the November real estate market activity for Single Family Residential (SFR) and Residential with Acreage (RW) listings in Bend, Sisters and Tumalo: The seasonal slowdown picked up steam throughout the region, just in time for a...
by Lisa Broadwater | Nov 30, 2015 | About Sisters, Oregon, For Buyers, Home & Design, Real Estate News, Uncategorized
This summer I wrote about the building boom in Sisters. Now, developer Peter Hall has broken ground on Sisters’ newest subdivision, ClearPine. The 20-acre, 100-home project in northeast Sisters is being touted as a sort of scaled-down version of Bend’s uber-popular...
by Lisa Broadwater | Sep 25, 2015 | About Bend, Local Resources, Real Estate News, Uncategorized
One indicator that an economy is gaining momentum is the return of high-end new-construction subdivisions, especially those geared primarily toward vacation-home buyers. These days, we are definitely seeing that in Bend: Not only are there a number of new...