Strength 4 / 5
$490K
Hoover median sale price fell back under $500K — now $490K
Dropping back below $500K re-opens a buyer pool that had been priced out — and puts sellers on notice that the last few months' comps are no longer defensible.
Reports › Weekly · 2026-10-18
Alabama real estate — week of Oct 16, 2026
All 3 of Alabama's major metros showed positive year-over-year median sale-price reads this week. Range this week: mobile at +0.2% YoY to birmingham-hoover at +4.2%.
Headline numbers
Birmingham
$318K +4.2%
Huntsville
$332K +2.4%
Mobile
$238K +0.2%
This week's signals
Strength 4 / 5
6.6 mo
Birmingham supply now 6.6 months — buyer's market
Six-plus months of supply in Birmingham — this is a buyer's market by the textbook definition.
Source divergence
ZIP-level reconciliation will appear here once curated ZIP coverage lands for Alabama.
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