AL · Metro #127

Mobile - AL housing market

The Mobile metro has a typical home value of $197,078, up 0.4% from a year ago. Homes sell in 29 days on average, a balanced market. 27% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$197,078
+0.4% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$222,837
+7.5% YoY
Median list price
$257,967
Sale-to-list ratio
97.6%
Selling below ask
Days on market
29d
Listings w/ price cut
26.7%
New listings / mo
460
+0.7% YoY
Homes for sale
1,762
-4.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,308/mo
+3.9% YoY
Income needed to buy
$57,300
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Mobile housing market, October 2026

The typical Mobile home is worth $197,078 as of August 2026, down 0.0% from the prior month, down 0.1% over three months, and up 0.4% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $194,891 to $199,290.

Homes are going pending in about 29 days, slower than the 24 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,762 homes for sale, 5% fewer than a year ago. 26.7% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 25.2% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,308 a month, up 3.9% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 12.6.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($39,416), the typical Mobile home costs about $1,338 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $57,300 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$199k$195kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
48d24dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.9k1.6kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($197,078) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Mobile - AL metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 0.4% over the past year. In Mobile - AL, that means a home worth $196,293 last year is now worth roughly $197,078.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $222,837. Homes are selling at 97.6% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Mobile - AL sit on the market for roughly 29 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 460 new listings hit the market each month in Mobile - AL. There are currently 1,762 homes for sale, down 4.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Mobile - AL is $1,308, up 3.9% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 12.6x, buying territory (#187 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,092 a month in principal and interest, $216 less than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 9.35% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in AL

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Birmingham - AL$262,563 +2.4% 23.0d
Huntsville - AL$315,402 +1.1% 26.0d
Montgomery - AL$214,806 +3.8% 27.0d
Tuscaloosa - AL$241,271 +0.4% 30.0d
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