MI · Metro #135

Flint - MI housing market

The Flint metro has a typical home value of $196,792, up 4.7% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 12 days on market, a strong seller's market. 30% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$196,792
+4.7% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$214,372
+8.0% YoY
Median list price
$223,250
Sale-to-list ratio
99.0%
Selling below ask
Days on market
12d
Listings w/ price cut
30.2%
New listings / mo
571
+4.0% YoY
Homes for sale
1,398
-2.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,063/mo
+5.1% YoY
Income needed to buy
$57,300
Rent vs buy
15.4x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Flint housing market, October 2026

The typical Flint home is worth $196,792 as of August 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, up 0.4% over three months, and up 4.7% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $181,030 to $196,792.

Homes are going pending in about 12 days, slower than the 11 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,398 homes for sale, 3% fewer than a year ago. 30.2% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 22.4% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,063 a month, up 5.1% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 15.4.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($39,358), the typical Flint home costs about $1,336 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $57,300 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$197k$181kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
31d10dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.5k1.1kSep 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 ($196,792) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Flint - 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 4.7% over the past year. In Flint - MI, that means a home worth $187,958 last year is now worth roughly $196,792.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $214,372. Homes are selling at 99.0% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Flint - MI sit on the market for roughly 12 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 30.2% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 571 new listings hit the market each month in Flint - MI. There are currently 1,398 homes for sale, down 2.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Flint - MI is $1,063, up 5.1% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 15.4x, toss-up (#137 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,090 a month in principal and interest, $27 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 7.15% 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 →

Related

Other metros in MI

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Detroit - MI$267,167 +2.1% 12.0d
Grand Rapids - MI$357,283 +4.9% 8.0d
Lansing - MI$249,666 +3.6% 9.0d
Ann Arbor - MI$416,914 +2.5% 13.0d
Kalamazoo - MI$278,194 +4.4% 10.0d
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