Nebraska housing market

What the numbers say

Nebraska real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Nebraska listed for $335,000, down 2.4% from a year earlier.

Homes spent a median of 47 days on the market.

Homeowners in Nebraska pay a median of $3,549 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $238,600, an effective rate of about 1.49%.

Renters pay a median of $1,072 a month, and $1,083 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 26 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $335,000 home here comes to about $2,381 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $102,000 a year (the median household here earns $76,475).