Rhode Island housing market data: median home price, year-over-year appreciation, inventory, months of supply, days on market, affordability, and what it mean
Rhode Island is currently a hot market. The median sale price sits near $486,000, up 6.0% from a year ago, with roughly 48,088 active listings and 1.6 months of supply. Homes are going under contract in about 27 days on average.
Rhode Island's median sale price of $486,000 is 15.9% above the $419,300 national median, which places it 11 of 51 states by price level. Year-over-year appreciation of 6.0% ranks 4 of 51, so Rhode Island is currently a faster-appreciating state relative to the rest of the country.
Inside the Northeast region, the median state price is $451,000, so Rhode Island runs 7.8% richer than its regional peers — the closest comparisons are Massachusetts at $631,000, Washington, D.C. at $618,000, New Jersey at $549,000, New Hampshire at $512,000. That gap matters for loan sizing: at the same rate, a Rhode Island file carries roughly $35,000 more balance than the regional median, which changes qualifying income and the value of a rate-and-term option.
No individual Rhode Island metro is broken out in this dataset, so the state figure is the most granular number we publish here. For submarket detail, work from county records and your MLS rather than treating the Rhode Island median as a local comp.
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Rhode Island is currently a hot market. The median sale price sits near $486,000, up 6.0% from a year ago, with roughly 48,088 active listings and 1.6 months of supply. Homes are going under contract in about 27 days on average.
Affordability remains the binding constraint. At the current national average 30-year fixed rate near 6.42%, the typical payment on a median-priced home in Rhode Island runs about $3,067 per month including taxes and insurance, against a median rent near $2,677. That gap is what determines whether purchase conversations in this market start with payment, with price, or with a buydown structure.
Supply is still tight relative to demand, which keeps competitive offers in play on well-priced inventory. Builder incentives are limited, and permits are running near 28,781 annualized units.
For originators, the practical read is this: pre-approval speed and appraisal-gap strategy still win deals here, and Realtor partnerships should emphasize how fast you can turn a fully underwritten approval.
Rhode Island currently reads as a hot market with 1.6 months of supply. Balanced is generally considered four to six months, so this market still favors sellers.
The median sale price is approximately $486,000 as of 7/24/2026, up 6.0% from a year earlier.
No. Median prices are up about 6.0% year over year, though the pace of appreciation has slowed considerably from the 2021 peak.
The typical down payment on a closed transaction is near $85,672, and the resulting payment at the current national average 30-year fixed rate is roughly $3,067 per month including taxes and insurance. Low-down-payment FHA, VA, and conventional 3% options can materially reduce the cash required.
Our directional 12-month range is +4.4% to +7.8% on median price. Confidence is moderate; the rate path is the dominant variable.
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