Natchez, MS-LA metro housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are 30% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
• Prices. Home values are down 4.1% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%), 29% below their 2022-23 peak.
• Supply. Listings are 38% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−10% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (89/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 6.9% below their final list price; 16% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 23% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $32k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,692 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $117 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
• Outlook. No clear direction: likely −9% to +6% over the next 12 months (52% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

No clear direction

A rise is somewhat more likely than a fall, but not by enough to call. Likely change: −8.6% to +6.3% (80% range; middle estimate +0.2%), chance of a rise 52%, of a 5%+ drop 20%.

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