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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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End-of-summer Central Oregon to-do checklist before school starts September 9, 2026: get on the water at Bend's lakes, make a Smith Rock day in Redmond, take a Sisters day trip, spend an evening in downtown Bend, and squeeze in one big Cascades hike, plus a reminder to check air quality during smoke season.

Things to Do in Central Oregon Before School Starts: A Local’s End-of-Summer List for Bend, Redmond, and Sisters

By Lacie Pech | Jul 31, 2026

By Lacie Pech, Realty with Lacie. Licensed Oregon real estate broker, born and raised in Central Oregon. Okay, here’s the thing about this stretch of summer. The Deschutes County Fair is going right now in Redmond, wrapping up this weekend, the mornings are getting that little bite to them, and school is closer than any […]

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