Opportunity Zone Home Prices Lag Rest of U.S. Tracts in Q3 2026
IRVINE – November 05, 2026 -- Median home prices rose year-over-year in 48.9 percent of Opportunity Zone census tracts in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 51.6 percent of tracts outside the zones, according to a new report from property data provider ATTOM.
The analysis covered 3,805 Opportunity Zone tracts with at least five home sales in the quarter. These are the qualified low-income areas Congress targeted for redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Price growth was more common outside Opportunity Zones
Year-over-year gains were recorded in 1,598 of 3,265 Opportunity Zone tracts with sufficient data in the third quarters of 2025 and 2026. Outside the zones, prices rose in 28,212 of 54,704 tracts. Quarter-over-quarter, median single-family home and condo prices rose in 48.1 percent (1,651) of 3,431 zone tracts with data in both the second and third quarters.