Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Buyer's market · leverage 73
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Home Value
$257,921
+2.7% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
73
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
4.8 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
53 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
40%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
96.7%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
25%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
23%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$149
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 23% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 2.7% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 5% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+24% vs. a year ago), close to pre-pandemic levels.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (73/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 3.3% below their final list price; 40% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 25% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $63k 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 $149 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −7% to +9% over the next 12 months (64% 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: −7.3% to +9.1% (80% range; middle estimate +2.0%), chance of a rise 64%, of a 5%+ drop 15%.
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