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Iowa City, IA housing market — data for agents

The latest Iowa City, IA home prices, inventory, and days on market — the local proof points your buyers and sellers ask for. Use it to anchor a listing price: the typical home here is 26.9% higher than the Iowa state average and 18.4% lower than the U.S. typical value.

Data as of May 2026.

Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA

Home value

$302K

May 2026

Days on market

17 days

May 2026

Inventory

696

May 2026

What to tell your buyers and sellers

Ready-to-use talking points for your next Iowa City, IA listing appointment or buyer consult — each is the current figure with its trend.

  • ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $302,063 — +0.0% month over month, +4.1% year over year.
  • ·Median days on market is 17 days — -10.5% month over month, -51.4% year over year.
  • ·Homes for sale is 696 — +6.4% month over month, -19.9% year over year.

13-month trends — the story behind your pricing

Typical home value (ZHVI)May 2025May 2026
Iowa City, IA Typical home value (ZHVI) — trailing 13 months$302K
Not enough data to chart median sale price yet.
Median days on marketMay 2025May 2026
Iowa City, IA Median days on market — trailing 13 months17 days
Homes for saleMay 2025May 2026
Iowa City, IA Homes for sale — trailing 13 months696

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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.