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Pensacola - FL housing market

The Pensacola metro has a typical home value of $308,972, up 1.6% from a year ago. Homes sell in 35 days on average, a balanced market. 28% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$308,972
+1.6% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$316,333
+5.1% YoY
Median list price
$358,667
Sale-to-list ratio
97.5%
Selling below ask
Days on market
35d
Listings w/ price cut
27.6%
New listings / mo
795
+4.5% YoY
Homes for sale
3,303
-8.1% YoY
Typical rent
$1,735/mo
+2.8% YoY
Income needed to buy
$89,900
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Pensacola housing market, October 2026

The typical Pensacola home is worth $308,972 as of September 2026, up 0.1% from the prior month, up 0.1% over three months, and up 1.6% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $304,175 to $311,632.

Homes are going pending in about 35 days, slower than the 31 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 3,303 homes for sale, 8% fewer than a year ago. 27.6% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 27.4% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,735 a month, up 2.8% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 14.8.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($61,794), the typical Pensacola home costs about $2,098 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $89,900 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$312k$304kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
53d30dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
3.8k3.0kOct 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 ($308,972) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Pensacola - 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 1.6% over the past year. In Pensacola - FL, that means a home worth $304,106 last year is now worth roughly $308,972.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $316,333. Homes are selling at 97.5% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Pensacola - FL sit on the market for roughly 35 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 27.6% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 795 new listings hit the market each month in Pensacola - FL. There are currently 3,303 homes for sale, down 8.1% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Pensacola - FL is $1,735, up 2.8% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 14.8x, buying territory (#152 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,711 a month in principal and interest, $24 less than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 7.54% 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 FL

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Miami - FL$476,815 +0.3% 52.0d
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Orlando - FL$383,302 -1.4% 41.0d
Jacksonville - FL$350,574 -0.1% 49.0d
North Port - FL$403,540 -2.0% 53.0d
Cape Coral - FL$334,479 -3.5% 64.0d
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