State market data for agents
Iowa housing market — data for agents
The latest Iowa home prices, inventory, and days-on-market — the numbers to quote when you set a seller's expectations or reassure a buyer — with month-over-month and year-over-year trends and how it stacks up nationally. When a client says “but I heard the market is…,” you can show them the typical Iowa home is 35.7% lower than the U.S. typical value of $370K.
Data as of May 2026.
Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA
Home value
$238K
May 2026
Sale price
$259K
May 2026
Days on market
37 days
May 2026
Inventory
9,236
May 2026
Months supply
2
May 2026
Homes sold
3,780
May 2026
Sale-to-list
98.2%
May 2026
What to tell your buyers and sellers
Drop these lines straight into a listing presentation or a pricing conversation — each one is the current Iowa figure with its trend, not an opinion.
- ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $238,019 — +0.0% month over month, +3.9% year over year.
- ·Median sale price is $258,700 — +3.4% month over month, +2.3% year over year.
- ·Median days on market is 37 days — -19.6% month over month, -9.8% year over year.
- ·Homes for sale is 9,236 — -0.7% month over month, -7.7% year over year.
13-month trends — the story behind your pricing
Metro areas in Iowa
All real estate is local — drill into your client's metro for the numbers that actually move a pricing conversation.
| Metro area | Typical home value |
|---|---|
| Des Moines, IA | $296K |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $244K |
| Iowa City, IA | $302K |
| Waterloo, IA | $200K |
| Sioux City, IA | $225K |
Sources & methodology
Every figure on this page is drawn from authoritative public housing and mortgage data, refreshed monthly — so you can quote it in a listing appointment or CMA and back it with a link when a client pushes back. Home values shown as ZHVI are a smoothed typical-value index, not raw sale prices.