MI · Metro #53

Grand Rapids - MI housing market

The Grand Rapids metro has a typical home value of $355,636, up 4.9% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 10 days on market, a strong seller's market. 31% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$355,636
+4.9% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$348,446
+4.2% YoY
Median list price
$376,133
Sale-to-list ratio
100.8%
Selling above ask
Days on market
10d
Listings w/ price cut
31.0%
New listings / mo
1,264
+7.1% YoY
Homes for sale
2,790
+12.9% YoY
Typical rent
$1,614/mo
+4.6% YoY
Income needed to buy
$103,500
Rent vs buy
18.4x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Grand Rapids housing market, October 2026

The typical Grand Rapids home is worth $355,636 as of September 2026, up 0.4% from the prior month, up 1.0% over three months, and up 4.9% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $328,403 to $355,636.

Homes are going pending in about 10 days, slower than the 6 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 2,790 homes for sale, 13% more than a year ago. 31.0% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 20.8% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,614 a month, up 4.6% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 18.4.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($71,127), the typical Grand Rapids home costs about $2,414 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $103,500 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$356k$328kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
19d6dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
2.8k1.6kOct 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 ($355,636) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Grand Rapids - 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 4.9% over the past year. In Grand Rapids - MI, that means a home worth $339,024 last year is now worth roughly $355,636.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $348,446. Homes are selling at 100.8% of list price, meaning buyers are typically paying at or above asking.

Homes listed in Grand Rapids - MI sit on the market for roughly 10 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 31.0% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 1,264 new listings hit the market each month in Grand Rapids - MI. There are currently 2,790 homes for sale, up 12.9% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Grand Rapids - MI is $1,614, up 4.6% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 18.4x, toss-up (#70 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,970 a month in principal and interest, $356 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 5.49% 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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Other metros in MI

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Detroit - MI$264,316 +1.8% 15.0d
Lansing - MI$246,267 +3.6% 13.0d
Flint - MI$195,732 +4.1% 14.0d
Ann Arbor - MI$411,985 +2.4% 17.0d
Kalamazoo - MI$274,078 +4.4% 15.0d
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