Friend, NE 68359 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 16
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Home Value
$226,745
−3.5% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
16
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
2.0 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
36 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
0.0%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.0%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
22%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
20%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$164
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 20% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are down 3.5% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 11% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+133% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (16/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 2.0% below their final list price; 0% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 22% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $67k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $2,270 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $164 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +11% over the next 12 months (73% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.6% to +10.7% (80% range; middle estimate +3.7%), chance of a rise 73%, of a 5%+ drop 11%.
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