Douglas County Market Update
Updated September 7, 2026 with the August 2026 RMLS Market Action Report. The county median sale price was $361,000 in August. Do not read that as an 11 percent jump in what your house is worth. Only 107 homes closed all month, and the mix of what sold skewed high. The year to date median, which is the number I would actually trust, is $330,000, up 1.5 percent.
I update this page every month when the new RMLS report lands. It is the same data I use when I price a house, presented the way I would explain it to you at my desk.
The August 2026 numbers
| Measure | August 2026 | vs July 2026 | vs August 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $361,000 | up 9.6% | up 11.1% |
| Average sale price | $389,900 | up 15.1% | up 12.1% |
| Closed sales | 107 | down 18.9% | down 17.1% |
| Pending sales | 121 | down 11.0% | down 13.6% |
| New listings | 152 | down 25.5% | down 19.6% |
| Active listings | 632 | down from 639 | up from 574 |
| Inventory | 5.9 months | up from 4.8 | up from 4.4 |
| Total market time | 93 days | up from 81 | up from 82 |
Why the median jumped and why I am not celebrating it
A median is the middle sale. When only 107 homes close in a month, a handful of expensive ones drag that middle number up without anybody’s house appreciating a dime.
That is what happened in August. Douglas County recorded 6 sales between $800,000 and $900,000 and 2 more between $900,000 and $1 million. In August 2025 those same two brackets produced 2 sales and zero. Eight high end closings out of 107 total moves a median. Same county, different mix.
The number I would put weight on is the year to date median: $330,000, up 1.5 percent from $325,000 over the same eight months of 2025. The rolling 12 month average sale price is up 3.7 percent. That is a market moving sideways with a slight upward drift, not a market taking off.
Median sale price by area, year to date
This is the part nobody else around here publishes. RMLS breaks Douglas County into 10 areas and they do not behave the same way. Year to date medians through August 2026:
| Area | Median sale price | Closed sales | Average sale price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE Roseburg | $282,000 | 119 | $311,300 |
| SE Roseburg | $290,000 | 53 | $290,500 |
| North Douglas County | $292,500 | 94 | $330,000 |
| Myrtle Creek and S/SE of Roseburg | $299,700 | 112 | $305,700 |
| Winston and SW of Roseburg | $319,000 | 88 | $338,000 |
| Green District | $320,000 | 84 | $312,500 |
| Sutherlin and Oakland area | $350,000 | 135 | $355,700 |
| SW Roseburg | $385,000 | 68 | $440,600 |
| NW Roseburg | $417,000 | 89 | $477,400 |
| Glide and E of Roseburg | $500,000 | 41 | $516,000 |
| Douglas County | $330,000 | 883 | $357,100 |
The spread between NE Roseburg at $282,000 and Glide at $500,000 is the whole story of this county in two numbers. Both are Douglas County. They are 25 minutes apart. They are not the same market and you should not shop them the same way.
Two cautions on that table. Glide has only 41 closed sales year to date and covers riverfront and ranch property up the North Umpqua, so one big sale moves it. And the Sutherlin and Oakland area, with 135 closings, is the busiest area in the county, which makes its $350,000 median the most reliable number on the list.
Inventory is the thing to watch
Inventory hit 5.9 months in August, the highest reading since February. It sat at 4.4 months a year ago. Five to six months is generally considered a balanced market, so Douglas County has crossed out of seller territory and into the middle.
Here is 2026 month by month, in months of inventory: January 7.0, February 6.0, March 4.5, April 4.4, May 4.4, June 5.0, July 4.8, August 5.9.
Total market time backs it up. Homes are taking 93 days from list to accepted offer, against 82 days a year ago. Sellers who priced for the spring market are sitting.
What I would tell you if you called me today
If you are selling: price to the year to date median for your specific area, not to the August county number and not to what your neighbor listed at in May. With 5.9 months of inventory and 93 days of market time, an aggressive list price does not get bid up any more. It sits, then it gets reduced, and the reduction costs more than pricing right would have.
If you are buying: this is the most negotiating room buyers have had here in about two years. New listings are down 19.6 percent from last August, so selection is thinner, but the homes that are sitting have been sitting a while and their sellers know it.
If you are relocating from out of state: ignore the county number entirely and look at the area table. Which part of Douglas County you pick moves your budget by more than $200,000.
Where these numbers come from
All figures come from the RMLS Market Action Report for Douglas County, August 2026 reporting period, published September 2026. Median sale price means half of homes sold above that number and half below. Inventory in months is active listings divided by closed sales for the month. Total market time counts days from listing to accepted offer.
I refresh this page every month, usually within a few days of RMLS releasing the new report.
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County numbers are a starting point and nothing more. Tell me the address or the area you are shopping and I will run the comparable sales that actually apply and tell you straight what I see.