Sep 2026
$456K
+7.7% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Traverse City, MI housing market
Traverse City, MI metro median sale price $456K in Sep 2026, up 7.7% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in the Traverse City, MI metro is $456K as of Sep 2026, up 7.7% from a year earlier. That is the 35th-largest year-over-year gain of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows a smaller change, up 3.3% through Q2 2026, 4.4 points apart; Price reconciliation below shows both.
Traverse City has the highest median sale price of the 15 Michigan metros Pecan Street tracks ($456K), ahead of Ann Arbor ($424K). Traverse City has the most median days on market of the 15 Michigan metros (61 days), ahead of Niles (54 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Traverse City (40%) ranks 12th of the 15 Michigan metros, between Detroit (41%) and Ann Arbor (38%).
Listings spent a median 61 days on market in Sep 2026. 40% of active listings carry a price cut, 4.7 points more than a year earlier. That share is higher than in most of the 385 metros.
At the 7.29% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $2,498 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $107K a year. Active listings ask a median $317 per square foot, up 0.9% from a year earlier.
In six of the 10 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are higher than a year earlier; four are lower.
Headline
Oct 15, 2026
7.29%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$2,498/mo
$107K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Traverse City compares to other U.S. metros
| Home-price growth | ↑35th of 383 (top 10%) |
|---|---|
| Price cuts | ↑136th of 385 (top 36%) |
| Days on market | 165th of 385 (top 43%) |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Asking price / sq ft | $317 +0.9% YoY |
|---|
Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 40% +4.7 pts YoY ↑136th of 385 (top 36%) |
|---|
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 10 shown of 24 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Sep 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Recent notable readings
- The FHFA house price index for the metro has risen 190% since Q2 2012: the 36th-largest rebound of the 382 metros whose prices fell. Q2 2026 is its highest reading on record.
Readings from the latest data that sit at one end of the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, from the nightly cross-metro comparison. They are not signal alerts.
Price reconciliation
red · 4.4ppRedfin (metro) +7.7% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +3.3% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
More markets in MI
Track Traverse City, MI with Pecan Street
The signals on this page are a snapshot of what we surface to agents every morning. Free trial, no credit card.
Start free trialZIP-level data
| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49635 | $739K↑ | 41↑ | 2↓ | 10↑ | 80↑ | $524K↑ |
| 49643 | $414K↓ | 32↑ | 12↑ | 12↑ | 36↓ | $368K↑ |
| 49646 | $296K↑ | 52↑ | 16↑ | 20↑ | 46↓ | $214K↓ |
| 49649 | $474K↑ | 34↑ | 10↑ | 10↑ | 68↑ | $352K↑ |
| 49676 | $650K↓ | 28↑ | 4↑ | 6↑ | 76↓ | $379K↑ |
| 49682 | $924K↑ | 27↑ | 8↑ | 8↓ | 50↓ | $648K↑ |
| 49684 | $652K↓ | 130↓ | 36↑ | 44↑ | 68↓ | $491K↑ |
| 49685 | $477K↑ | 91↑ | 28↑ | 38↑ | 66↑ | $436K↑ |
| 49690 | $893K↑ | 53↓ | 8↑ | 26↑ | 71↓ | $479K↑ |
| 49696 | $542K↓ | 53↑ | 22↑ | 22↓ | 43↓ | $442K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.