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Highlights of the Latest Broker Tour in Sisters

Today we had the first broker tour of the year — sleet, snow and rain notwithstanding. It was a small tour — only seven homes — and it provided a pretty good cross-section of Sisters options. Continue reading

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Tumalo, Oregon Real Estate Market Report for December 2011

The December real estate market in Tumalo was indicative of the progress that has been made here throughout 2011. With 48 Active RW listings, the inventory reached its lowest point in the past three years. Continue reading

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Sisters, Oregon Real Estate Market Report for December 2011

In December, the Sisters real estate market took a bit of a breather, with a slight reduction in both listings and sales.
As expected, the overall inventory shrank a bit, from 130 listings in November to 117 in December. Continue reading

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Tumalo, Oregon Real Estate Market Report for November 2011

In November, Tumalo continued to whittle away at its residential real estate inventory, especially at the lower end of the price spectrum. There’s now a very respectable 7.3-month supply of Active Residential With Acreage (RW) listings. And, of those, only 22 of the 57 properties are below $500,000. Continue reading

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Sisters, Oregon Real Estate Market Report for November 2011

Sisters, Oregon Real Estate Market Report for November 2011In November, the Sisters residential real estate market continued to tighten. Thanks to another reduction in listings combined with double-digit sales, the inventory is now below a 10-month supply for both Single Family Residential (SFR) listings and Residential with Acreage (RW) listings –- specifically, a 9.8-month and 8.6-month supply, respectively. Continue reading

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About Town: The Food Cart Revolution Comes to Tumalo

OK, so it isn’t exactly CARTopia. No, one food cart does not a revolution make. But the fact that a tiny unincorporated town like Tumalo has even one food cart definitely qualifies as news. Nearby Sisters, with more than twice the population (even more, if we’re talking school district), has yet to embrace its first food cart (Bend, no surprise, has quite a few popular carts scattered around town). Continue reading

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A Feast of Thanksgiving Week Activities: Gobble ‘Em Up

So the holiday season is finally upon us. If you’re ready to celebrate, there are plenty of opportunities in Central Oregon this week.

Here’s a rundown: Continue reading

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October 2011 Real Estate Market Report for Tumalo, Oregon

There weren’t any remarkable changes since September, just another month of integral progress. For the second month, there are no longer any RW properties on the market for less than $200,000. Meanwhile, four of the seven closed sales and four of the six pending sales in October were for more than $300,000 (with one closed sale just shy of $1,000,000). Continue reading

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Sisters, Oregon Real Estate Market Report for October 2011

In October, the residential real estate market in Sisters nudged closer toward a balanced market (which favors buyers and sellers equally) than it has in a good long while. Continue reading

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Daylight Saving Time: A Great Time to Prepare Your Home for Winter

This Sunday (Nov. 6) marks the end of Daylight Saving Time. If you’re feeling especially enterprising, you could use that extra 60 minutes to do a few simple things around the house to ensure that your surroundings are better prepared to survive the winter. Continue reading

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