Lynne Connelley Bend Real Estate

Yep, it's true.  Almost everyone I am sure knows and recognizes the Coldwell Banker brand for real estate, a national company with franchises in every state of the country with more than 1,000 offices.  I am sure that most people do not know what a gem we have right here in Central Oregon, Coldwell Banker Morris Real Estate, a ...

OK, this is a big DUH!  A Realtor must see houses to be an effective advocate for you, whether you are buying or selling.  LOTS OF HOUSES!  LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, both residential in town and farms and ranches.  I am talking of at least 10 homes per week in all categories.  WHY? In pricing your home to sell, your ...

If I didn't know better and I didn't have a calendar in front of me telling me it is clearly 2010 and NOT 2005, I would think we were back in the crazy days of Bend, OR, homes for sale when we had offers and multiple offers almost as soon as we listed a property, be it a residential sale, condo or a Central Oregon ranch or farm.  All ...

Occasionally -- maybe a couple of times a month at most -- I see a fabulous buy on a home on our Tuesday morning MLS tour of Bend real estate or our Wednesday morning office tour of homes and farms & ranches for Coldwell Banker Morris.  This past week I saw THREE incredible deals, the kind of property you walk in and wonder, "WHO DO ...

It will indeed be music to our collective ears as brokers, as sellers and as buyers when the era of short sales comes to an end.  It has not reached that point yet, at least as I see Bend Oregon homes for sale this month, but there are good signs.  Looking at the MLS listings which were on tour yesterday, April 20, of the ...

Have you heard of the November 30, 2009, program by the Treasury Department called HAFA?  It took effect this week on Monday, April 5, and its guidelines follow below.  HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program) is part of the fairly unsuccessful -- well, VERY unsuccessful -- HAMP program, Home Affordable Modification ...

You have probably heard about foreclosure auctions and heard they take place on the courthouse steps.  Is that really true?  Well, it really is! The world of forecosure auctions is complex and requires research and the knowledge base to know what to research.  You will also need to know where to find those answers.  ...

In looking at the MLS listings in Bend that are for sale that were on our tour this morning, a few stand out as some excellent values of Bend, OR, homes for sale. There were some outstanding homes in downtown Bend.  One is a fabulous remodel of a 1925 home with a cute fenced yard out of Sunset.  It is cute, updated and in a ...

Each Tuesday morning we brokers have the opportunity to tour MLS listings in Bend, OR, which invariably yields interesting finds and equally interesting homes to stay away from!  This "sneak peek" helps me guide you to desireable homes you may not have noticed in your searches or mine, and sometimes I have seen a home in ...

In a recent trip to Arizona, an epicenter of the distressed housing market, I picked up a newspaper to read that for the first time there are signs that the $75 billion federal housing program announced in February is beginning to help some Valley homeowners.  In our Bend OR real estate we are still seeing astounding numbers of foreclosures, ...