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Good morning, Bend! I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween on Saturday. And don’t forget to roll your clocks back an hour that evening.

In today’s Bend Buzz:

Let’s get to it.

— Derek Carlson

Comparing a New Build to a Resale Home? Check the Tax Line First.

If you're weighing a new build against a resale home, there's one line on the listing worth a second look: property taxes.

New-build listings typically show a property tax bill for the land only, because the finished house isn't on the tax roll yet. In some neighborhoods, I see new construction listings show $1,298 a year, while finished homes nearby pay about $4,520 to $4,560. That isn't a mistake on the listing. Once the house is on the tax roll, the bill catches up. A gap like that can come out to about $270+ a month, and it usually doesn't show up until the first full tax bill.

Buyers are deciding based on the payment they'll actually make, and that payment is built out of lines like this one. That's why I've dropped the Sellers Market or Buyers Market label and have started calling it a Market of Margins.  Before you compare payments, be sure to ask for the estimated tax on the finished house.

I dig into the numbers behind decisions like this every month in the H.O.M.E. Report. It's free, the next one comes out November 5th.

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🏡 Featured Listing: 21138 NE Beall Drive is a five bedroom home featuring the primary suite on the main floor and a tax bill that's for the finished house. Built in 2024, about two minutes from St. Charles in NE Bend, $695,000.

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Fourteen of your favorite local artists, including Sheila Dunn, Lindsay Gilmore, and Jennifer McCaffrey, to name a few, have come together for a benefit auction supporting BEAM, an afterschool program previously housed at Silver Rail Elementary.

The idea began with artist and Silver Rail mom Ashley Paggi of Ash Cascade Design, whose first instinct after the tragedy was to give back. Thirteen other local artists joined her to help find BEAM a home through art.

Browse the pieces, bid on one you love, and help us show up for these kids. Bidding runs through Friday, November 6th at midnight PST.

🎱 Final weekend for Duda’s Billiards Bar: Another downtown business is closing its doors for good after Halloween night. Duda’s last day will be Saturday evening, so go try your hand at playing a round of pool in a ghost costume and wish them well as they move on to their next adventure.

🍣 Mango’s Poke food cart opens at Ballers & Brews: Ballers & Brews is home to a new food cart concept from the folks who run Sebastian’s Seafood. Mango’s Poke is hosting their grand opening today and tomorrow with both lunch and dinner service. This cart takes the place of The Mighty Greek, which is shutting down due to the owners relocating.

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Follow a Century-Old Highway! Road Trip Along Historic Hwy 199 Where the California Redwoods Meet the Pacific Ocean

Celebrate a century of scenic Highway 199, connecting Southern Oregon to Crescent City, California’s ocean beaches. Follow this historic route in Del Norte County for towering ancient redwoods, scenic hikes, historic stops, and the spectacularly clear Smith River—one of the cleanest rivers in the world. Fish, raft, float, or simply soak up the scenery!

Explore Highway 199 and enjoy special centennial deals along the way. 

We’ve got a whoooole lot of Halloween events happening this weekend, so rather than try to come up with unique ways to describe the same thing over and over, I’m gonna list all the spooky-related events together and keep the writeups short and sweet.

🧘 Bend to Balance: Three days of mental health and wellness workshops and presentations. Fri - Sun @ Embark & Unitarian Universalist

⛷️ Warren Miller’s Days Off: The snowstake is back and so are two more showings of Warren Miller’s Days Off at the Tower Theatre. 6 & 9 PM Tower Theatre

🫗 Rad Glass Cup Crawl: Rad Glass is hosting a scavenger hunt/cup crawl with the chance to take home some sweet hand-blown creations. 4 PM Higher Elevations

🎿 The High Route: Join the Central Oregon Avalanche Center for an evening of exploratory ski mountaineering and alpinism with Sam Hennessey and Ryan Griffiths. 6 PM Silver Moon

💕 Bend Bachelor Comedy Show: Watch as eligible bachelors and bachelorettes take the stage in this show that is part dating event and part comedy. 8 PM Craft Kitchen

🌍️ Pattie Gonia: SAVE HER!: Environmental drag queen Pattie Gonia brings her SAVE HER! tour to Bend with co-hosts Sequoia and VERA!, then keeps the night going with a Halloween afterparty. 8 PM Midtown Ballroom

Halloween-related events:

🎃 Boo Bash Market: A family-friendly market on Halloween Eve. 4 - 8 PM Cascade Indoor Sports

😱 Creepy Carnival: Bring the whole family to this creepy (but not too creepy) carnival. 6 - 9 PM Works Real Estate

🧙 Halloween Toddler Party: Let your little ones jump in costume. 9 AM - 12 PM Mountain Air

🥷 Free Spirit Halloween Hangout: No ninja costume required. Two chances for your kids to burn off some pre-candy energy. 2 & 3:30 PM Free Spirit

🚌 Bend-La Pine Schools Trunk or Treat: Swing by the Bend-La Pine School District bus barn for some trunk or treating. 1 PM Bend Transportation

👻 Halloween Festival: Bunk + Brew kicks off two days of Halloween celebrations with vendors, live music, and costume contests. 4 PM (Friday) & 5 PM (Saturday) Bunk + Brew

