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Tallahassee - FL housing market

The Tallahassee metro has a typical home value of $284,218, up 1.1% from a year ago. Homes sell in 29 days on average, a balanced market. 27% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$284,218
+1.1% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$296,727
+10.1% YoY
Median list price
$316,633
Sale-to-list ratio
97.9%
Selling below ask
Days on market
29d
Listings w/ price cut
27.3%
New listings / mo
406
+3.0% YoY
Homes for sale
1,569
+0.4% YoY
Typical rent
$1,470/mo
+1.7% YoY
Income needed to buy
$82,700
Rent vs buy
16.1x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Tallahassee housing market, October 2026

The typical Tallahassee home is worth $284,218 as of August 2026, down 0.0% from the prior month, up 0.0% over three months, and up 1.1% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $280,456 to $284,494.

Homes are going pending in about 29 days, slower than the 21 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,569 homes for sale, 0% more than a year ago. 27.3% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 23.3% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,470 a month, up 1.7% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 16.1.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($56,844), the typical Tallahassee home costs about $1,930 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $82,700 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$284k$280kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
42d20dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.6k1.2kSep 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 ($284,218) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Tallahassee - FL 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 1.1% over the past year. In Tallahassee - FL, that means a home worth $281,126 last year is now worth roughly $284,218.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $296,727. Homes are selling at 97.9% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Tallahassee - FL sit on the market for roughly 29 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 27.3% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 406 new listings hit the market each month in Tallahassee - FL. There are currently 1,569 homes for sale, up 0.4% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Tallahassee - FL is $1,470, up 1.7% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 16.1x, toss-up (#121 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,574 a month in principal and interest, $104 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.72% 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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Orlando - FL$383,445 -1.8% 38.0d
Jacksonville - FL$350,783 -0.5% 47.0d
North Port - FL$402,040 -3.1% 56.0d
Cape Coral - FL$335,410 -4.4% 67.0d
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