Clay Center, NE 68933 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 28
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Home Value
$189,739
+6.6% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
28
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
0.8 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
27 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
0.0%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
93.4%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
19%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
17%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$204
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 17% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 6.6% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 114% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+67% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (28/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 6.6% below their final list price; 0% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 19% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $56k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $2,396 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $204 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from tornadoes, hail and wind.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +10% over the next 12 months (71% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.9% to +10.4% (80% range; middle estimate +3.4%), chance of a rise 71%, of a 5%+ drop 11%.
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|---|---|---|---|
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