River Rouge, MI 48218 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Buyer's market · leverage 78
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Home Value
$84,597
−2.3% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
78
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
5.9 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
72 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
24%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
99.6%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
21%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
107%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$83
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 107% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are down 2.3% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 48% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+21% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (78/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.4% below their final list price; 24% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 21% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $28k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,244 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $83 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −9% to +8% over the next 12 months (56% 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: −8.5% to +7.8% (80% range; middle estimate +0.7%), chance of a rise 56%, of a 5%+ drop 19%.
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