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Bend Premier Real Estate Brokers worked last Saturday as part of Central Oregon Association of Realtors Adopt a Road. The Brokers worked for several hours on 14th Street between Newport and Galveston. When they were done, they had collected several bags of trash and weeds; the roundabouts at Galveston and Newport looked manicured and cared for. Nice job Dan Cardot, Bill Raven, Sherry Ortega, Jack Zika, Anita Keller, Pualani Helmbrecht, and Stu Hicks!

Home building in Bend has taken big steps toward going "green" whether it be individual "eco-friendly" homes or in the case of Northwest Crossing, an entire subdivision where homes are all Earth Advantage certified. But even if you aren't ready to buy a new green home in Bend, there are several simple ways you can incorporate "green" ideas into your own home in order to reduce energy consumption and your own carbon footprint. 1) Insulate – With heating and cooling accounting for 50% of your home's energy consumption, make sure you have proper insulation and your heating ducts and windows are sealed tight. 2) Appliances – When replacing appliances, look for the ENERGY STAR label which offer significant energy savings without compromising performance. 3) Lighting – Upgrade lighting to LED or CFL bulbs. The prices keep coming down and the long term energy savings can be subs...

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After many months in the design stage, we are proud to launch our new real estate website today! You can now view our website on your desktop or any mobile device with our fully responsive design, and our state-of-the-art platform allows users quick access to large photos, home amenities, school information, property history, and even taxes and homeowner fees. Some brand new features include a free home evaluation, similar to Zillow's Zestimates, our exclusive "hidden inventory" of homes, a brand new "lifestyle" search, and even a listing of upcoming "open houses." And, of course, we still have all our other great features including our buyer and seller resources.  We certainly hope that your make our new website your primary resource for searching real estate in the Bend area, and that Bend Premie...

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This month Bend Premier Real Estate has taken another major step in minimizing our environmental footprint by converting to "paperless" transactions and implementing "cloud" storage of our many thousands of real estate documents we produce each year. Other green programs include extensive recycling programs, a large number of "virtual" brokers at both our offices, and many of our agents now carry eco-friendly professional designations including Accredited Earth Advantage Brokers and NAR's Green Designation. At Bend Premier we understand and talk green.

Seems Bend makes about every retirement "Best Places" list, including the annual "Top 100 Places to Retire" recently released for 2015 by TopRetirements.com. Specifically, Bend is recognized as being a great place to retire for "active adults where the outdoors is important". Some of the great features of Bend pointed out in the TopRetirements.com list include a beautiful natural setting, tons of parks and recreational trails, a thriving downtown, endless cultural activities including the Bend Film Festival, many performing arts centers such as the Les Schwab Amphitheater and Tower Theater, continuing educational opportunities with a community and a four-year college, a diversity of housing options including numerous active retirement centers, top notch medical facilities, and a moderate climate.

What doesn't TopRetirements.com like about Bend as a top retirement community? Not much…...

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