Aug 2026
$308K
+4.9% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Appleton, WI
Median sale price, a Redfin vs. FHFA price check, and daily-refreshed real estate signals for Appleton, WI. Built for agents; free to read.
Appleton, WI’s median sale price is $308K as of Aug 2026 — +4.9% year over year. Pecan Street measures Appleton’s year-over-year home-price change two independent ways: Redfin sale prices and the FHFA House Price Index. No market signals are flagged here right now.
Headline
Oct 6, 2026
7.45%
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
$1,716/mo
$74K/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 Appleton compares to other U.S. metros
| Price cuts | ↓190th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Days on market | ↓175th of 195 |
| Home-price growth | ↑45th of 195 (top 24%) |
| Price-to-rent | 100th of 195 |
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 | ≈ 15 +2.6% YoY 100th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $206 -1.3% 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 | ≈ 21% -15.1 pts YoY ↓190th of 195 |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 96 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Aug 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 | 11 shown of 24 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
normal · 0.2ppRedfin (city) +4.9% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +5.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53014 | $300K↓ | 27↑ | 4↓ | 10↑ | 42↑ | $323K↑ |
| 54130 | $421K↑ | 69↑ | 22↓ | 18↑ | 40↑ | $345K↑ |
| 54136 | $352K↓ | 26↑ | 8↓ | 0↓ | 77↓ | $284K↑ |
| 54155 | $717K↓ | 27↑ | 4↑ | 4↑ | 91↑ | $466K↑ |
| 54911 | $265K↓ | 46↑ | 20↓ | 6 | 33↑ | $281K↑ |
| 54913 | $490K↑ | 97↑ | 24↑ | 18↑ | 46↓ | $483K↑ |
| 54914 | $282K↓ | 56↑ | 32↓ | 12↓ | 32↑ | $312K↑ |
| 54915 | $390K↓ | 99↑ | 34↓ | 18↑ | 37↑ | $357K↑ |
| 54942 | $460K↑ | 47↑ | 16↑ | 12↑ | 48↑ | $465K↑ |
| 54944 | $482K↓ | 34↑ | 8↑ | 10↑ | 47↓ | $422K↑ |
| 54952 | $436K↓ | 90↑ | 32↑ | 14↓ | 40↓ | $288K↑ |
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.