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Little Rock - AR housing market

The Little Rock metro has a typical home value of $230,108, up 3.7% from a year ago. Homes are sitting 40 days on average, buyers have negotiating room. 25% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$230,108
+3.7% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$240,787
+3.3% YoY
Median list price
$275,000
Sale-to-list ratio
97.0%
Selling below ask
Days on market
40d
Listings w/ price cut
24.7%
New listings / mo
969
+0.9% YoY
Homes for sale
4,228
+8.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,234/mo
+2.4% YoY
Income needed to buy
$67,000
Rent vs buy
15.5x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Little Rock housing market, October 2026

The typical Little Rock home is worth $230,108 as of September 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, up 0.6% over three months, and up 3.7% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $219,790 to $230,108.

Homes are going pending in about 40 days, slower than the 34 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 4,228 homes for sale, 9% more than a year ago. 24.7% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 22.8% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,234 a month, up 2.4% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 15.5.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($46,022), the typical Little Rock home costs about $1,562 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $67,000 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$230k$220kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
55d31dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
4.2k3.1kOct 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 ($230,108) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Little Rock - AR 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 3.7% over the past year. In Little Rock - AR, that means a home worth $221,898 last year is now worth roughly $230,108.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $240,787. Homes are selling at 97.0% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Little Rock - AR sit on the market for roughly 40 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 24.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 969 new listings hit the market each month in Little Rock - AR. There are currently 4,228 homes for sale, up 8.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Little Rock - AR is $1,234, up 2.4% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 15.5x, toss-up (#135 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,275 a month in principal and interest, $41 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 7.07% 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 AR

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Fayetteville - AR$364,497 +2.5% 52.0d
Fort Smith - AR$202,649 +4.4% 38.0d
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