The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 49665 sells for about $185,000, or $135 per square foot.
Prices are up +2.4% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 68 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $804 a month.
ZIP 49665 — Mesick
The housing market in 49665 is characterized by low inventory and modest price appreciation. Activity remains steady with a limited number of closed sales, reflecting a rural market environment in Osceola and Missaukee counties.
Median prices moved up 2.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 68 days on market with 8.2 months of supply — a slower-moving market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.3% · poverty 18.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.7%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 49665, Michigan
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau ZCTA-level tables.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.