Up for Bocce Ball?

The Bend Premier Real Estate team made up of Lisa Wettstein, Debbie Walsh, Colleen Dillingham and Diane Lozito participated August 22, 2019 in Amerititle's 8th annual Bocce Ball Tournament. Over 48 teams were there representing the real estate industry throughout Central Oregon. Although they didn't win, the Bend Premier "alley cats" had fun and thousands of dollars were raised for Central Oregon charities. 

Congratulations on a well played tournament and thanks to Amerititle for this fun, annual event.

Redmond Home Sales Strong

While the upward trends for Bend single family home sales have slowed over the past few months, Redmond home sales have remained strong. Redmond, located just 17 miles north of Bend, has long been known as a great place to live, with homes priced well below that of Bend. People relocating to Central Oregon have discovered Redmond's value and home sales in this great town have taken off.

When June 2019 is compared with June 2018, the following changes can be noted for Redmond single family home sales on less than an acre:

• Homes for sale down 2.5% to 230*


• Homes sold up 8.2% to 106


• Homes pended up 7.6% to 99


• Average price per square foot...

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June 2019 Spotlight on Local Business

Bend Premier Real Estate is thrilled to be named First Interstate Bank in Downtown Bend's featured local business for June 2019.  When visiting the bank at the corner of Greenwood and Wall Street, be sure to check out our display! And say hello to all the friendly people who work at First Interstate Bank.

Shirin Abplanalp Joins Bend Premier Real Estate

Shirin Abplanalp joins Bend Premier Real Estate after a career as a residential loan processor and operations manager at a major bank. Shirin believes that these years of work helped to develop her attention to detail, follow-through, reliability and professionalism that has carried over into her work as a real estate Broker.

Shirin understands that a real estate transaction can be a stressful event, but believes that the right real estate Broker can help relieve the stress by being there to answer questions, educate clients on the process and keeping on top of all aspects of the market and real estate deal.

Shirin's motto is "Dedicated to Results" which is how she conducts her business to help her clients achieve thei...

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Karen Slater Parker Joins Bend Premier Real Estate

Karen Slater Parker joins Bend after years of experience representing buyers and sellers for 14 years on the Big Island of Hawai'i. While on the Big Island, Karen worked with families and investors of residential, condos, vacation homes and vacant land. She worked through the recession and helped with foreclosure issues and loan modifications. Karen enjoys working with first time homebuyers and strives to ensure that the home buying or selling process is fun, easy and stress-free.

When not working with her clients, Karen enjoys walking her two Heelers, hiking, camping and fishing. She also enjoys entertaining and cooking big Sunday meals for family and friends. She is learning how to fly fish and hopes to master this soon!