RE/MAX returns to Bend, Oregon as RE/MAX Key Properties. You may notice some logo and company name changes across my blog today and in the upcoming week. Taft Dire is now RE/MAX Key Properties..we're the same great firm with outstanding service, quality results - now with new tools to serve you better. Here's a copy of our press release that just went out.
RE/MAX Returns to Bend, Oregon 
Knowledge, Experience, Full-Service Showcased at Locally-Owned Franchise
(Bend, OR - November 30, 2010) – The RE/MAX Pacific Northwest Region is proud to announce the opening of RE/MAX Key Properties in Bend, Oregon. Recruited by the RE/MAX Network to bring RE/MAX back to Bend after an office closure in 2008, new Broker/Owners Bill Duffey and Pat Huber will open for business on December 1st. Duffey and Huber most recently operated Taft Dire Real Estate Resources, a respected and successful local boutique office.
Duffey says joining with RE/MAX matches perfectly with their company’s strategy. “We’ve seen some big changes in the Central Oregon real estate market, but we see growth for our business and community,” says Duffey. “Just like us, people enjoy Central Oregon and want to live here. They want to own property and there are so many great opportunities that exist in today's market, especially for first time homebuyers and investors. It’s simple - RE/MAX helps us, our agents and our clients be successful in meeting our goals.”
Independently owned and operated, RE/MAX Key Properties will service Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver and other areas of Deschutes and Crook Counties. The office will specialize in residential real estate, new construction, distressed property and the luxury home market.
In addition to Duffey and Huber, who is a licensed CPA and broker, RE/MAX Key Properties has three staff members and more than twenty agents. To serve both the office and the customer, RE/MAX Key Properties features diversified in-house support services including communications, marketing, financial and business management.
The RE/MAX Key Properties office is located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue in downtown Bend. For more information, go to remax.com or contact Colleen McNally, Marketing/Broker at (541) 728-0033 or cmcnally@remax.net .
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About RE/MAX Key Properties: Independently owned and operated, RE/MAX Key Properties is a full service real estate marketing and sales company located in Bend, Oregon. Originally formed in 2007 as Taft Dire LLC and converting to a RE/MAX franchise office, RE/MAX Key Properties opens on December 1, 2010.
RE/MAX Key Properties offers brokerage services to agents and consumers as well as specialty services to residential builders and developers including business and financial analysis/strategy, communications, marketing, and customer service/sales representation.
Partners Bill Duffey and Patricia Huber currently lead a staff of three and more than twenty agents. Active in the Central Oregon community, the firm has supported such organizations as Bend Habitat for Humanity, Central Oregon Builders Association, Family Access Network and area schools.
About the RE/MAX Network: RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger. From a single office in Denver, Colorado, it has grown into a global network of over 90,000 Sales Associates in more than 80 countries, an international presence greater than any of its competitors. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX.
RE/MAX has been recognized as the leading real estate franchise in the “2009 Franchise Times Top 200,” and has also been honored as the top real estate franchise for nine of the last 11 years in “The Franchise 500 Survey,” published by Entrepreneur magazine.
Today, all U.S. home listings in thousands of cities and towns can be found at www.remax.com , the most visited real estate franchise web site. (Compete.com, Hitwise, ComScore for 6-month period through July 2010) RE/MAX is proud of its Premier Community Citizenship, which has raised over $100 million for deserving organizations like Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Children’s Miracle Network and The Sentinels of Freedom Foundation.
There is still a chance for an extension of the first time home buyer closing deadline as this vote occured on a stand alone bill. With the incredible influx of buyers, contracts on short sales and high demand on mortgage brokers; many Oregon first time home buyers will miss the closing deadline even though they had signed sales contracts on time. The following was just reported by Innman News: 
multiple offers within the first few days of listing. The Homes in the neighborhood range in price from the low $300,000 through $600,000.
from all over the Northwest. Other economic engines include health care, tech services and wood products manufacturing. But unemployment is high, with 14.9% out of work as of December.
you're happy with their ability to answer your questions. Purchasing your first home is probably the biggest financial decions you've made, so remember there are no stupid questions and you can't ask to many.
Facebook Data Center in Prineville will be excused from paying local taxes, it will still be largely contributing to the local economy. Facebook will be paying around $27,000 in property taxes, a $110,000 annual Community fee to Crook County and Prineville, as well as a franchise fee from Facebook power bill to the county. The Data Center will be built on only 30 acres of the 124 acres purchased by Facebook, leaving room for expansion.
in Central Oregon trying to buy homes before the first-time homebuyer and move-up home buyer tax credit deadlines. 
