Home appreciation in Traverse City, MI

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Traverse City, MI grew an average of 12.0% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+7.4%

2025 over 2024. Michigan: +5.7%.

5-year, per year

+12.0%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Michigan: +9.1%.

10-year, per year

+9.1%

+139.3% in total since 2015. Michigan: +7.4%.

How does your home compare?

Traverse City, MI home prices rose 139.3% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +119.5% to +201.3%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Traverse City, MI compares with Michigan

Michigan averaged +9.1% a year, so Traverse City, MI grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Traverse City, MI ranks 10th out of 409 metros nationwide and 1st out of 16 in Michigan.

Index, 2005 = 100

Traverse City, MI and Michigan, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearTraverse City, MIMichigan
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2101101
2005 Q3102101
2005 Q4101101
2006 Q1104101
2006 Q210299
2006 Q310398
2006 Q410499
2007 Q110398
2007 Q210496
2007 Q310393
2007 Q410393
2008 Q110392
2008 Q210189
2008 Q39885
2008 Q49884
2009 Q19986
2009 Q29783
2009 Q39479
2009 Q49378
2010 Q19276
2010 Q28975
2010 Q39176
2010 Q49176
2011 Q18873
2011 Q28672
2011 Q38773
2011 Q48774
2012 Q18672
2012 Q28472
2012 Q38573
2012 Q48774
2013 Q18875
2013 Q29077
2013 Q39178
2013 Q49179
2014 Q19080
2014 Q29382
2014 Q39684
2014 Q49685
2015 Q19585
2015 Q29887
2015 Q310088
2015 Q410189
2016 Q110189
2016 Q210591
2016 Q310593
2016 Q410794
2017 Q111095
2017 Q211297
2017 Q311599
2017 Q4117100
2018 Q1117101
2018 Q2120104
2018 Q3122105
2018 Q4123106
2019 Q1125107
2019 Q2126109
2019 Q3128110
2019 Q4131111
2020 Q1131112
2020 Q2132113
2020 Q3135116
2020 Q4139118
2021 Q1142121
2021 Q2153128
2021 Q3163134
2021 Q4169137
2022 Q1177141
2022 Q2186150
2022 Q3195151
2022 Q4194149
2023 Q1205150
2023 Q2206158
2023 Q3211160
2023 Q4210161
2024 Q1210163
2024 Q2224169
2024 Q3222171
2024 Q4224171
2025 Q1232174
2025 Q2236178
2025 Q3238180
2025 Q4240181
2026 Q1238182
2026 Q2243186

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +9.1% a year over ten years, +139.3% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 17.3% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2016.

The strongest year was 2022 at +20.0%, and the weakest was 2010 at -5.1%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +7.4%, against +5.7% for the state.

ZIP codes in Traverse City, MI

Over the ten years to 2025, the 16 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +119.5% in 49684 to +201.3% in 49683, while the metro as a whole rose 139.3%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 49683+201.3%
  2. 49646+179.1%
  3. 49621+173.4%
  4. 49650+170.6%
  5. 49635+157.6%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 49684+119.5%
  2. 49649+123.1%
  3. 49686+126.6%
  4. 49676+133.9%
  5. 49690+134.0%
ZIP codes in Traverse City, MI ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
49683+27.9%+14.5%+11.7%+201.3%
49646+22.9%+14.3%+10.8%+179.1%
49621+21.0%+14.1%+10.6%+173.4%
49650+6.4%+14.3%+10.5%+170.6%
49635+6.8%+14.7%+9.9%+157.6%
49680+3.7%+10.5%+9.7%+151.6%
49682+5.8%+12.4%+9.6%+150.2%
49617+15.9%+12.6%+9.6%+149.9%
49637+8.9%+11.5%+9.5%+148.1%
49633+5.9%+12.8%+9.1%+138.5%
49643+0.2%+10.9%+9.0%+136.0%
49690-0.4%+11.2%+8.9%+134.0%
49676+9.9%+12.0%+8.9%+133.9%
49686+4.3%+11.4%+8.5%+126.6%
49649+7.8%+10.1%+8.4%+123.1%
49684+1.7%+10.5%+8.2%+119.5%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Traverse City, MI and Michigan, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006101.9+1.9%98.5
2007102.1+0.2%94.3
200898.8-3.3%86.9
200994.7-4.1%80.6
201089.9-5.1%75.1
201186.3-4.0%72.2
201284.5-2.1%72.3
201388.9+5.2%76.7
201492.6+4.1%81.9
201597.7+5.6%86.5
2016103.6+6.0%91.2
2017112.1+8.1%97.2
2018119.1+6.3%103.2
2019126.1+5.9%108.6
2020132.9+5.3%114.2
2021155.0+16.7%129.0
2022186.1+20.0%146.6
2023205.6+10.5%155.9
2024217.7+5.9%167.2
2025233.9+7.4%176.7

The 16 measured metros in Michigan

Measured metros in Michigan ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Traverse City, MI+7.4%+12.0%+9.1%
2Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI+6.7%+11.7%+9.5%
3Bay City, MI+5.1%+10.2%+6.9%
4Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI+5.1%+10.2%+8.8%
5Midland, MI+6.5%+9.8%+6.6%
6Battle Creek, MI+5.6%+9.6%+7.3%
7Niles, MI+4.9%+9.4%+7.1%
8Saginaw, MI+5.1%+9.4%+7.0%
9Kalamazoo-Portage, MI+5.0%+9.0%+7.1%
10Jackson, MI+6.5%+8.9%+7.3%
11Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI (metropolitan division)+6.4%+8.7%+7.3%
12Flint, MI+6.6%+8.7%+7.4%
13Lansing-East Lansing, MI+5.6%+8.6%+7.0%
14Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI (metropolitan division)+5.1%+8.1%+6.8%
15Monroe, MI+6.5%+8.0%+6.4%
16Ann Arbor, MI+4.4%+7.8%+6.6%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Michigan row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2