Aug 2026
$310K
+3.2% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Kansas City, MO housing market
Kansas City, MO median sale price $310K in Aug 2026, up 3.2% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in Kansas City, MO is $310K as of Aug 2026, up 3.2% from a year earlier. The gain is larger than in most of the 195 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows the same change through Q2 2026.
On median sale price, Kansas City ($310K) ranks 2nd of the four Missouri metros Pecan Street tracks, between Columbia ($311K) and St. Louis ($263K). On median days on market, Kansas City (50 days) ranks 3rd of the four Missouri metros, between Columbia (51 days) and St. Louis (50 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Kansas City (40%) ranks 2nd of the four Missouri metros, between St. Louis (41%) and Springfield (39%).
Listings spent a median 50 days on market in Sep 2026, fewer than in most of the 195 metros. 40% of active listings carry a price cut, 0.3 points more than a year earlier. That share is higher than in most of the 195 metros. Building permits authorized 1,415 new housing units in Aug 2026.
At the 7.45% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $1,726 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $74K a year. The median sale price equals about 13 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio down 9.6% from a year earlier. That ratio is lower than in most of the 195 metros. Active listings ask a median $195 per square foot, up 1.7% from a year earlier.
In eight of the 12 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are higher than a year earlier; four are lower.
Headline
Oct 6, 2026
7.45%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$1,726/mo
$74K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Kansas City compares to other U.S. metros
| Days on market | ↓135th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Price-to-rent | ↓134th of 195 |
| Home-price growth | ↑71st of 195 (top 37%) |
| Price cuts | ↑73rd of 195 (top 38%) |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 13 -9.6% YoY ↓134th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $195 +1.7% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 40% +0.3 pts YoY ↑73rd of 195 (top 38%) |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 1,415 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 12 shown of 198 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | Heartland MLS |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Recent notable readings
- Single-family building permits rose 10% over the 12 months through Aug 2026 (5,632 homes, against 5,113 the year before): the 3rd-largest increase among the 37 metros that permit 5,000+ single-family homes a year.
Readings from the latest data that sit at one end of the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, from the nightly cross-metro comparison. They are not signal alerts.
Price reconciliation
normal · 0.0ppRedfin (city) +3.2% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +3.2% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64064 | $530K↑ | 96↑ | 48↑ | 28↑ | 57↑ | $441K↑ |
| 64068 | $396K↓ | 89↓ | 38↑ | 24↓ | 36↓ | $335K↑ |
| 64083 | $465K↑ | 132↓ | 54↑ | 42↓ | 51↓ | $367K↑ |
| 64111 | $307K↑ | 106↑ | 20↑ | 62↑ | 59↓ | $278K↑ |
| 64130 | $129K↓ | 103↑ | 40 | 38↑ | 58↑ | $106K↓ |
| 64133 | $241K↑ | 107↑ | 44↓ | 60↓ | 48↑ | $218K↑ |
| 64152 | $598K↑ | 105↑ | 44↓ | 42↑ | 52↓ | $432K↑ |
| 66048 | $244K↓ | 90↑ | 48↑ | 34↑ | 50↑ | $267K↑ |
| 66061 | $598K↓ | 228↑ | 104↑ | 80↑ | 46↑ | $439K↑ |
| 66062 | $631K↑ | 244↓ | 90↓ | 56↑ | 53↑ | $443K↑ |
| 66083 | $475K↑ | 89↑ | 44↑ | 18↓ | 88↑ | $418K↓ |
| 66221 | $950K↑ | 116↓ | 40↓ | 28↓ | 49↓ | $817K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.