Sears, MI 49679 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 78
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Home Value
$190,021
+6.3% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
78
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
6.4 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
83 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
17%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
94.2%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
24%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
42%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$125
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 42% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 6.3% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 33% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+38% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (78/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 5.8% below their final list price; 17% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 24% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $49k 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 $125 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +10% over the next 12 months (72% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.8% to +10.5% (80% range; middle estimate +3.4%), chance of a rise 72%, of a 5%+ drop 11%.
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