Central Oregon Housing News

Oct. 13, 2013

Foreclosure mediations on the rise

Foreclosure mediation sees uptick

Central Oregon homeowners slowly enrolling in program

By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin

Published: September 27. 2013 4:00AM PST

Foreclosure resources

• To find out more about Oregon’s foreclosure mediation program, visit www.doj.state.or.us/consumer/pages/foreclosure_mediation.aspx. To set up an appointment with a local mediation coach, contact HomeSource of NeighborImpact at …

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Oct. 13, 2013

Rental market tightens

Bend rental crunch continues

New survey shows rising rents, lower vacancy for apartments across Oregon

By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin

Published: September 08. 2013 4:00AM PST

Standing outside the office of Plus Property Management, clutching a stack of apartment applications, Malcolm Heald looked a little defeated.

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Sept. 15, 2013

OSU Cascades chooses west Bend campus site

West Bend acres for Cascades

OSU hopes approval from State Board committee to spend $12.9 million

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin

Published: September 14. 2013 4:00AM PST

SALEM — Oregon State University-Cascades has found its campus.

The university has identified more than 50 acres in west Bend where it …

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Sept. 13, 2013

Homes planned by Bend golf course

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Homes planned by Bend golf course

Developers resuming proposal that stalled in 2008 crash

By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin

Published: September 13. 2013 4:00AM PST

 

Developers are brushing the dust off a plan to build new homes in the Stonegate subdivision on Bend’s south side, near the …

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Sept. 8, 2013

Bend’s economy growing

Bend’s economy growing

State report shows solid job gains and home price increases

By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin

Published: September 05. 2013 4:00AM PST

 

Rising home prices and new private-sector jobs have turned Bend into one of Oregon’s fastest-growing regions, in terms of economic health, according to a recently released …

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Sept. 1, 2013

Building it Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright design in Bend, Oregon

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Jason Adams, owner of Arbor Builders, and Cliff Scott, not pictured, lead designer of Designs for Living, have started designing and building homes in Bend, like this one at 1235 N.W. Union St., in the style of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Sept. 1, 2013

Bend noted for entreprenuership

Bend grows entrepreneurs

Study ranks city 16 nationally in high-tech startup density

By Rachael Rees / The Bulletin

Published: September 01. 2013 4:00AM PST

 

Jim Miller, founder and CEO of a tech startup, moved his family and business to Bend:

— before learning Entrepreneur Magazine labeled Bend the next big city …

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Sept. 1, 2013

Expanding Northwest Crossing

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An excavator and a drilling rig prepare land Wednesday in NorthWest Crossing for the development’s next expansion, called the Discovery Park area.
Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

 

Expanding Northwest Crossing

Bend neighborhood readies land west of Mt. Washington Drive for housing

By Rachael Rees …
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Aug. 29, 2013

Bend home prices up sharply

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Soaring home prices are back.

A report released Thursday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency ranked the Bend-Redmond Metropolitan Statistical Area fourth in the country for yearly home price increases.

Median prices in the Bend-Redmond metro area, which covers all of Deschutes County, increased 16.73 percent in the …

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Aug. 29, 2013

Bend seeks input on expansion

Bend wants input on expansion

City hopes to involve more residents in work on growth boundary

By Hillary Borrud / The Bulletin

Published: August 29. 2013 4:00AM PST

 

Bend officials want to take a new approach to updating the city’s growth plan, and include more of the community in decision making. …

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