How Many Homes Sell in Grand Rapids Each Month? 2026 Sales Volume and Pace

Last Tuesday I stood in the kitchen of a 1958 ranch off Plymouth Avenue with a seller who asked me one blunt question: "How many houses actually sell around here in a month?" Fair question.Most people only see the listings that sit.They don't see the volume moving underneath.So I pulled the number on my phone right there at the counter: roughly 165 homes went under contract in the City of Grand Rapids over the trailing 30 days. That's the real engine.Let me show you what that pace actually means when you're the one buying or selling.

One caveat before the numbers fly: the figures here are estimates pulled from public real-estate aggregators, not MLS-certified counts.I use them because they track the trend accurately and update fast.Treat them as a reliable temperature reading, not a courtroom exhibit.

How many homes sell in Grand Rapids each month right now

Call it 160 to 170 closings a month inside the city limits.The trailing-30-day figure I quoted sits at 165. That number breathes with the seasons; late spring runs hotter than January.But the headline isn't the count alone, it's how fast those homes leave the shelf.The typical Grand Rapids listing goes pending in 9 days. Nine.When I started, two to three weeks was normal.Today a well-priced house in a working-class pocket gets its offer before the next weekend.I had a Creston-area listing this spring that I previewed on a Thursday and had three signed offers on by Sunday night.That is not luck, that is what a 9-day median pace looks like from the inside.

Supply is the other half of the story.The city is carrying about 1.2 months of inventory. A balanced market, where neither side has the upper hand, sits around 5 to 6 months. So we're running at roughly a fifth of balanced.That's why 165 sales clears the board so quickly: there simply isn't a deep bench of homes waiting behind them.

Why 165 sales feels like more (and less) than it is

Volume without velocity is just a parking lot.Volume with velocity is a conveyor belt, and Grand Rapids is a conveyor belt.The sale-to-list ratio across the city is 98.1%, meaning sellers are banking about 98 cents of every dollar they ask.That's not a market where buyers lowball and win.

Here's the shift that surprised even me.Only 24% of homes sold above asking in the latest read, down from roughly 50% in 2025. So the conveyor belt is still moving, but the bidding-war frenzy has cooled.Fewer than one in four sales now blows past list price.For a buyer who got chewed up in 2025, that's room to breathe.For a seller, it means pricing at the number, not above it, and letting the 9-day pace do the work.I tell every seller the same thing: the market will tell you within the first weekend whether your price is right.With this little inventory, the showings either flood in or they do not, and you know fast.

The city median landed at $304,000, up about 10% year over year, with price per square foot at $214, a 10.3% annual jump. Aggregators peg the seller-heat index at 82 out of 100. Double-digit appreciation on thin supply is exactly what 165 fast sales a month produces.If you want current numbers for your specific area, ask me — I'll pull them.

Zoom out: the county's monthly machine

The city is one gear in a bigger box.Kent County's median is $335,000, up 3.1% year over year, with 13 days on market and the same 1.2 months of supply. The county number runs higher than the city because it folds in the pricier townships ringing Grand Rapids.Both are starved for inventory, which is why the whole region moves at a similar clip.The county runs four days slower to pending than the city, 13 versus 9, and that gap is almost entirely the higher-priced township homes taking a little longer to find their buyer.If you want the county-wide read, ask me and I'll pull it — I run the numbers by ZIP by hand.

If you want a single statistic that explains the pace, it's the pending-to-active ratio.Across the metro it sits at 137%, meaning there are more homes under contract than sitting available.Anything over 100% is a market eating through supply faster than it restocks.Split by price tier the picture sharpens: entry-level under $250K runs a blistering 179%, the core $250K-$500K band sits at 149%, and luxury above $500K cools to 86%. Translation: the lower-priced and move-up homes are where 165 monthly sales concentrate.The high end is the one slice where buyers have leverage.

Where the volume actually lands: the suburbs by pace

People hear "165 a month" and picture the city core, but the conveyor belt runs out into the focus towns I work every week, and each one has its own speed.Pace, not price, tells you where competition is fiercest.Here's the days-on-market read across my primary footprint, all from the same aggregator snapshot:

• Grandville: median $349,819, just 9 days on market. The fastest mover in the footprint, neck and neck with the city core.
• Hudsonville: median $407,000, 13 days. A higher price point that still clears in under two weeks.
• Jenison: median $372,500, 14 days.
• Rockford: median $430,000, 24 days. Falls in the highly rated Rockford Public Schools district.
• Byron Center: median $472,206, 31 days.
• Caledonia: median $429,900, 34 days.
• Allendale: median $450,000, 66 days. The longest pace in the footprint, driven partly by Grand Valley-area new construction adding supply.

