Home Value Trail

Saginaw, MI metro area: home price history and building permits

Michigan1 county187,688 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA quarterly index to 2026 Q2
  • FHFA annual index 1976 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Saginaw, MI increased by 90.6% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 54.0%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 3.8%. From 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2, the quarterly index increased by 4.3%.

2015

+90.6%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Saginaw, MI increased by 90.6%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.7%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Saginaw, MI+90.6%
Michigan+96.7%
United States+85.0%
Saginaw, MI FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, 100 in 1980 Q3
  • Saginaw, MI
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

The line is FHFA's quarterly index, through 2026 Q2. The calculator and the tables use FHFA's annual index of the area.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Saginaw, MI, 1976 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025527.82+3.8%
2024508.41+7.7%
2023472.04+8.5%
2022435.03+12.9%
2021385.21+12.4%
2020342.71+2.7%
2019333.70+6.8%
2018312.59+5.7%
2017295.70+3.1%
2016286.86+3.6%
2015276.91+2.3%
2014270.64+2.2%
2013264.89+2.0%
2012259.82−2.2%
2011265.62−4.0%
2010276.83−5.5%
2009292.92−6.6%
2008313.71−5.1%
2007330.65−4.3%
2006345.43−1.5%
2005350.57+2.5%
2004341.88+2.5%
2003333.53+1.8%
2002327.52+2.2%
2001320.34+5.0%
2000304.98+4.8%
1999290.89+4.1%
1998279.42+5.2%
1997265.52+5.2%
1996252.30+6.0%
1995238.10+6.5%
1994223.61+4.4%
1993214.21+1.8%
1992210.38+3.6%
1991203.08+3.5%
1990196.30+4.9%
1989187.05+7.2%
1988174.48+6.3%
1987164.18+2.5%
1986160.21+2.6%
1985156.12+0.5%
1984155.27+2.5%
1983151.54+5.6%
1982143.51−11.0%
1981161.19−1.4%
1980163.56+3.4%
1979158.25+22.4%
1978129.26+21.7%
1977106.20+6.2%
1976100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Saginaw, MI. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Saginaw, MI and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Saginaw, MI+3.8%+54.0%+90.6%+50.6%+73.1%+6.7%
Michigan+4.7%+51.6%+96.7%+67.0%+96.7%+7.0%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

Drawdowns of the index of Saginaw, MI, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
20052012−25.9%2021
19801982−12.3%1987

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Saginaw, MI in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+20.0%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+55.4%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010−9.2%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+23.8%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+54.0%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1976 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits in the area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in the county of the area authorized 170 housing units. That is 0.9 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Saginaw, MI metro area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202621147
Jul 202618135
Jun 202610100
May 202620200
Apr 2026241113
Mar 2026770
Feb 202616124
Jan 2026752
Dec 2025770
Nov 202512120
Oct 202514140
Sep 202514122
Aug 20251688
Jul 202518162
Jun 202514122
May 202510100
Apr 202522184
Mar 202521138
Feb 202514104
Jan 202510100
Dec 2024770
Nov 20241174
Oct 202416142
Sep 202413112
Aug 202414140
Jul 202417134
Jun 202413112
May 202416142
Apr 202419154
Mar 2024990
Feb 202412102
Jan 2024770
Dec 2023770
Nov 202311110
Oct 202318108
Sep 202310100
Aug 202311110
Jul 2023972
Jun 202339354
May 202317116
Apr 2023770
Mar 20231688
Feb 202314122
Jan 2023990
Dec 202210100
Nov 2022880
Oct 202225322
Sep 202218162
Aug 202215132
Jul 202218153
Jun 202221156
May 202216133
Apr 202218135
Mar 202215114
Feb 202219190
Jan 202210100
Dec 2021000
Nov 2021000
Oct 2021000
Sep 2021000
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Saginaw, MI metro area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202521014169
202414112120
202319013852
202217514332
202119518015
202024514897
2019248139109
2018333179154
2017335182153
2016281149132
2015382156226
2014214104110
201321112883
2012212109103
20111779186
201013711324
20091168828
20081441422
200724017367
200627023634
200558248498
200461860414
200369965247
200263060525
200153049040
2000972630342
199960953475
19985535530
19974494490
19965095090
19955085080

The counts are the sums of the county files of the Building Permits Survey for the counties of the area (OMB delineation of July 2023).

Counties of the area

Counties of the Saginaw, MI metro area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Saginaw CountyMI+3.8%+90.6%170

Agency pages

  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.
  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Saginaw, MI home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/40980-saginaw/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for CBSAs (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for CBSAs, all transactions, 1976 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026. The line: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for the metropolitan area, through 2026 Q2.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for the states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county files through August 2026, added for the counties of the area.
Counties of the area
OMB delineation of core based statistical areas, July 2023.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Saginaw, MI?
The largest increase in one year was 22.4%, from 1978 to 1979. The largest decrease in one year was 11.0%, from 1981 to 1982.
How did the index for Saginaw, MI change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Saginaw, MI increased by 50.6%. In the same years, the index for Michigan increased by 67.0%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Saginaw, MI?
The index is 100 in 1976, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 527.82, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Saginaw, MI area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 187,688 residents for 2025.