Lynne Connelley Bend Real Estate

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 ...

Looking at Bend OR homes for sale today on the Multiple Listing Tour were a few gems.  Please contact me if you want to see photos and I will send them out immediately. In city homes, two homes were outstanding.  One is on my favorite street in all of Bend, Drake Road.  This is located within walking distance of downtown (just a ...

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 ...

Some good deals for sale in Bend?  Yep!  But there are a lot of NOT good deals as well.  Tuesday's MLS tour included a small home that backs to a busy road, a new home overpriced by at least $50,000 and a home backing a busy road that is at least $200,000 overpriced!  One would think in the current market that sellers would ...

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 ...

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 ...