On the lakeshore, Holland posts a $320,000 median at 17 days and Zeeland sits at $370,899 over 32 days. Same region, wildly different speed.A 9-day Grandville sale and a 66-day Allendale sale are both "Grand Rapids area," but they demand opposite strategies.If you're comparing two of these head to head, I broke down Caledonia vs Hudsonville vs Byron Center and the Holland and Zeeland lakeshore matchup in their own posts.

New construction is adding to the monthly count

Part of why some townships run slower is fresh inventory.The new-construction median list price across the area is $444,374. Builders in Allendale, Byron Center, and Caledonia are putting up product that pads the active count and stretches days-on-market in those specific ZIPs.That's not weakness, it's supply, and supply is the one thing this market has been missing.A buyer who can't win a 9-day resale bid often finds breathing room on a spec home that's been standing 60 days.I keep a running read on this in my new-construction market breakdown.

The Michigan tax angle on a fast-moving market

When 165 homes change hands a month, a lot of Michigan tax events fire at once, and two of them catch people off guard.First, the Principal Residence Exemption.Under Michigan's General Property Tax Act, filing the PRE removes 18 mills of school operating tax from your primary home. On a $304,000 city median that's real money every year, and buyers who forget to file Form 2368 by the deadline eat a non-homestead bill they didn't need to.I walk clients through the Principal Residence Exemption on every purchase.

Second, and bigger: SEV uncapping.Under Proposal A, your home's Taxable Value can only rise a capped amount each year while you own it.The year after a sale, that cap pops off and the Taxable Value resets to roughly 50% of the home's market value. In a market that just appreciated 10%, the jump from the prior owner's capped figure to the new uncapped one can be steep.Buyers should never assume next year's tax bill matches what the seller is paying now.I unpack the mechanics in my piece on SEV uncapping in West Michigan.And remember each township sets its own millage, so the same $400K house carries a different bill in Caledonia than in Grandville.Transfer tax is customarily the seller's cost in Michigan, paid at closing.

What I'd actually do in this market

If you're selling: price at the number, not above it.With only 24% of homes clearing over asking and a 98.1% sale-to-list ratio, the days of naming an aspirational price and waiting for a bidding war are mostly behind us.Price right and you can realistically expect a pending in roughly 9 days inside the city.Get a defensible starting figure from my home valuation tool before you set it.

If you're buying: pick your lane by pace.Want a fast-moving Grandville or Hudsonville home?Have your financing locked, your buyer-rep agreement signed, and your decision speed sharp, because you're competing in a 9-to-13-day window.Want negotiating room?Look at the longer-DOM townships like Allendale, the new-construction inventory, or the $500K-plus tier where pending-to-active drops to 86%.Mortgage rates as of late May 2026 sit at 6.53% on a 30-year and 5.87% on a 15-year, and the 2026 conforming loan limit for Kent County is $832,750, with the FHA floor at $541,287. Before you fall for anything, send me the price range and the town you are targeting and I will run your actual monthly payment — principal, interest, taxes and insurance — on a real property.A half-point of rate movement changes your monthly number more than $20,000 of price on a median home, so the payment math matters more than the sticker.You can also browse current homes on my live property search and filter by the towns whose pace fits your strategy.

Either way, the trap is reading "165 homes a month" as "plenty to choose from." It isn't.At 1.2 months of supply, that volume turns over almost as fast as it appears.Speed and preparation win here, not patience.For the wider trend, see my market insights hub.

FAQ

How many homes sell in Grand Rapids each month?

About 160 to 170 in the City of Grand Rapids.The most recent trailing-30-day count is roughly 165 closings. Kent County as a whole is larger because it includes the surrounding townships.These are public-aggregator estimates, not MLS-certified figures, but they track the real trend.

Is that a lot of sales or a little?

It's a high turnover rate for the inventory available.With only 1.2 months of supply, those 165 sales clear the shelf fast, which is why the typical home goes pending in about 9 days. Volume looks healthy, but the choice for buyers is thin.

Are homes still selling over asking price?

Less often than they were.Around 24% of city homes sold above asking recently, down from roughly 50% in 2025. The sale-to-list ratio is 98.1%, so sellers still get nearly their full ask, but the bidding-war era has cooled.

Which Grand Rapids suburbs sell the fastest?

Grandville is fastest at about 9 days on market, followed by Hudsonville and Jenison around 13 to 14 days.Allendale is the slowest in my footprint at roughly 66 days, partly because of new-construction supply.

Will my property taxes jump after I buy?

Often, yes.Under Michigan's Proposal A, the Taxable Value uncaps the year after a sale and resets to about 50% of market value, so your bill can exceed what the seller was paying. Filing your Principal Residence Exemption removes 18 mills and softens the hit on a primary home.

How do I see the current numbers for my exact neighborhood?

Start with my monthly Grand Rapids market report — it covers metro and submarket medians, days on market, months of supply, and sale-to-list. For your specific street and price point, ask me. I'll run the payment numbers, put together a seller net sheet, and pull the comps by hand. You can also send the question through my contact page.