Should I rent out my house in Bend or sell it?
Keep it as a rental only if the rent pays for the house today. Bend prices have moved sideways since mid-2022, so holding on for a quick price gain hasn't paid lately, and a home that sits on the market longer sells for less.
Updated November 9, 2026. Excludes vacant land, farm and multi-family properties.
The numbers
Prices have moved sideways
Bend's resale price index for the third quarter of 2026 (July to September) is 1.7% below the third quarter of 2022 and 2.0% below the third quarter of 2025.
Waiting to sell costs more
Bend homes that sold in October 2026 kept 97.8% of their original asking price if they sold in their first 30 days. Homes on the market 121 days or more kept 86.2%.
Rent
There's no rent number on this page on purpose. There's no single reliable source of Bend rents online, so your likely rent should come from a few sources compared side by side (see below).
What this means for you
Don't keep the house only because you expect the price to rise. Bend prices have been flat for about four years.
A rental has to pay for itself today: rent minus mortgage, taxes, insurance, repairs, management and empty months.
Get your likely rent from a few different sources and compare them: rent estimates from two or three local property managers, similar homes for rent near you right now, and Austin, who can pull rental comparables for your home.
A useful question: if you didn't own this house, would you buy it today, at today's price, as a rental? If not, keeping it is the same decision made by default. And selling later still means facing today's slower market, just later.
These are Bend-wide numbers; Austin can run them for your price range and neighborhood.