Destin housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Destin home prices: a home typical of the market in Destin, Florida was valued at $616,654 in September 2026 by the Zillow Home Value Index, up 2.0% from a year before and 11.2% under the $694,255 peak reached in July 2023.
- What a typical home is worth
- $616,654September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- Since September 2025, +2.0%.
Destin home prices since 2000
Destin appears as the steel line, the United States as the grey line. Since May 2002 a typical home in Destin has climbed from $233,264 up to $616,654, ×2.64, while the US over those months was ×2.57. Prices peaked during the boom in April 2006 at $514,526, then reached a low of $265,160 in April 2012, −48.5%.
Yearly median home price for Destin
Each year's figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 covers the latest month.
| Year | Destin | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | $255,175 | $155,308 | |
| 2004 | $311,661 | +22.1% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $441,038 | +41.5% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $494,272 | +12.1% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $438,502 | −11.3% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $375,585 | −14.3% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $320,211 | −14.7% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $294,861 | −7.9% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $271,817 | −7.8% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $268,848 | −1.1% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $297,001 | +10.5% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $318,770 | +7.3% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $334,538 | +4.9% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $346,449 | +3.6% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $365,084 | +5.4% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $390,846 | +7.1% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $418,464 | +7.1% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $444,204 | +6.2% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $527,517 | +18.8% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $666,979 | +26.4% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $688,480 | +3.2% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $657,430 | −4.5% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $614,414 | −6.5% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $616,654 | +2.0% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Destin during any year is worth today
An estimate for a typical home based on an index, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. Other tools include the home appreciation calculator.
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Destin housing market forecast
For the Crestview, FL metro, Zillow's forecast indicates a +0.2% change during the 12 months beginning September 2026, with +0.5% projected for the next three months. Put against Destin's typical value of $616,654, the forecast gives a figure near $617,900 a year on.
This restates Zillow's central estimate for the metro; no forecast of its own is published here. Usually, a 12-month forecast of this kind lands several percentage points away from the realised change, in either direction. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts sit in one table: housing market forecast.
Destin housing market crash risk score
70 out of 100, high
Five conditions that ran high ahead of earlier price falls are used to rank Destin against 292 cities. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities, and the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It describes current conditions, and it makes no prediction of a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +31.8% | 82 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +25.6% | 85 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 24.6 | 82 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +2.0% | 33 | 20% |
Nothing here is investment advice. How each input is scored: methodology. Ranking all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Listings and days on market for Destin
In September 2026 the Crestview, FL metro counted 4,194 homes for sale, +31.8% compared with the same month of 2019 and −10.4% on a year earlier. Selling took a median of 98 days per listing (+25.6% against 2019), and price cuts appeared on 18.9% of listings.
| Crestview, FL metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 4,194 | −10.4% |
| New listings | 836 | |
| Median days on market | 98 | −5.8% |
| Median list price | $595,000 | −1.6% |
| Share with a price cut | 18.9% |
Metro inventory: Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data All metros: days on market by city.
Destin rent and living costs
In Destin, the Zillow Observed Rent Index puts typical asking rent at $2,087 a month, +3.9% higher than a year earlier. A typical home costs the equivalent of 24.6 years of that rent. BEA has metro prices at 97.0, compared with a US average of 100; housing costs come to 94.9.
More housing markets in Florida
- $284,832 for Jacksonville.
- $583,705 for Miami.
- $375,619 for Tampa.
- $372,775 for Orlando.
- $351,862 for St. Petersburg.
- Port St. Lucie $384,099
- Cape Coral $334,660
- $291,188 for Tallahassee.
- Fort Lauderdale $509,743
- Hollywood at $442,331.
See the Florida housing market for the state as a whole.
How to read this chart
Each point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Destin, measuring a typical home in the market's middle third after smoothing and seasonal adjustment, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot marks the month you pick on the slider, and the terracotta dot marks the latest one. These figures do not account for inflation, and the index tracks the typical home rather than any one house. Use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to work out the value of a single home from its own sale price.