Butler County, AL housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are 13% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
• Prices. Home values are up 2.9% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%), but still 7% below their 2022-23 peak.
• Supply. Listings are 28% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+44% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is moderate (39/100; U.S.: 54): homes typically sell at or above asking (102.7% of list); 13% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 21% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $31k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,518 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $146 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
• Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +10% over the next 12 months (72% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

Leaning up

Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.0% to +10.4% (80% range; middle estimate +3.5%), chance of a rise 72%, of a 5%+ drop 12%.

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ZIP codes in Butler County, AL