Strength 4 / 5
69 days
Altoona homes taking 69 days to sell — +91.7% vs. a year ago
Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.
Reports › Weekly · 2026-07-26
Iowa real estate — week of Jul 24, 2026
All 2 of Iowa's major metros showed positive year-over-year median sale-price reads this week. Range this week: des-moines-west-des-moines at +1.7% YoY to cedar-rapids at +3.1%.
Headline numbers
Cedar Rapids
$204K +3.1%
Des Moines
$217K +1.7%
This week's signals
Strength 4 / 5
133 days
Waukee homes taking 133 days to sell — +177.1% vs. a year ago
Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.
Source divergence
ZIP-level reconciliation will appear here once curated ZIP coverage lands for Iowa.
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