Bend, Oregon Real Estate 2010 Report Card

We are proud to say that we've just completed our third year as an independent real estate company on an optimistic note. The number of transactions we closed in 2010 was up 27% from 2009. Counting new residential construction in Bend, Oregon we were Number One in dollar volume at the end of the year with nearly 20% of the market. A snapshot taken among Central Oregon MLS members in late February 2011 ranked us No. 3 in Bend residential listings by dollar volume and No. 4 by number of listings, both up from the end of 2010. We continue to add new brokers and now have 19 licensed agents engaged in real estate sales. We realize success is something that is earned and we are grateful to our clients, builders and colleagues in the Bend, Oregon real estate community.

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To all our friends…

The holiday season is upon us and we at The Garner Group wish to express our heartfelt best wishes to all of you for Christmas and the New Year. In support of a paperless environment, we continue our practice of employing an Internet-based platform to extend a message of good cheer. Our wishes are no less sincere when transmitted through cyberspace than along the route of the postal carrier.

Our third year as a Bend, Oregon independent real estate company is ending on an optimistic note, both for our business and for the local real estate market as a whole. We have added several brokers to the agent roster this year and all are making a valuable contribution to the success of our enterprise and the level of service we provide our clients.

We particularly want to thank the many people beyond our office walls who have contributed to our success. The efforts of lenders, builders, developers, title and escrow officers, vendors and our transaction partners in the local real estate community have combined to help many home buyers and sellers accomplish their objectives in 2010. We also extend to our long-time friends and supporters special thanks and blessings in the holiday season and beyond.

The coming year will be filled with challenges and opportunities. We look forward with optimism.

“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities”—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We've Added to Our Team!

Three real estate agents have recently joined our Bend, Oregon real estate company at The Garner Group Realtors and Development LLC. They are Lisa Whitney, Angela Tweedie and John B. Taylor. All are licensed real estate brokers in the state of Oregon.

Whitney obtained her license in 2005 when she moved to Bend, Oregon from Portland and has been engaged in real estate sales since. A native of California, she attended UCLA and between 1989 and 1996 was affiliated with Whitney and Associates, a direct marketing firm serving non-profit organizations. Whitney recently earned the National Assn. of Realtors’ Green Broker designation. She is an active volunteer with the Bend Spay and Neuter Project.

Tweedie, a Texas native, lived in Alaska for many years and obtained her Alaska real estate license in 2005 after a 20-year career with Nordstrom in Anchorage, following which she earned several performance awards at an Anchorage brokerage. She relocated to Bend this year and obtained her Oregon broker’s license before joining The Garner Group.

Taylor has been licensed in Oregon since 2006. A Portland native, he moved to Bend in 2001. He is an active skier and former ski racer and coach who currently serves as a member of the Mt. Bachelor Volunteer Ambassador Program. Taylor’s background includes 25 years in the ski and outdoor industry and he is a former owner of Sheridan (Ore.) Forest Products, a wood chip producer.

Welcome aboard from the Garner Group!