Cave City, KY 42127 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Buyer's market · leverage 90
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Home Value
$207,105
−5.1% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
90
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
6.4 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
54 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
29%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
95.6%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
36%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
63%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$143
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 63% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are down 5.1% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 21% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+24% 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 4.4% below their final list price; 29% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 36% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $52k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,514 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $143 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −9% to +7% over the next 12 months (49% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
No clear direction
A fall is somewhat more likely than a rise, but not by enough to call. Likely change: −9.4% to +6.9% (80% range; middle estimate −0.1%), chance of a rise 49%, of a 5%+ drop 22%.
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