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Housing in Sunset

Homes in Sunset

Home prices around Sunset have risen about 44% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.

2-bedroom rent
$1,120
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Sunset?

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★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 44% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Sunset rose 44% over the past 5 years, slower than across Arkansas (52%). Last year prices rose 7.7%.

Sunset areaArkansas
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+7.7%
past year
+44%
past 5 years
+61%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Sunset, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930
1 bedroom$1,010
2 bedrooms$1,120
3 bedrooms$1,480
4 bedrooms$1,720

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Memphis, TN-MS-AR HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Sunset in 2025 or in any year since 2000.

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2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
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homes in the past 10 years
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Sunset's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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