🪩 Halloween Hangout: An evening of dance and pole performances along with a costume party. 7:30 PM Studio 61st

🎤 Halloween Hip Hop Show: Costume up for an evening of hip hop at Open Space. 8 PM Open Space Event Studios

🎪 La Bon Burlesque’s Carnevil: UPP Liquids is hosting a wicked weekend of tantalizing teases, twisted thrills & deliciously dark debauchery. 5:30 PM (Friday) & 7 PM (Saturday) UPP Liquids

🏃 Together for Silver Rail 5k: Join Black Cat Movement at Elevation Bend for a 5k in support of Silver Rail. After the race, there will be free quesadillas for the kids, saunas for the adults, and trunk-or-treating for all. 8 AM Elevation Bend

🛻 Monster Truck LEGO: Bring the kids by Dakota’s Brick Shop where they can build a LEGO mini monster truck. 10 AM - 6 PM Dakota’s Brick Shop

Halloween-related events:

🕺 Halloween Dance Party: Get Halloween started right with a morning costume dance party. 9 AM The Commons Cafe

🍂 Fall Harvest Party: Family-friendly event with games, candy, photobooth, and more. 3 PM Faith Christian Center

🍬 Downtown Bend Trick-or-Treat: Businesses downtown open their doors for trick-or-treating. If you ask nicely, I’ll share which ones handed out full-size bars last year. 3 - 6 PM Downtown Bend

🦖 Halloween at the Old Mill: Didn’t get enough candy downtown (or vice versa)? Head to the Old Mill where businesses will be handing out treats (I have no inside knowledge of where to find full-size bars here). 3 - 6 PM Old Mill District

🏃 Halloween 6er’s & 6k: Think you can set a 6k PR in a t-rex costume? Here’s your chance to give it a shot. 12 PM Miller’s Landing

🏚 Halloween Haunted House: Don’t want to shell out the big bucks for a haunted house experience? Here’s a more budget-friendly (read: free) one on the NE side of town. 4 - 9:30 PM 63095 Pikes Ct.

🎤 Costume Party & Karaoke: Bring the whole family for a costume party and karaoke. 6 PM Bridge 99

👺 Horror Core Halloween Weekend: Open Space Event Studios keeps Halloween going all day long with a kids Halloween adventure (11 AM - 4 PM), Katacombs dance party (6:30 - 10 PM), Horror Core drag (10:30 - 11:30 PM), & Rocky Horror Picture Show (Midnight). 11 AM - Late Open Space Event Studios

🚚 Truck or Treat: Bring the whole fam for a bite to eat and some truck-or-treating. 3 PM Ballers & Brews

🍭 Trunk-or-Treat: Snag some candy, enjoy hot apple cider, and play some carnival games at this family-friendly event. 3 PM First Presbyterian

🐶 Howl’O’Ween: Bring your fur babies to this dog-friendly Halloween event. 4 PM Bend Wine Bar

🧹 Fright Night: Enjoy food, drinks, candy, and a kids’ costume parade at Discovery West. 4 PM Discovery Corner

🛶 Bend Witches Paddle: Calling all witches! Take to the river at the annual Bend Witches Paddle. 4 PM Riverbend Park

🍺 Spookiversary: Hot sauces, fiery beers, and plenty more at Funky Fauna’s annual Halloween party. 1 - 9 PM Funky Fauna

🎃 Halloween at Brookswood Meadow Plaza: Kick off the holiday season with an afternoon of festive shopping and community fun! 12 - 5 PM Brookswood Meadow Plaza

🧛 Westside Halloween Party: Costumes. Drinks. Music. All your Halloween party favorites. 6 PM 10 Barrel West

👻 Halloween Bash w/ The Dad Bods: Ditto for above plus The Dad Bods & Brother Gabe’s Flashback to '76 Band will be providing the live music. 9 PM McMenamins Old St. Francis

👺 Party Monsters: Cliché is taking over Dogwood for a night dedicated to all their favorite freaks, club kids, ghouls, gays, and everything in between. 8 PM Dogwood at the Pine Shed

🎻 Cascade Horizon Community Band: Head to MVHS for a free concert (donations accepted) from the Cascade Horizon Community Band. 2 PM Mountain View High School

🎨 Plate & Palette: Travel the world without leaving town! Sip, savor, paint, and explore a new destination through food, drinks, and art. 5:30 PM Bleu Bite Catering

🫂 When Words Aren’t Enough Grief Workshop: Some feelings live too deep for words. In this intimate mixed media workshop, you’ll use art to do what language can't — to remember, to honor, and to begin to find our way through. 2 PM Freak’N Art

🕯 Holiday Votive Workshop: Create a little holiday magic with your own handmade house and tree votives at Tumalo Lavender. 1 PM Tumalo Lavender

🎶 Threads N’ Tunes: Unwind from a long Halloween weekend with an afternoon of vintage shopping, music, drinks, and community. 11 AM - 4 PM UPP Liquids

Shineola | Commonwealth Pub | 5 PM
Superball | Commonwealth Pub | 8 PM
Coyote Rider | McMenamins | 7 PM

Pigs on the Wing: Beyond Pompeii | Tower Theatre | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Punk-O-Ween V | Silver Moon | 12 PM | Tickets

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Stay warm, and thank you again for reading!

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