Rapid River, MI 49878 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 25
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Home Value
$214,082
+11.0% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
25
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
2.7 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
82 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
9.5%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
96.0%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
23%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
29%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$92
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 29% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 11.0% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 83% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−29% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (25/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.0% below their final list price; 10% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 23% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $55k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,063 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $92 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 (68% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.5% to +9.8% (80% range; middle estimate +2.8%), chance of a rise 68%, of a 5%+ drop 13%.
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