This information has been directly sourced from the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors® or DMAAR.
Active listings continued to increase as the warmer summer months rolled into the Des Moines Metro. The 4,263 active listings of June represented a 5.2% increase from the 4,054 active listings of June 2025, and a 3.2% increase over the 4,130 active listings of the previous month.
Closed sales also increased, jumping to 1,690 transitions in June, an 18.7% increase from the 1,424 closed sales of last year. Similarly, month-over-month saw a 17.8% increase from the 1,435 of May.
Pending sales remained stable in June with 1,402 pending transactions, a 7.4% increase from the 1,306 from June 2025. Month-over-month, pending sales dipped slightly in June, decreasing 5.3% from the 1,481 pending transactions of May.
Median sales price came to $319,000, a 4.6% increase from the $305,000 median sales price of one year ago. The metric saw a 4.2% increase from the $306,000 median sales price of May.
The 58 days on the market in June represented a 12.1% decrease from May’s 66 median days on market, while remaining modestly above the 54 days recorded in June 2025.
Conventional financing accounted for 1,219 transactions, or 72% of all sales in June. Consumers paid cash for 231 transactions, or 14% of sales, while FHA loans were used in 132 transactions or 7.8% of sales.
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