Wetumpka, AL 36092 housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are roughly in line with local incomes (+8% vs. this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm).
• Prices. Home values are up 5.9% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
• Supply. Listings are 21% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+53% vs. a year ago), still somewhat tight.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (19/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 1.5% below their final list price; 11% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 22% 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).
• Buy vs. rent. Owning and renting a typical home cost about the same per month.
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $152 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 (76% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

Leaning up

Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.9% to +11.4% (80% range; middle estimate +4.3%), chance of a rise 76%, of a 5%+ drop 9%.

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