Baltimore housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Baltimore home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home in Baltimore, Maryland at $184,804, −3.7% versus a year earlier and −4.0% under the $192,548 peak of February 2025.
- Value of a typical home
- $184,804September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- −3.7% since September 2025.
Baltimore home prices since 2000
Baltimore is the steel line; the grey line is the United States. Since January 2000, a typical home in Baltimore was worth $65,389 and is now worth $184,804, ×2.83, while the US reached ×2.99 in the same months. At the boom peak the value reached $138,148 in June 2008, then fell to a low of $88,279 in January 2012, −36.1%.
Median Baltimore home price, year by year
Each year is the average of its twelve monthly values, and 2026 shows the latest month.
| Year | Baltimore | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $66,022 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $67,968 | +2.9% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $70,763 | +4.1% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $75,312 | +6.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $82,169 | +9.1% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $97,562 | +18.7% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $119,494 | +22.5% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $133,408 | +11.6% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $135,461 | +1.5% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $123,266 | −9.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $113,449 | −8.0% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $95,710 | −15.6% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $90,639 | −5.3% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $101,220 | +11.7% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $109,853 | +8.5% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $110,641 | +0.7% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $113,763 | +2.8% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $119,847 | +5.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $130,378 | +8.8% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $141,433 | +8.5% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $148,725 | +5.2% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $169,384 | +13.9% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $183,481 | +8.3% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $184,086 | +0.3% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $190,752 | +3.6% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $191,894 | +0.6% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $184,804 | −3.7% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Baltimore in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. See also: home appreciation calculator.
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Baltimore housing market forecast
Over the 12 months that start September 2026, Zillow's forecast puts the Baltimore, MD metro at +0.6%, with −0.2% over the three months running from that same month. Based on Baltimore's typical value of $184,804, it would land near $185,900 one year from now.
This forecast restates Zillow's own central estimate for the metro; the site does not publish any forecast of its own. Forecasts of this sort over 12 months have usually been off by several percentage points, in either direction. Nothing here should be taken as investment advice.
All metro forecasts in a single table: housing market forecast.
Baltimore housing market crash risk score
28 out of 100, moderate
Baltimore is ranked against the 292 cities using five conditions that ran high ahead of earlier price falls. Every input gets a score from 0 to 100 when set against the other cities, and the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are now; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −24.7% | 16 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | −9.8% | 22 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 8.7 | 2 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 2.9 | 4 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −3.7% | 97 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How the inputs get their scores: methodology. Every one of the 292 cities, ranked: crash risk by city.
Baltimore inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Baltimore, MD metro counted 7,752 homes for sale, +16.2% more than a year earlier and −24.7% under September 2019 levels. Listings sold in a median of 46 days (−9.8% against 2019), and price cuts appeared on 22.0% of listings.
| Baltimore, MD metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 7,752 | +16.2% |
| New listings | 3,446 | |
| Median days on market | 46 | +18.2% |
| Median list price | $375,000 | −2.6% |
| Share with a price cut | 22.0% |
Metro inventory: Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Baltimore cost of living
According to Zillow Observed Rent Index, Baltimore's typical asking rent is $1,762 a month, up 3.6% from a year earlier. You would need 8.7 years of that rent to cover the typical home. Median household income comes to $64,778 (Census ACS 2024), which puts the typical home at 2.9 times a year's income. By BEA, metro prices stand at 104.5 while the US average is 100, and housing costs come to 118.2.
The salary you would need to move there, plus rent and prices: Baltimore living costs.
Other Maryland housing markets
For the whole state: Maryland housing market.
How to read this chart
Zillow Home Value Index for Baltimore: each point shows what a typical home in the market's middle third was worth, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. A hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the latest month. These numbers are not adjusted for inflation. An index tracks the typical home rather than any one house: to work out what one home is worth from its own sale price, use the card above or the home appreciation calculator.