Houses for rent in Sisters, Oregon
Sisters is a thin, tightly held market. In any given month only a handful of comparable long-term houses are available, so pricing is driven by the specific comp set rather than by a citywide average.
- Median asking rent
- $2,775/mo
- Active range
- $2,000–$4,500
- Avg. days on market
- 19days · 11 active
What drives houses pricing in Sisters
Sisters house asks sit closer to Bend than to Redmond despite Sisters being a far smaller market. Read the bedroom table below with the active count in mind: a small pool means each individual listing moves the median.
Character carries real weight here. Lot, trees, views, and finish level move Sisters rent in ways that square footage alone does not capture, and a well-presented home often draws multiple applications quickly.
Because inventory is limited, the practical risk is not competition — it is pricing off the wrong comp. Borrowing a Bend number or a Tollgate number for a downtown Sisters home produces a miss in either direction.
Sisters houses: asking rent by bedroom count
Computed from the 11 active houses we currently track in Sisters. Updated as inventory changes.
| Size | Median ask | Range | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 bedroom | $2,498/mo | $2,000–$2,600 | 4 | 36% |
| 3 bedroom | $2,775/mo | $2,695–$3,200 | 3 | 27% |
| 4+ bedroom | $3,938/mo | $2,850–$4,500 | 4 | 36% |
Asking rents from active listings we track, not signed-lease data. Informational only and not an appraisal.
Where Sisters houses are listed right now
Active houses grouped by the sub-areas carrying enough inventory to compare.
Median $2,775/mo · 11 active · $2,000–$4,500
How Sisters houses compare across Central Oregon
Same property types, same moment, different cities — median asking rent from live inventory.
- Sisters houses (this page)$2,775/mo median
- Bend houses$2,725$50 below Sisters
- Redmond houses$2,295$480 below Sisters
- La Pine houses$1,895$880 below Sisters
Leasing a Sisters home when inventory is this thin
With only a handful of long-term houses available at any time, Sisters leasing is bursty. A well-presented home listed in spring can draw several applications in a week; the same home listed in late fall may see almost no traffic for a month simply because the renter pool is that small.
That makes pre-marketing more valuable here than anywhere else we cover. Notifying our waitlist before a home hits the public feeds regularly produces a signed lease without a public vacancy at all.
Resort and HOA documents at Black Butte Ranch and Tollgate can restrict lease terms and occupancy, so we read them before quoting — a rent you cannot legally offer is worse than a low one.
Sisters pricing traps
- Using a nightly-rental number
- Much of Sisters housing is second homes and short-term rentals. Annualized nightly revenue is not a long-term rent comp.
- Treating Tollgate and downtown as one market
- They price differently. A single citywide figure hides most of what matters in a market this small.
- Assuming scarcity sets the ceiling
- Low inventory helps, but the renter pool is also small. Overpricing in a thin market produces a very long, very quiet vacancy.
Recently listed houses in Sisters
A live snapshot of the active listings behind the numbers above.
$2,000/mo
14698 Bluegrass Loop
Sisters, Sisters
2 bd · 1 ba
$2,600/mo
329 S Jefferson Way
Sisters, Sisters
2 bd · 2 ba
$2,695/mo
670 Mckinney Ranch Rd
Sisters, Sisters
3 bd · 2 ba
$2,850/mo
1255 W McKinney Butte Rd BLDG G
Sisters, Sisters
4 bd · 2.5 ba
$2,495/mo
14836 Saddle Horn
Sisters, Sisters
2 bd · 2 ba
$3,475/mo
14474 Crossroads Loop
Sisters, Sisters
4 bd · 3 ba
Sisters houses: common questions
- How much does it cost to rent a house in Sisters, Oregon?
- The table on this page shows current median asking rent across active Sisters single-family listings we track. The sample is small by nature, so the specific comparable set matters more than the median.
- Why is there so little rental inventory in Sisters?
- A large share of Sisters housing is second homes and nightly rentals, which keeps the long-term rental pool small in every season.
- Do you manage homes at Black Butte Ranch and Tollgate?
- Yes. Resort and HOA rules affect what leasing structures are permitted, so we review those documents before quoting a rent.