tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post1581858967750408684..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: Back from Bend... Again...Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-88142929377938373372009-05-01T10:33:00.000-07:002009-05-01T10:33:00.000-07:00We'll have a look at Hood River and other areas ov...We'll have a look at Hood River and other areas over the next year. Right now, we're kind of worn out from all the driving back and forth and are just happy to have found a place.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-33847348038617308922009-05-01T10:25:00.000-07:002009-05-01T10:25:00.000-07:00Movin just in time for the Cessna plant to close a...Movin just in time for the Cessna plant to close and toss more high wage earners into the Bend unemployment scene. Remember, I am the guy who said look at Hood River. At least you leased, so there is still time to move again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-55703476724778644722009-05-01T09:13:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:13:00.000-07:00It's a little over 2,000 square feet but it's hard...It's a little over 2,000 square feet but it's hard to say what it would sell for since, basically, nothing over $450,000 is selling at all.<br /><br />I was told that just about every $450,000+ sale you see on Zillow over the last six months is a house going back to the bank - apparently this gets reported as a sale at the assessors office (for the amount of the outstanding loan, I think) though I don't know how the transaction is accounted for in the home price statistics.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-88499210050822393722009-05-01T09:04:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:04:00.000-07:00Tim,
Just curious, how big is this house and what...Tim,<br /><br />Just curious, how big is this house and what range are they seling for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-16949344919321238832009-05-01T04:12:00.000-07:002009-05-01T04:12:00.000-07:00We'll be facing the city. Yeah, the unemployment r...We'll be facing the city. Yeah, the unemployment rate is high, but the entire West Coast is in double digits now.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-39431103636889050052009-04-30T18:47:00.000-07:002009-04-30T18:47:00.000-07:00Awbrey Butte is very nice - do you have a view of ...Awbrey Butte is very nice - do you have a view of the Cascades?<br /><br />I've been looking out our sunny windows and laughing at the weather forecasts that have been calling for snow, right up until yesterday when it did snow. Ooops. Maybe they were right.<br /><br />The big problem with Bend's unemployment rate is that the economy was geared towards tourists, building houses for part-time residents/tourists and selling expensive dinners, outdoor equipment, furniture, art and knick knacks to part-time residents/tourists.<br /><br />If you take away the part-time residents, the building and the selling, there isn't much left, really - at least not to support the number of people who live there and want jobs. <br /><br />But it IS a beautiful place, and I don't think that the perky view the realtor's association takes is entirely divorced from reality. Just, kinda, mostly divorced from reality right now.<br /><br />Like you, we aren't dependent on the local economy for jobs (at least I HOPE we're not) but it's hard to live in an area with high employment and the corresponding misery that goes with it. <br /><br />~Mrs. MarkuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-21739398747086104612009-04-30T18:37:00.000-07:002009-04-30T18:37:00.000-07:00It's been a popular place for quite a while now - ...It's been a popular place for quite a while now - some would say <I><B>too</B></I> popular around the middle of the decade.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-85918974868281540132009-04-30T18:32:00.000-07:002009-04-30T18:32:00.000-07:00Bend a few years back was named one of the best ou...Bend a few years back was named one of the best outdoor places to live according to Outside Magazine(or one of those magazines).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com