MI · Metro #135

Flint - MI housing market

The Flint metro has a typical home value of $195,732, up 4.1% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 14 days on market, a strong seller's market. 33% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$195,732
+4.1% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$214,708
+7.9% YoY
Median list price
$221,583
Sale-to-list ratio
98.6%
Selling below ask
Days on market
14d
Listings w/ price cut
33.1%
New listings / mo
562
+7.3% YoY
Homes for sale
1,468
+1.4% YoY
Typical rent
$1,041/mo
+5.6% YoY
Income needed to buy
$56,900
Rent vs buy
15.7x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Flint housing market, October 2026

The typical Flint home is worth $195,732 as of September 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, up 0.5% over three months, and up 4.1% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $179,784 to $195,732.

Homes are going pending in about 14 days, slower than the 10 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,468 homes for sale, 1% more than a year ago. 33.1% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 25.0% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,041 a month, up 5.6% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 15.7.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($39,146), the typical Flint home costs about $1,329 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $56,900 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$196k$180kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
31d10dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.5k1.1kOct 24Oct 25Sep 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 ($195,732) 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 4.1% over the past year. In Flint - MI, that means a home worth $188,023 last year is now worth roughly $195,732.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $214,708. Homes are selling at 98.6% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Flint - MI sit on the market for roughly 14 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 33.1% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 562 new listings hit the market each month in Flint - MI. There are currently 1,468 homes for sale, up 1.4% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Flint - MI is $1,041, up 5.6% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 15.7x, toss-up (#132 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,084 a month in principal and interest, $43 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.99% 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$264,316 +1.8% 15.0d
Grand Rapids - MI$355,636 +4.9% 10.0d
Lansing - MI$246,267 +3.6% 13.0d
Ann Arbor - MI$411,985 +2.4% 17.0d
Kalamazoo - MI$274,078 +4.4% 15.0d
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