Reports  ›  Weekly · 2026-08-30

Iowa real estate — week of Aug 28, 2026

Iowa's major metros split this week: 1 negative, 1 positive on year-over-year median sale price. Range this week: cedar-rapids at -0.4% YoY to des-moines-west-des-moines at +1.6%.

Headline numbers

Cedar Rapids

$207K -0.4%

Des Moines

$221K +1.6%

This week's signals

Strength 4 / 5

57 days

Altoona homes taking 57 days to sell — +83.9% 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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