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Welcome to your one-stop source for Bend Oregon real estate services covering homes as well as farms and ranchesfor sale in Bend and the surrounding area in Central Oregon. 

Take a guided tour through my listings for Bend Oregon homes for sale, as well as MLS Listings in Central Oregon ranches, farms, and other propertiesCheck out my MLS Listings Bend Oregon page, Cascade views, riverfront homes, undeveloped land and destination resorts including Brasada Ranch. 

Highlighted in publications from the Wall Street Journal and Forbes to Sunset magazine, Bend is one of the United States' "in" places to visit and live, and Bend Oregon real estate can be one of the most exciting investments one can make.  Finding that home should be a fun and rewarding experience.

Here you'll find everything you'll need to buy or sell a home in Central Oregon communities such as Bend, Sisters, Powell Butte, La Pine and Redmond, as well as learn about the Bend Oregon real estate market. I am Lynne Connelley, and it is my goal to provide you with superior service at all times, so please tell me more about you! Learn About Me. 

Specializing in:

  Foreclosures

Short Sales

First Time Home Buyers

 

LOOKING FOR BEND OREGON HOMES FOR SALE OR LISTINGS OF CENTRAL OREGON RANCHES AND FARMS?  Email me at Lynne@LynneConnelley.com.


Ask Lynne!


How does the 2009 White House Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan impact you? Contact me at 541-408-6720 or simply fill out the form below. I will provide examples, explanations, straight from the White House!

How can I help you?

> As a seasoned investor in land, apartments, commercial and single-family homes for rentals, I will share with you formulas for determining value and making sound buying decisions. Contact me  for information on all MLS listings in Bend Oregon including residential and commercial investment ideas!
> As a homeowner for decades and owner of a ranch in Bend, I will share with you my extensive knowledge of our beautiful area. 
Contact me for information on Central Oregon ranches and farms for sale!
> As part of an excellent team
of marketers, lenders, appraisers, home inspectors, home stagers, custom builders and trades people from electricians to surveyors, I can make your home buying or selling transaction a pleasure.  
> Add to this, advanced Certified Residential Specialist training including listing strategies to get your home sold, buyer education and investor analyses plus education in green building to help both buyers and sellers, and you have a depth of knowledge to help you in locating and purchasing that perfect property.  And have fun along the way!


WELCOME TO 1-STOP SHOPPING FOR MLS LISTINGS OF BEND OREGON REAL ESTATE!


 

Also be sure to visit my blog.  It is a diary of my thoughts as I go through each week in this most interesting real estate market containing thoughts on everything from the bailout to loan options to investment opportunities to market analyses and -- most importantly -- some fabulous deals to make it even better!  


The Housing Market of History


What the ‘Experts’ Say about Housing Prices

I know, I know, we all read the newspapers and see on the news that real estate is in a tailspin from which recovery is perhaps years away!  Do you believe everything you read in the paper?  Probably not.  So why believe this dribble?  This theme makes assumptions and applies those with a broad brush stroke to every area of the country.

We have more Bend Oregon homes for sale than we have previously had at one time in inventory, creating bargains we have not seen since 2004 in an area of the country that has gotten more and more popular as direct flights reach Bend from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Phoenix.  If you look at the MLS listings in Bend Oregon, you will see an excellent choice of homes and land.

With over 50 families moving to our area each month, the inventory is healthy, but many of those new residents are afraid to buy because of what they see and read.  The Northwest is still a healthy section of the country for real estate.  So if you or friends are fence sitting, now is the time to buy!  Great selection or properties and interest rates currently as low as 4 percent!  2009 is destined to be the Year of the Investor.

And if you are looking for Central Oregon ranches and farms, the choices are even greater!  See my blog from the week of December 15.  Cascade views, incredible horse set-ups and even indoor arenas!  You can access these listings from my website.  If you have any questions or can’t find just that perfect property, give me a call or email me.

To put the negative news in context, check out the following quotes from the past decades.  IT IS THE BEST BUYERS’ MARKET IN OVER 20 YEARS IN THE CENTRAL OREGON MARKETPLACE!  Let me help you make it happen, whether for investment, a second home or your primary residence as you enjoy the paradise that is our beautiful area.

“The prices of houses seem to have reached a plateau, and there is a reasonable expectancy that prices will decline.”

-Time Magazine 1947

“Houses cost too much for the mass market.  Today’s average price is out of reach for two-thirds of all buyers.”

-Science Digest 1948 (average price at time: $8,000)

“The goal of owning a home seems to be getting beyond the reach of more and more Americans.”

                        -Business Week 1969 (average price at the time: $28,000)

“The era of easy profits in real estate may be drawing to close.”

- Money Magazine 1981

“If you are looking to buy, be careful.  Rising home values are not a sure thing anymore.”

-Miami Herald 1985

“Most economists agree… a home will become little more than a roof and a tax deduction, certainly not the lucrative investment it was…”

-Money Magazine 1986

“We’re starting to go back to the time when you bought a home not for its potential money-making abilities, but rather as a nesting spot.”

-Los Angeles Times 1993

Note that 1993 was the low point

For real estate values in Los Angeles.

“Financial planners agree that houses will continue to be a poor investment.”

-Kiplinger’s Personal Financial Magazine 1993

“A home is where the bad investment is.”

-San Francisco Examiner 1996

Average price of a home in San Francisco in 96: $250,000

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