Overview

• Online engagement jumped, with July searches for “fixer-upper” more than tripling versus four years earlier and page views per listing running 52% higher than comparable older homes.
• The typical fixer-upper listed at $200,000 nationwide in July, a roughly 54% discount to the $436,250 median for all single-family homes.
• About 79,000 fixer-uppers were on the market in July 2025, up 18.8% from July 2021 even as their share of total listings slipped to 5.2% from 6.1%.
• Discounts and availability cluster in the Midwest and South, with Realtor.com’s “Fixer-Upper Five” including St. Louis, Detroit, Jackson, Toledo and Dayton, and Jackson offering a 77.7% price break.
• Fixer-uppers spend 53 days on market versus 50.5 for other single-family homes, a narrowing gap since 2021, as slowing housing starts in some Midwest and Southern metros and slightly lower mortgage rates after a 0.25-point Fed cut support demand.