The United States against its own pre-2020 norm · September 2026
Listings run 9.1% below the pre-2020 norm for September; homes take about as long to sell as they did then; 20.8% of listings carry a price cut. Drag the timeline to see how the country got here.
SourcesZillowRealtorRedfinCensusFreddie Mac12 more sources. All 17, with cadence, on the methodology page
United StatesSeptember 2026
All scored ZIPs, 26,291 ZIPs · September 2026. HavenScore: 50, average, weighted by population. Typical value, Aug: $461K, +21% over 5 years, average · U.S. median +24%. Days on market: 57 days, average · U.S. median ZIP 60 days. Listings with a price cut: 25%, average · U.S. median ZIP 20%.
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States and hexagons average the ZIPs inside them, weighted by population; zoom in for single ZIPs. Purple: trailed the U.S. median change over 5Y. Green: beat it. Zillow home value index, August 2026; 25,028 ZIPs have a reading that far back.No reading
| State | 5-year price change | 12-month price change | HavenScore | Balance | Scored ZIPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | +16.5% | +1.9% | 60 | Balanced −8 | 510 |
| Alaska | +18.5% | +5.7% | 49 | Balanced +1 | 50 |
| Arizona | +11.6% | −0.7% | 50 | Leaning buyer −40 | 300 |
| Arkansas | +21.1% | +3.0% | 58 | Leaning buyer −16 | 305 |
| California | +15.1% | +1.1% | 39 | Leaning buyer −21 | 1,542 |
| Colorado | +8.0% | −1.1% | 47 | Buyer's market −41 | 416 |
| Connecticut | +43.0% | +5.6% | 43 | Leaning seller +28 | 257 |
| Delaware | +23.6% | +1.3% | 54 | Leaning buyer −16 | 59 |
| District of Columbia | −8.8% | −1.4% | 45 | Buyer's market −46 | 22 |
| Florida | +22.4% | −1.0% | 50 | Buyer's market −43 | 924 |
| Georgia | +23.6% | +0.1% | 54 | Leaning buyer −28 | 666 |
| Hawaii | +15.5% | +1.7% | 48 | Balanced −3 | 78 |
| Idaho | +10.2% | +2.4% | 50 | Balanced −10 | 203 |
| Illinois | +26.7% | +5.3% | 49 | Leaning seller +13 | 1,084 |
| Indiana | +28.8% | +2.9% | 58 | Balanced −2 | 698 |
| Iowa | +24.8% | +3.3% | 57 | Balanced −1 | 824 |
| Kansas | +30.1% | +3.8% | 56 | Balanced +5 | 515 |
| Kentucky | +24.5% | −1.0% | 56 | Leaning buyer −12 | 600 |
| Louisiana | −0.5% | +1.4% | 56 | Leaning buyer −24 | 345 |
| Maine | +29.5% | +1.7% | 48 | Balanced −4 | 311 |
| Maryland | +13.3% | −0.1% | 50 | Leaning buyer −16 | 423 |
| Massachusetts | +24.7% | +2.2% | 43 | Balanced +2 | 485 |
| Michigan | +23.3% | +3.3% | 54 | Balanced −4 | 892 |
| Minnesota | +16.0% | +2.5% | 52 | Balanced −10 | 718 |
| Mississippi | +9.6% | +1.8% | 54 | Balanced −9 | 343 |
| Missouri | +25.4% | +3.3% | 56 | Balanced −2 | 764 |
| Montana | +26.9% | +2.8% | 47 | Leaning buyer −14 | 232 |
| Nebraska | +25.3% | +3.0% | 55 | Balanced +9 | 463 |
| Nevada | +16.3% | −1.5% | 48 | Buyer's market −41 | 133 |
| New Hampshire | +37.0% | +2.8% | 44 | Balanced +10 | 231 |
| New Jersey | +35.8% | +3.7% | 43 | Leaning seller +15 | 547 |
| New Mexico | +22.2% | +1.6% | 48 | Leaning buyer −27 | 148 |
| New York | +21.9% | +4.8% | 48 | Balanced +9 | 1,561 |
| North Carolina | +25.6% | +0.5% | 54 | Leaning buyer −27 | 719 |
| North Dakota | +20.7% | +5.1% | 55 | Leaning seller +11 | 113 |
| Ohio | +28.2% | +3.0% | 54 | Balanced −1 | 1,024 |
| Oklahoma | +24.9% | +2.8% | 58 | Leaning buyer −16 | 499 |
| Oregon | +9.1% | +0.1% | 43 | Leaning buyer −40 | 339 |
| Pennsylvania | +22.9% | +2.3% | 53 | Balanced +3 | 1,363 |
| Rhode Island | +34.7% | +3.3% | 43 | Leaning seller +13 | 69 |
| South Carolina | +24.2% | +1.2% | 58 | Leaning buyer −27 | 359 |
| South Dakota | +24.7% | +2.7% | 53 | Balanced −1 | 146 |
| Tennessee | +26.1% | +1.0% | 56 | Leaning buyer −25 | 588 |
| Texas | +11.2% | −1.0% | 53 | Leaning buyer −35 | 1,513 |
| Utah | +15.5% | +1.8% | 50 | Leaning buyer −23 | 186 |
| Vermont | +20.3% | +1.1% | 43 | Balanced −2 | 229 |
| Virginia | +24.1% | +2.3% | 52 | Balanced −3 | 757 |
| Washington | +11.6% | −0.6% | 43 | Leaning buyer −39 | 485 |
| West Virginia | +22.4% | +2.6% | 58 | Balanced +6 | 479 |
| Wisconsin | +32.7% | +5.0% | 50 | Leaning seller +20 | 679 |
| Wyoming | +26.7% | +1.1% | 48 | Leaning buyer −13 | 95 |
National figures, September 2026, against the 2017–2019 norm for the month.
Each bar shows which way that signal leans: left toward buyers, right toward sellers. National figures: Realtor.com and Freddie Mac. “Norm” is the 2017–2019 average for the same month. Home values on the map: Zillow, August 2026. How the national balance is measured →
SourcesZillowRealtorRedfinCensusFreddie Mac12 more sources. All 17, with cadence, on the methodology page
The balance runs from −100, where buyers hold every card, to +100, where sellers do. State figures are the population-weighted average of their scored ZIPs, September 2026.
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