Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Deschutes County index 1975–2025
Deschutes County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Deschutes County's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.
Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.
Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County), authorised 1,563 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, +23.3% on the previous 12 months.
697 of those units were single-family houses (45%), 143 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 723 in buildings of five or more units. That is 14.6 units per 1,000 residents, above the county's 11.3 and well above the state's 3.6.
Since 1995 the place has authorised 33,460 units, with the busiest year 2005 (2,556 units). Deschutes County's FHFA house price index rose +122.4% over the ten years to 2025.
1,563units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+23.3% on the previous 12 months
697single-family units45% of the total
723units in 5+ unit buildings46% of the total
14.6units per 1,000 residentsDeschutes County 11.3 · Oregon 3.6
Permits by month and structure type
Housing units authorised in Bend by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings
Units, 12 months to August 2026
Bend
Deschutes County
Oregon
United States
All housing units
1,563
2,399
15,315
1,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)
697 (45%)
1,366 (57%)
9,083 (59%)
888,241 (63%)
2 units
140
162
500
34,814
3–4 units
3
27
138
17,298
5 or more units
723 (46%)
844 (35%)
5,594 (37%)
477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents
14.6
11.3
3.6
4.1
Change on previous 12 months
+23.3%
+7.1%
+11.9%
−0.1%
Permits by year since 1995
Housing units authorised in Bend by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings
33,460 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2005. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.
Home prices in Deschutes County
FHFA's index for Deschutes County rose +122.4% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.3% a year) and +0.8% in the latest year, against +85.5% and +0.9% for Oregon. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.
Questions and answers
How many homes are being built in Bend, OR?
1,563 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 1,268 in the previous 12 months.
What kind of housing is being permitted in Bend?
697 single-family units, 140 in two-unit buildings, 3 in three- and four-unit buildings and 723 in buildings of five or more units.
How does Bend compare with its county and state?
14.6 units per 1,000 residents in Bend, 11.3 in Deschutes County and 3.6 in Oregon.
How have home prices moved in Deschutes County?
FHFA's index for Deschutes County rose +122.4% over the ten years to 2025 and +0.8% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.
What does a permit count?
A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.
Provenance
Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 041000); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.