The Bend Market Notebook
August 2026
Hello!
For quite a while I've wanted to start a monthly newsletter. Rather than filling your inbox with sales pitches or a long list of statistics, I thought I'd simply share something interesting I've noticed about the Bend real estate market each month.
If you enjoy understanding why the market behaves the way it does, I hope you'll enjoy reading these observations.
This Month's Observation
"The Bend real estate market" is really not one market. Not if you watch how different segments of it act.
One of the reports I ran this week reminded me just how differently various price ranges can behave.
In July, for example, homes priced between $1.5 million and $1.6 million actually moved faster than homes priced between $700,000 and $750,000.
It's a good reminder that looking only at headlines about "t...
The Bend real estate market continued to demonstrate resilience in July 2026. While the number of new listings declined and inventory tightened compared to last year, buyer demand remained healthy with more homes closing, pending sales increasing, and the median sales price rising nearly 5%.