May, TX 76857 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 97
Open on the mapMarket report (PDF)Compare
Home Value
$131,580
−4.9% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
97
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
12.2 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
115 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
21%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
91.6%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
22%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
-17%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$176
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 17% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
- Prices. Home values are down 4.9% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%), 19% below their 2022-23 peak.
- Supply. Listings are 34% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−16% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (97/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 8.4% below their final list price; 21% 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 $38k 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 $176 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 (56% 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: −8.5% to +7.8% (80% range; middle estimate +0.8%), chance of a rise 56%, of a 5%+ drop 19%.
HouseVane's model, refit every month on local market signals and national ones, trained only on data known at the time. How accurate it has been.
Follow May, TX 76857
One email a month: what changed in prices, supply and the outlook. Unsubscribe any time.
Other ZIP codes in Brown County, TX
| Area | Home value | 1-year change | Buyer leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownwood, TX 76801 | $173.3K | −1.3% | 94 |
| Early, TX 76802 | $253.5K | +0.3% | 57 |
| Bangs, TX 76823 | $178.9K | −0.5% | 42 |
| Blanket, TX 76432 | $314.2K | +2.6% | 70 |
| Zephyr, TX 76890 | $393K | +5.5% | 48 |
| Brookesmith, TX 76827 | $409.1K | +0.7% | 87 |