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Paulina Creek in Late Fall Worth Seeing

We have hiked the Peter Skene Ogden trail many times, but we never tire of doing this when the weather turns cold.  Paulina Creek freezes and the multiple waterfalls along the trail turn into beautiful works of art with ice sculpted into interesting shapes. The sounds of the running water are also muffled when the ice gets deeper and the quiet and isolation of the hike will amaze. On November 26, 2022 we hiked Peter Skene Ogden trail from McKay Crossing campground up Paulina Creek planning on going as far as the early snow permitted.  We we pleased to find we could trek the entire way to Paulina Falls using our micro spikes as the trail was icy; the deepest snow was roughly a foot in a shadowed gully roughly 2/3 of the way to Paulina Falls. During the hike we enjoyed total privacy with no other hikers seen the entire day. But the views of the partly frozen waterfalls were lovely and the 13 miles in and out were well worth the experience.  We highly recommend this hike in the winter, but be prepared for deep snow as the season progresses.

Ryan Hoover Has Joined Bend Premier Real Estate

Ryan brings many years of real estate experience representing both buyers and sellers in their transactions.  He is a third generation Realtor and has knowledge, experience and great negotiation skills. During his years of work, he has assisted first-time homebuyers, investors and families with their real estate needs including luxury homes, subdivisions or acreage properties. When not busy with his clients, Ryan is living the Central Oregon lifestyle backpacking, mountaineering, rock-climbing, kayaking, skiing, weight lifting and his latest - competitive pickleball. 

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Cameron Valdez Has Joined Bend Premier Real Estate

Cameron was raised in Sisters, OR, but has lived all over the USA. After successfully managing a retail flooring store for a few years, he decided to come back home to take a break from the hustle and bustle of city life, and high stress career. He signed on as a raft guide right here in Bend while getting his real estate license. After a successful first year he decided to drop the guiding to sell real estate full time. When he isn't working you can catch him out at Smith Rock, on the chairlift at Mt. Bachelor, hiking around the Three Sisters, or floating down the Deschutes River. When working with clients he always strives for open, honest, and professional communication between all parties, and with a storied bac...

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Glyeb Ewing has Joined Bend Premier Real Estate

Originally from the Ukraine, Glyeb came to this country when his American stepfather adopted him and moved the family to the United States. Glyeb was able to play football on a scholarship at Oregon State and recently started his own short-term rental management company which enables his clients to earn passive income while they are not using their property. The tie-in with real estate brokering and short term rentals is obvious. Glyeb welcomes the opportunity to find other vacation property for his clients as well as working with buyers and sellers with all their real estate needs.

For Glyeb, if there is a question he can not answer, he will do everything in his power to get the answer from a teammate or professional that do...

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High Interest Rates Impacting the Buying Power of Bend Homebuyers

Although the 30 year interest rate has moderated a bit from its high of 7.08% hit November 10, 2022, the rapid increase in mortgage interest rates we have seen since the beginning of 2022 has greatly impacted our buyer's purchasing power. Many buyers are regretting that they didn't buy several months ago before rates rose to the levels they are now. But is it really cheaper to buy a Bend home today than it was six months ago? Let's look at the true difference between these two markets and see what the numbers actually say.

 In April, we were still living under high demand for Bend homes and a $500,000 property hitting the market would often generate

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