Philadelphia, PA 19147 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 32
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Home Value
$486,300
+5.0% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
32
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
2.7 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
57 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
26%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
99.6%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
34%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,945/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
-15%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$97
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 15% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
- Prices. Home values are up 5.0% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 28% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+11% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (32/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.4% below their final list price; 26% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 34% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $120k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,547 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $1,051/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $97 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −5% to +11% over the next 12 months (74% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.3% to +11.0% (80% range; middle estimate +4.0%), chance of a rise 74%, of a 5%+ drop 10%.
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