How Long Does It Take to Sell a Home in Redmond, Oregon?
By Diana Pullen | Licensed Real Estate Broker \ Listing Specialist, Real Broker LLC | Serving Redmond, Bend, Terrebonne, Culver, Sisters, Prineville, Madras, La Pine, and surrounding communities
It's one of the first questions sellers ask me and it's a good one. How long is this actually going to take?
The honest answer is: it depends, and the data tells a pretty clear story about what it depends on. I pulled closed sale data from the Redmond, OR MLS covering January 1 through July 29, 2026, so these are real numbers from real transactions that actually closed this year, not estimates or national averages.
Here's what the market is actually telling us.
The Numbers First
Of the 393 homes that closed in Redmond between January and late July 2026, here's how the days on market broke down:
More than half, 53%, sold within 30 days. Another 17% sold between 31 and 60 days. So roughly 70% of homes that sold this year went under contract within two months.
The remaining 30% took longer: about 8% sold between 61 and 90 days, 8% between 91 and 120 days, and 13% took more than 120 days.
The median days on market for closed sales was 40 days. The average was 70 days, pulled higher by the homes that sat for an extended period before selling.
What Those Numbers Actually Mean
The median is the more useful number for most sellers. It tells you that half of Redmond homes that sold this year went under contract in 40 days or less. That's a reasonable expectation for a well-prepared, correctly priced home in average to good condition.
The average of 70 days is higher because a subset of homes sat for a long time before selling, and those outliers pull the average up. When you see a home with 200 or 300 days on market in that dataset, it's almost always a pricing or condition story, not a market story.
The gap between those two numbers is actually one of the most important things I can show a seller. It tells you that the market is not slow across the board; it's slow for specific homes. The homes selling in under 30 days and the homes sitting for 120-plus days are not experiencing the same market. They're experiencing the same inventory pool with very different results based on how they came to market.
The Price You Get Depends on How Long You Sit
Here's the data point that matters most for sellers thinking about their strategy:
Homes that sold within 30 days averaged 99.10% of their list price and 98.85% of their original list price. Nearly full asking price, minimal reduction from where they started.
Homes that took 121 days or more averaged 97.70% of their list price but only 91.15% of their original list price. That second number is the important one. It means sellers who started too high and sat for four months or more ended up at about 91 cents on the dollar compared to where they began.
On a $550,000 home, the difference between selling at 98.85% of original list price versus 91.15% is roughly $42,000. That's not a rounding error. That's the financial cost of starting too high and chasing the market down.
What Makes a Home Sell in 30 Days Versus 120
The data points to three consistent factors:
Pricing. Homes priced correctly from day one generate showing activity in the first two weeks when buyer attention is highest. Homes priced above market sit through that window, accumulate days on market, and signal to buyers that something might be wrong even when nothing is. By the time the price comes down to where it should have been, the home has lost its best opportunity.
Condition. Buyers in 2026 are selective. They're comparing your home online to every other home in their price range before they ever schedule a showing. A well-maintained, well-presented home stands out in that comparison. A home with deferred maintenance, dated finishes, or photos that don't do it justice gets scrolled past.
Preparation. The homes that sell fast are almost always the ones where the seller did the work before listing; decluttered, addressed deferred maintenance, got professional photography, and had a clear plan going in. The ones that sit are often the ones that hit the market before they were ready, or before the seller had a realistic picture of where the market actually was.
What About the Homes That Take Longer?
Some homes legitimately take longer for reasons that have nothing to do with price or condition. Unusual properties, higher price points with a smaller buyer pool, or very specific layouts can all extend time on market without it being a failure of strategy. That's normal and worth knowing going in if your home falls into one of those categories.
But for the average three bedroom two bathroom home in Redmond, which is most of the market, a long days on market number is almost always a pricing story. The good news is that's also the most controllable variable in the equation.
How to Use This Information
If you're thinking about selling your Redmond home, here's the practical takeaway from this data:
A correctly priced, well-prepared home in average to good condition should go under contract within 30 to 60 days in the current Redmond market. That's where 70% of closed sales landed this year.
If your home is sitting past 60 days without an offer, something needs to change. Either the price, the presentation, or both. Waiting it out rarely works in a market like this one; the longer a home sits, the more negotiating leverage shifts to the buyer.
And if you're trying to decide whether to price conservatively and sell fast or price higher and see what happens, the data has a clear answer: the sellers who priced correctly from the start netted nearly full asking price. The sellers who didn't ended up at 91% of where they started after months of stress and carrying costs.
The math tends to favor getting it right the first time.
Want to Know Where Your Home Fits?
Every home is different, and days on market projections are only meaningful in the context of your specific home, your neighborhood, your condition, and the current comparable sales. If you want to know realistically how long your Redmond home would take to sell and what you'd likely net, that's exactly the kind of conversation I have with sellers before we ever talk about listing.
No pressure, no obligation. Just real data and a clear picture of what to expect so you can make an informed decision.
Diana Pullen, Licensed Real Estate Broker in Oregon, listing specialist in Redmond and Central Oregon, Real Broker LLC. I'd love to help you think it through.
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Market data reflects closed sale statistics from MLS of Central Oregon for Redmond, Oregon, January 1 through July 29, 2026. Data is subject to change and is provided for informational purposes only. Contact Diana Pullen for a current market analysis specific to your home.
