Blog - Lacie Pech

Neighborhoods & Community

Central Oregon Holiday Events 2026: Tree Lightings and Parades in Bend, Redmond, Sisters, and Sunriver

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie Licensed Oregon broker, and a local for more than 30 years (I moved here when I was two). I’ve stood through most of these in the cold at least once. Right around Thanksgiving weekend, Central Oregon basically flips a switch. One Saturday it’s quiet, and the next there are […]
Market Updates

What 7.40% Mortgage Rates Actually Mean in Bend and Redmond This Fall

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie Licensed Central Oregon broker, here since I was two years old, watching this market every single week. If you saw the headline that mortgage rates just hit 7.40%, you are not imagining the little pit in your stomach. That is the highest the 30-year fixed has been since late […]
Neighborhoods & Community

Halloween in Central Oregon 2026: Where to Trick-or-Treat in Bend, Redmond, Sisters, and Sunriver

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie Born and raised in Central Oregon, thirty-plus years here. I’ve trick-or-treated, and frozen, through most of these towns. Halloween is my favorite kind of Central Oregon weekend. Not because of the candy, though my kid would argue that point hard. It’s because for one evening every town out here […]
Neighborhoods & Community

A Week in the Life of a Central Oregon Real Estate Agent: The Honest Version

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie Born and raised in Central Oregon, over 30 years of learning these roads the hard way. People have a picture of what this job is. Nice shoes, a lockbox, a sign in the yard, done by lunch. I get it. That’s what makes it onto the highlight reel. The […]

Home

Properties

About Me