Last month my husband and I were able to take a vacation to Tennessee. We had never been there before and thoroughly enjoyed that fabulous state, seeing the sights from Ashville (yes, that is in North Carolina) all the way east/west to Memphis. We stayed several days in Pigeon Forge, Nashville
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06/20/2022
For those who don't know, Bend Oregon was incorporated in 1904 as a logging town. Located at the Bend of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, it's main employer for many years was the Brooks - Scanlon Lumber Company which had its mill on the river. Workers at the mill built small homes in the
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06/17/2022
Bend Home Prices Up, But at Slower Rate Ask any Bend Premier Real Estate broker what the Bend home market is like late spring 2022 and they will tell you it "feels different" than it has been over the past two years. The frenzied buying scenarios and multiple offers that were experienced on man
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06/06/2022
What was your first job and what did you learn from it? My first real job, outside of babysitting, was working at a diet restaurant called "Skinny Haven" as a To Go Girl. Basically, I would run to go orders from the reception area to the kitchen and make sure they were filled. This evolved into
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05/25/2022
Are Bend Home Sales at a Crossroads?We have been blogging monthly about Bend real estate trends for many years. Often the data repeats itself month after month and it can feel a bit repetitious. However, since the beginning of 2022, we have noted changes with Bend home sales trends. There may be
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05/04/2022
Bend Real Estate Sales Up Despite Rising Interest RatesMortgage interest rates for a 30 year conventional loan with 20% down have exceeded 5% for the first time in over a decade. Despite the decreased buying power this creates for many, especially first time homebuyers, the March 2022 pending sa
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04/09/2022
Bend OR Luxury Real Estate Sales Breaking RecordsIt is hard to believe, but ten years ago million dollar sales in Bend were rare and uncommon. Out of 1679 sales during the preceding 12 months that included February, 2012, only 9 were for more than one million dollars for Bend single family homes
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03/15/2022
How High Can Bend Oregon Home Prices Go?It seems that every month we are breaking records with Bend single family home sales. Since coming out of the great recession, Bend has experienced high demand for available housing leading to an increase in home prices. But since the Covid-19 pandemic and
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03/09/2022
Inventory Levels the Biggest Challenge for Bend Home SalesJanuary 2022 began the New Year with the same Bend housing market trends we experienced in 2021 - little inventory with a lot of demand. Bend Premier Real Estate Brokers are working with many buyers who are often discouraged when the avail
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02/09/2022
Lack of Inventory the Most Pressing Issue for Bend Oregon Real Estate 2021 has come to a close and the Bend housing market has broken records when it comes to volume, price and inventory levels. The huge influx of residents moving to Bend which started with the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic continued i
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01/11/2022
