The typical home value in
Des Moines
is projected to be
$225,130
for the month of
August.
July’s
finalized data reported the typical value of a home in the
city
to be
$222,750—up
1.25%
over the previous 12 months.
For comparison,
county-level
data pegged home values at
$287,000
in
Polk County
for the most recent reporting period.
That number is expected to float around
$285,500
in
August.
Des Moines
had
355
new listings and
254
listings that went under contract in
July,
increasing
the area’s total available inventory to
700—up
11.11%
from the previous month. Inventory is projected to have further
increased
in
August.
Of those
700
active listings,
47.86%
reduced their price in the month of
July.
The median listing price for homes in
Des Moines
fell
2.22%
from
June
to
July,
bringing the current median listing price to
$220,000.
Based on projected data for
August,
listing prices may continue to
fall.
The number of days that homes have been on the market prior to going under contract
fell
year-over-year. In
July 2025,
the median time for a listed property to go pending was
20
days, compared to
25
days in
July 2024.
However, in recent months the median number of days from listed to pending appears to be
rising.
That trend is predicted to have carried through to this
August.
