Gainesville, FL 32608 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Buyer's market · leverage 90
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Home Value
$334,077
−1.6% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
90
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
4.0 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
93 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
25%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
97.0%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
43%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,608/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
12%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$156
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 12% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are down 1.6% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 41% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+7% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (90/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 3.0% below their final list price; 25% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 43% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $88k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $2,147 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $591/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $156 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −8% to +8% over the next 12 months (57% 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: −8.3% to +8.0% (80% range; middle estimate +1.0%), chance of a rise 57%, of a 5%+ drop 18%.
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