MARIA's Blog

River Rim is a nice subdivision in southwest Bend off of Brookswood Boulevard that is adjacent to the Deschutes River canyon.  There are a variety of home builders there:  Hayden, Hendrickson, Schumacher to name a few.  The neighborhood has a large meadow, a community park, and a shopping center ...

This is a community of about 10 lots above the Deschutes River.  It is located off of OB Riley Rd just down the road from where Empire meets OB Riley. Only a couple of the lots can really have river views.  There are currently about 5 houses built, 3 of which are for sale and there are usually se...

Tango Creek consists of newer homes off of Boyd Acres Road.  It is a nice neighborhood with some mountain views and is not along the railroad tracks as some others in the area.  it is conveniently located to shopping and near schools.  It is a great place to go walking.  There is a lot of open sp...

Whitehorse is neighborhood I am very familiar with.  I have been adding neighborhoods I have lived in with the hope of providing an inside perspective.  Whitehorse is newer homes built around 1999 and after.  Some of them have lovely views of Smith Rock and night lights. There is neighborhood par...

Cessna addition is a cute neighborhood in southeast Bend at the base of Pilot Butte.  It is conveniently located to shopping, medical facilities, restaurants, and downtown.  The homes are newer homes on Tee Court and Rice Way.  The surrounding older neighborhood is lovely with established landsca...

This is a nice neighborhood in southwest Bend.  It is conveniently located close enough to get on the parkway and a decent distance from grocery stores.  The first homes were built by Pahlisch homes and I personally think they are the nicest, namely because none of them back up to Brookswood Blvd...

I just realized I had added the neighborhood, but never got a description in.  Veranda Glen is off of OB Riley Road in Bend and is a little known neighborhood near the river and trails and at the base of Awbrey Butte.  It is basically 10 houses on Fresca Street that are nicely built.  I lived the...

Interesting video on the federal reserve history.  Worth watching because it makes you better understand what is happening behind the scenes in our current banking debacle which is also affecting our industry. I found it very interesting and hope you do too.  I come across some interesting links ...

This is a great website and I was reading it because i was researching why it seemed that REO inventories were down when things seem to be getting worse.  the article was explaining why Orange County, CA REO's had declined.  I grew up there and was checking it out because my son is moving there a...

I checked out the Corelogic site after seeing it in a mortgage banker's newsletter and it is a very informative site with many useful links about what is happening in our economy.  I urge you to check it out.  Here is the link to troubled bank list and there are a few Oregon banks i recognize and...