The Houston income-needed indicator moved -0.48% year over year, which shifts the rent-vs-buy line — rates, taxes, insurance, and HOA costs then decide it for your budget. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.4. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $129,187 in 77054 to $1,722,665 in 77005 — a factor of 13.3. 29 of 97 tracked ZIPs (30%) show the current cooling flag.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.4.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $129,187 in 77054 to $1,722,665 in 77005 — a factor of 13.3.
- 29 of 97 tracked ZIPs (30%) show the current cooling flag.
- The median tracked ZIP records about 64 pending homes per 100 new listings.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 97
- Median ZIP home value
- $249,757
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,551
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.4.
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $129,187 in 77054 to $1,722,665 in 77005 — a factor of 13.3.
- cooling share
- 29 of 97 tracked ZIPs (30%) show the current cooling flag.
Houston price-to-rent context
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.4.
The income-needed indicator changed -0.48% year over year.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules
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