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Central Oregon Holiday Events 2026 title card with snow-capped mountains under a starry winter sky

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

By Lacie Pech | Nov 2, 2026

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 […]

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What 7.40% Mortgage Rates Actually Mean in Bend and Redmond, Central Oregon market update title card with mountains and a rising price line, Realty with Lacie

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

By Lacie Pech | Oct 14, 2026

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 […]

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Halloween in Central Oregon 2026 guide: where to trick-or-treat in Bend, Redmond, Sisters, and Sunriver

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

By Lacie Pech | Oct 5, 2026

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 […]

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A Week in the Life of a Central Oregon Real Estate Agent, title card with a mountain and highway graphic, Realty with Lacie

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

By Lacie Pech | Oct 1, 2026

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 […]

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Golden Western larch trees along a creek trail in Shevlin Park, Bend, Oregon, in October

Fall in Central Oregon: Pumpkin Patches, Festivals, and Golden Larches Worth Planning Around

By Lacie Pech | Sep 8, 2026

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie. Licensed Oregon real estate broker, born and raised in Central Oregon. By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie · Licensed Oregon broker with Knipe Realty ERA Powered I moved to Central Oregon at two years old and never left. Thirty plus years of falls here, and I still plan my […]

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Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food: A Local’s Guide to Central Oregon Farms, Ranches, and Markets

By Lacie Pech | Aug 27, 2026

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie. Licensed Oregon real estate broker, born and raised in Central Oregon. By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie. Licensed Oregon broker, Knipe Realty ERA Powered. Central Oregon native, thirty plus years here, and a former farm kid who has moved more irrigation line than she can count. Part of my […]

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Is Fall a Good Time to Buy a House in Bend? What the 2026 Numbers Actually Say

By Lacie Pech | Aug 21, 2026

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie Licensed Oregon broker, born and raised in Central Oregon, 30-plus years watching this market shift. If you’ve been sitting on the buyer sidelines in Bend, waiting to see what the market does, here’s a good time to actually look at it. The summer rush is winding down, the numbers […]

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Diagram of the three wildfire defensible-space zones around a Central Oregon home: the immediate 0 to 5 foot noncombustible zone, the 5 to 30 foot intermediate zone, and the 30 to 100 foot extended zone.

Defensible Space in Central Oregon: A Plain Guide for La Pine, Bend, and Redmond

By Lacie Pech | Aug 13, 2026

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie Licensed Oregon broker, thirty-plus years here, married to a contractor who has walked a lot of these homes with me. This summer made the point for me. On the Fourth of July, the Coyner Fire started northwest of Redmond off Helmholtz Way and ran through juniper, grass, brush, and […]

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Bend and Redmond housing market snapshot, summer 2026: Bend's typical home value about $737,000, down 1.9% year over year; Redmond about $519,000, down 0.8%; roughly a 3 to 3.5 month supply of homes, a balanced market; and Redmond home sales under $450,000 up about 41% year over year.

Bend and Redmond housing market, summer 2026: what the numbers actually mean for you

By Lacie Pech | Aug 6, 2026

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie. Licensed Oregon real estate broker, born and raised in Central Oregon. Every month a new set of Central Oregon market stats comes out, and every month somebody sends me a screenshot of one number with a worried text attached. Usually it’s the median sale price, and usually the number […]

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