Carthage, IL 62321 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 80
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Home Value
$120,573
+4.2% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
80
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
17.1 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
71 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
8.7%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
85.4%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
14%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
-13%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$138
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 13% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
- Prices. Home values are up 4.2% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 15% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−15% vs. a year ago), still somewhat tight.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (80/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 14.6% below their final list price; 9% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 14% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $37k 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 $138 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −8% to +8% over the next 12 months (57% 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: −8.3% to +8.0% (80% range; middle estimate +1.0%), chance of a rise 57%, of a 5%+ drop 18%.
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