How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Bend?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bend new home firms usually file between $294,223 and $554,896 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.9 times apart and both be normal for Bend. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for new home jobs in Bend?

Half of permits were filed between $294,000 and $479,000; 8 in 10 between $235,000 and $576,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do home builders charge in Bend?

The usual new home job is filed at $384,616; the middle half of firms usually file between $294,223 and $554,896. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $382,057, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $384,616?

$384,616 is the construction value contractors wrote on Bend permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $372,016, the lower third $382,057.

Where does this data come from?

City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Bend

Cost to Build a House in Bend, OR: Usual $384,616 (2026)

How much does it cost to build a house in Bend?

The usual new home job filed with Bend is $384,616, from 1,839 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $294,223 and $554,896. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A new home permit here usually takes 220 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,839 priced permits across 149 firms, pooled into one. Half of Bend new home permits were filed between $294,000 and $479,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$235,000	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$294,000	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$388,000	the middle permit
75th	$479,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$576,000	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Deschutes County Assessor real market values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $457,990	$382,057	46	1,320
Middle third	$457,990–$824,570	$526,486	46	260
Upper third	$844,590 and up	$372,016	47	220

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Pahlisch Homes Inc	466	123	$382,057	$307,887–$464,265	100.0%
Dr Horton Inc Portland	231	114	$345,124	$271,058–$382,265	97.6%
Pence Contractors LLC	63	63	$288,152	$281,076–$303,616	—
Hayden Homes LLC	59	58	$284,379	$241,660–$312,250	—
Lennar Northwest LLC	98	38	$421,993	$378,998–$444,009	99.7%
Stone Bridge Homes NW LLC	133	36	$476,968	$447,802–$509,564	99.8%
Franklin Brothers LLC	69	27	$299,457	$283,836–$319,374	97.5%
Simplicity Homes LLC	46	19	$240,101	$218,232–$253,930	99.5%
MCD Homes LLC	33	18	$504,776	$474,935–$602,801	99.1%
Christiansens Contracting Company LLC	22	18	$434,581	$422,495–$434,581	—

Why filed values run low or high

Bend records one project value per application, so a typical cost is shown only for new homes, additions, remodels and decks.
The 10 busiest firms usually file $382,057; the 123 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $489,853.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $844,590 and up) usually file $372,016, against $382,057 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $235,000 and 1 in 10 over $576,000, 2 times as much.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,839 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Bend, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $235,000, the middle half between $294,000 and $479,000, and 1 in 10 over $576,000.

$749,000Above $576,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Bend.
$384,616Right at the usual $384,616: in the middle of the file.
$165,000Below $235,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Bend

Bend files the fewest new home permits in February (86 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (131). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Bend →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Bend?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bend new home firms usually file between $294,223 and $554,896 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.9 times apart and both be normal for Bend. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for new home jobs in Bend?Half of permits were filed between $294,000 and $479,000; 8 in 10 between $235,000 and $576,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do home builders charge in Bend?The usual new home job is filed at $384,616; the middle half of firms usually file between $294,223 and $554,896. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $382,057, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $384,616?$384,616 is the construction value contractors wrote on Bend permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $372,016, the lower third $382,057.
Where does this data come from?City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Bend →

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