MI · Metro #148

Ann Arbor - MI housing market

The Ann Arbor metro has a typical home value of $416,914, up 2.5% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 13 days on market, a strong seller's market. 27% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$416,914
+2.5% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$401,746
+5.4% YoY
Median list price
$444,967
Sale-to-list ratio
100.4%
Selling above ask
Days on market
13d
Listings w/ price cut
27.2%
New listings / mo
438
+15.9% YoY
Homes for sale
1,065
+19.0% YoY
Typical rent
$1,962/mo
+2.0% YoY
Income needed to buy
$121,300
Rent vs buy
17.7x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Ann Arbor housing market, October 2026

The typical Ann Arbor home is worth $416,914 as of August 2026, up 0.1% from the prior month, down 0.1% over three months, and up 2.5% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $401,107 to $417,526.

Homes are going pending in about 13 days, slower than the 6 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,065 homes for sale, 19% more than a year ago. 27.2% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 19.1% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,962 a month, up 2.0% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 17.7.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($83,383), the typical Ann Arbor home costs about $2,830 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $121,300 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$418k$401kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
28d6dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.1k495Sep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($416,914) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Ann Arbor - MI metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 2.5% over the past year. In Ann Arbor - MI, that means a home worth $406,745 last year is now worth roughly $416,914.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $401,746. Homes are selling at 100.4% of list price, meaning buyers are typically paying at or above asking.

Homes listed in Ann Arbor - MI sit on the market for roughly 13 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 27.2% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 438 new listings hit the market each month in Ann Arbor - MI. There are currently 1,065 homes for sale, up 19.0% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Ann Arbor - MI is $1,962, up 2.0% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 17.7x, toss-up (#84 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $2,309 a month in principal and interest, $347 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 5.82% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

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