Cherokee, AL 35616 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Buyer's market · leverage 98
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Home Value
$142,623
+2.7% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
98
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
6.7 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
89 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
18%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
90.2%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
23%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
0.4%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$167
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are roughly in line with local incomes (+0% vs. this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm).
- Prices. Home values are up 2.7% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%), but still 6% below their 2022-23 peak.
- Supply. There are 15% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+15% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (98/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 9.8% below their final list price; 18% 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 $37k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,809 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $167 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −7% to +10% over the next 12 months (67% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.8% to +9.5% (80% range; middle estimate +2.5%), chance of a rise 67%, of a 5%+ drop 14%.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscumbia, AL 35674 | $200.3K | +1.4% | 89 |
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