Living in Redmond, Oregon

Redmond was founded in 1904 by Frank and Josephine Redmond, incorporated in 1910 with a population of 216, and got its real start once the railroad reached town in 1911, the golden spike driven on what's now Evergreen Avenue. Downtown still shows that history: dozens of buildings from 1910 through the 1980s make up a recognized historic district, right where the town's founders built.

It's grown up fast a second time in recent years, and a lot of longtime residents feel it: more traffic, more rooftops, less of the elbow room they moved for. That same growth has also brought more going on, more services, more amenities, than Redmond had a decade ago.

Redmond covers a range: starter homes, move-up family homes, and, on the edges of town and just outside it, land and acreage for buyers who want more space than an in-town lot offers. It's also a market where rental and investment property is common, and where Oregon's rent-cap rules shape how those properties are bought, held, and eventually sold.

Specific market numbers, median price, days on market, current inventory, are the kind of figures I keep current and share directly rather than post here as a static number that goes stale. Ask, and I'll give you what's actually happening right now.