Mears, MI 49436 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 81
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Home Value
$333,293
+4.1% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
81
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
5.8 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
108 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
18%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
95.6%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
37%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
31%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$68
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 31% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 4.1% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 36% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+125% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (81/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.4% below their final list price; 18% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 37% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $83k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,261 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $68 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 (66% 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: −6.9% to +9.4% (80% range; middle estimate +2.4%), chance of a rise 66%, of a 5%+ drop 14%.
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