Greene County, IL housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are 16% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
• Prices. Home values are up 1.5% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
• Supply. Listings are 38% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+52% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (81/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 5.4% below their final list price; 18% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 17% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $34k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,696 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $154 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 (70% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

Leaning up

Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.4% to +10.0% (80% range; middle estimate +3.1%), chance of a rise 70%, of a 5%+ drop 12%.

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ZIP codes in Greene County, IL