From humble beginnings, Duke Warner Realty has grown into a Central Oregon real estate icon with many of the best Bend, Oregon Realtors offering prime land for sale. Their story begins with Kitty Warner, who was recently honored for her 46 years of service, as she finished her career as a real estate broker. Kitty earned her broker’s license in 1958 (to the chagrin of the test administrator, who opined that “a woman’s place is in the kitchen”) and has stayed the course through the downs of four recessions and the upward growth of Central Oregon.

In 1962, Kitty’s husband, Wayne Korish, passed away and Kitty moved from Camp Sherman, where she had grown up, into the small town of Bend. It was there that she met a fellow Realtor® named Duke Warner, who was to become her husband and take on the role of father to Kitty’s six children. A few years later Kitty and Duke, as a husband and wife team, rented a space so close to Mirror Pond that they used to joke that, if they left the door open, the geese would walk right in! Soon after, they moved to a larger space on 3rd and Seward and added more Realtors to their Bend, Oregon office. When a restaurant next door closed, they moved into that even larger space. The small company of Duke Warner Realty was growing.

Duke and Kitty Warner set the tone for this successful local company of Bend Realtors with their ethic of hard work and down-to-earth personalities.