What America's Homeowners Are Paying to Maintain Their Homes

Data from our Q2 ’26 report reveals home maintenance costs are finally beginning to stabilize After several years of steep increases, annual home maintenance costs are showing their first meaningful signs of stabilization. According to Thumbtack’s latest Home Care Price Index, homeowners now spend an average of $11,196 each year to maintain a single-family home, just 2% more than a year ago , the smallest annual increase we’ve reported since 2022. The slower pace of growth suggests that many of the labor and material cost pressures that drove sharp increases over the past several years are beg