Champaign-Urbana, IL metro housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 34
Open on the mapMarket report (PDF)Compare
Home Value
$235,238
+5.3% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
34
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
3.3 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
55 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
29%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.4%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
32%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,375/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
19%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$130
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 19% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 5.3% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 54% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+31% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (34/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 1.6% below their final list price; 29% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 32% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $69k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,474 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $353/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $130 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −5% to +10% over the next 12 months (76% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.7% to +10.2% (80% range; middle estimate +4.2%), chance of a rise 76%, of a 5%+ drop 9%.
HouseVane's model, refit every month on local market signals and national ones, trained only on data known at the time. How accurate it has been.
Follow Champaign-Urbana, IL metro
One email a month: what changed in prices, supply and the outlook. Unsubscribe any time.
Counties in Champaign-Urbana, IL metro
| Area | Home value | 1-year change | Buyer leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign County, IL | $240.6K | +5.5% | 36 |
| Piatt County, IL | $230.9K | +2.2% | 28 |
| Ford County, IL | $158.3K | +4.4% | 34 |