I have your January 2026 House Rental & Sales Market Update for Tampa Bay & Nationwide.
Hi, I’m Michael Bielon with House2home Properties, with a real estate market update for January 2026.
We manage single family homes in Tampa Bay and we’ll go over the median rents for single family homes, eviction filings, the sales market and interest rates.
We’ll Start with the Rental Numbers from the MLS.
This is for Houses in Tampa Bay, which will be Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties:
In January 2026, the Median Rent was $2,600 and the Days on Market was 47 days.
Compared to the previous month, rents have stayed the same and is taking 6 days longer to rent a house in Tampa Bay.
Compared to the same time last year, rents have gone up 4% and is taking 17 days longer to rent a house from a year ago in Tampa Bay.
Here are Zillow’s National Rental Numbers for Houses (for the entire United States).
In January 2026, the National Median Rent was $2,200.
Compared to the previous month, rents have gone down 0.7% nationwide.
Compared to the same time last year, rents have gone down 1.4% nationwide.
In the graph here the blue line is Tampa Bay and the orange line is nationwide, you’ll see that the median rent in Tampa Bay is flat but nationwide is on a downward trend.
This next graph shows the history of the Days on Market for Tampa Bay which keeps going up, so if you have a vacancy and want to rent your home quickly you may have to lower the rent.
Here are the Number of Eviction Filings in Tampa Bay, this is for Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties.
In January 2026, the number of Evictions Filed in Tampa Bay was 1,776.
Hillsborough County had 1,276 eviction filings and Pinellas had 500.
There was a 17.9% increase in eviction filings from a month ago and a 2.7% decrease in eviction filings from a year ago in Tampa Bay.
I included a graph showing the eviction activity throughout the months. You’ll see that eviction filings really spike in the month of January.
The Lease Renewal Rate for House2Home Properties.
Our Lease Renewal percentage as of last month is 86%.
Let’s move on from the rental market to the sales market.
Now for the Sales Numbers From the MLS.
This is for Houses sold in Tampa Bay, which will be Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties:
In January 2026, the Median Sales Price was $420,000. The Days on Market was 49 days and the Month’s Supply of Inventory was 6 Months.
Compared to the previous month, house prices have decreased 3.9% and is taking 2 days longer to sell a home in Tampa Bay.
Compared to the same time last year, house prices have stayed the same and is taking 10 days longer to sell a home from a year ago in Tampa Bay.
Here are Realtor.com’s National Home Sales (this is for the entire United States).
In January 2026, the Median Home Sales List Price was $399,900, that is unchanged from the previous year.
The Days on Market was 78 days, that’s 5 days longer to sell a home from the previous year.
And the number of new sales listings increased 0.7% from the previous year nationwide.
In the graph here the blue line is Tampa Bay and the orange line is nationwide, you’ll see that the median sales price in Tampa Bay looks like it may be on a downward trend compared to the median sales price nationwide which looks relatively flat.
Now the National 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage (per the St. Louis Fed).
In January 2026, the Mortgage Interest Rate was 6.09%.
From the month prior, the interest rate decreased 0.09%. The previous month’s rate was 6.18%
And from last year, the interest rate decreased almost a full percentage point 0.95%. The previous year’s rate was 7.04%.
In the graph here you’ll see mortgage interest rates continue on a slight downward trend.
Okay, that’s your monthly market update, I hope you enjoyed this. If you need property management for your house, please reach out to me.
My name is Michael Bielon and I'm always here if you need help with your property.
Thank you for watching.
