United States housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 54
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Home Value
$368,697
+1.2% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
54
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
4.0 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
61 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
26%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.5%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
35%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,948/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
30%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$155
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 30% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 1.2% over the past year.
- Supply. Listings are 9% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+5% vs. a year ago), close to pre-pandemic levels.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is moderate (54/100): homes sell for about 1.5% below their final list price; 26% of listings had a price cut.
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 35% of the median household income; it takes about $93k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,790 a year for home insurance.
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $386/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $155 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value, mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −5% to +7% over the next 12 months (77% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.8% to +7.5% (80% range; middle estimate +3.7%), chance of a rise 77%, of a 5%+ drop 9%.
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States
| Area | Home value | 1-year change | Buyer leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | $764.2K | +0.4% | 42 |
| Texas | $299.4K | −1.6% | 86 |
| Florida | $375.5K | −1.5% | 90 |
| New York | $526.7K | +5.6% | 20 |
| Pennsylvania | $290.4K | +2.4% | 29 |
| Illinois | $297.6K | +5.3% | 15 |
| Ohio | $248.8K | +3.4% | 33 |
| Georgia | $330.8K | −0.5% | 78 |
| North Carolina | $334.8K | 0.0% | 74 |
| Michigan | $266.3K | +4.0% | 33 |
| New Jersey | $580.4K | +3.9% | 14 |
| Virginia | $414.7K | +2.2% | 32 |
| Washington | $591.9K | −0.3% | 66 |
| Arizona | $418K | −1.1% | 81 |
| Tennessee | $334.1K | +0.7% | 86 |
| Massachusetts | $661.9K | +2.3% | 23 |
| Indiana | $260.1K | +3.0% | 47 |
| Maryland | $428.3K | 0.0% | 34 |
| Missouri | $267.9K | +3.5% | 58 |
| Wisconsin | $339.7K | +5.1% | 24 |
| Colorado | $532.7K | −1.4% | 84 |
| Minnesota | $350.8K | +2.5% | 36 |
| South Carolina | $306.3K | +1.0% | 76 |
| Alabama | $241.6K | +1.9% | 71 |
| Louisiana | $217K | +2.1% | 71 |
| Kentucky | $232.6K | −0.4% | 55 |
| Oregon | $496.1K | −0.1% | 73 |
| Oklahoma | $223.3K | +2.8% | 66 |
| Connecticut | $450.9K | +5.0% | 7 |
| Utah | $534.6K | +1.5% | 83 |
| Puerto Rico | – | – | – |
| Iowa | $239.5K | +3.5% | 49 |
| Nevada | $442K | −1.8% | 74 |
| Arkansas | $227.3K | +3.6% | 75 |
| Kansas | $249.6K | +3.8% | 32 |
| Mississippi | $197.6K | +2.3% | 80 |
| New Mexico | $318.2K | +1.7% | 63 |
| Nebraska | $280.7K | +3.1% | 33 |
| Idaho | $478.7K | +2.0% | 46 |
| West Virginia | $179.5K | +3.1% | 40 |
| Hawaii | $833.3K | +1.1% | 84 |
| New Hampshire | $516.3K | +2.9% | 26 |
| Maine | $415.6K | +1.6% | 52 |
| Montana | $471.7K | +2.0% | 75 |
| Rhode Island | $511.2K | +3.4% | 10 |
| Delaware | $406.1K | +1.3% | 43 |
| South Dakota | $321.6K | +2.5% | 52 |
| North Dakota | $292.3K | +5.2% | 35 |
| Alaska | $398.7K | +5.7% | 33 |
| District of Columbia | $570.1K | −1.0% | 79 |
| Vermont | $399.1K | +1.0% | 49 |
| Wyoming | $371.9K | +1.4% | 43 |