Sep 2026
$426K
+4.2% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Grants Pass, OR housing market
Grants Pass, OR metro median sale price $426K in Sep 2026, up 4.2% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in the Grants Pass, OR metro is $426K as of Sep 2026, up 4.2% from a year earlier. The gain is larger than in most of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro points the other way: down 5.2% through Q2 2026.
On median sale price, Grants Pass ($426K) ranks 7th of the eight Oregon metros Pecan Street tracks, between Medford ($451K) and Albany ($409K). Grants Pass has the most median days on market of the eight Oregon metros (87 days), ahead of Bend (86 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Grants Pass (32%) ranks 7th of the eight Oregon metros, between Medford (33%) and Bend (30%).
Listings spent a median 87 days on market in Sep 2026, the 15th-most of the 385 metros. 32% of active listings carry a price cut, 5.0 points fewer than a year earlier. That share is lower 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 $2,333 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $100K a year. The median sale price equals about 19 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 7.2% from a year earlier. That ratio is higher than in most of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $265 per square foot, down 1.4% from a year earlier.
In two of the three ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are higher than a year earlier; one is 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
$2,333/mo
$100K/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 Grants Pass compares to other U.S. metros
| Days on market | ↑15th of 385 (top 4%) |
|---|---|
| Price-to-rent | ↑45th of 373 (top 13%) |
| Price cuts | ↓286th of 385 |
| Home-price growth | ↑116th of 383 (top 31%) |
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
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 19 +7.2% YoY ↑45th of 373 (top 13%) |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $265 -1.4% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (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 pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 32% -5.0 pts YoY ↓286th of 385 |
|---|
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 | 3 shown of 10 |
|---|---|
| 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
- A median 87 days on market in September 2026: the most for any September in Realtor.com's Grants Pass data since 2016. It is one of 28 of the 385 U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks to set that 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 · 9.4ppRedfin (metro) +4.2% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 -5.2% |
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.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97523 | $375K↓ | 55↑ | 6↑ | 12↑ | 86↑ | $295K↓ |
| 97526 | $550K↑ | 211↑ | 30↓ | 72↑ | 80↑ | $382K↓ |
| 97527 | $531K↑ | 187↑ | 40↓ | 60↓ | 87↑ | $409K↓ |
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.