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How competitive is the Fort Payne housing market?
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Primpted Housing Analyst
Updated monthly · Data through September 2026 · v269
- Sold Score
- 23/100
- YoY Difficult Selling Environment
- Pending ratio
- 0.26
- YoY contracts vs active
- Inventory YoY
- +0.3%
- YoY active listings
- Median DOM
- 80
- YoY days on market
- Price cuts
- 30.4%
- YoY of active listings
Fort Payne is soft for sellers as of September 2026, with a Sold Score of 23/100 (Difficult Selling Environment).
**Pending ratio** is 0.26 (contracts vs. active inventory) — anything above 0.40 is healthy demand, below 0.20 is slow.
**Inventory change YoY** is +29.1% — more choices for buyers than a year ago.
**Median days on market** is 80. Faster than 30 days means buyers are deciding quickly.
**Price-reduction share** is 30.4% of active listings — above 25% signals sellers are widely overshooting list price.
— Live indicators (September 2026): Sold Score: 23/100 (Difficult Selling Environment) · Pending ratio: 0.26 · Inventory YoY: +29.1% · Median days on market: 80 · Sellers cutting price: 30.4% · Median listing price: $294,200 (+3.7% YoY)
Fort Payne snapshot
As of the latest 2026 data- Median listing
- $294K
- YoY +0.0%
- Active inventory
- 257
- YoY +0.3%
- Median DOM
- 80
- YoY -0.0%
- Pending ratio
- 0.26
- YoY -0.1%
- Price-reduced
- 20.8%
- YoY +0.0%