Rainsville, AL 35986 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 65
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Home Value
$233,495
+5.1% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
65
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
5.3 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
78 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
26%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.8%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
25%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
19%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$123
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 19% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 5.1% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 20% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−24% vs. a year ago), still somewhat tight.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (65/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 1.2% below their final list price; 26% 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 $56k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,640 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $123 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +11% over the next 12 months (73% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.6% to +10.7% (80% range; middle estimate +3.7%), chance of a rise 73%, of a 5%+ drop 11%.
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|---|---|---|---|
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