Malcom, IA 50157 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 12
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Home Value
$230,046
+11.3% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
12
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
6.1 months
Nov 2025
Days on Market
36 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
0.0%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
105.5%
May 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
16%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
-25%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$94
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 25% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
- Prices. Home values are up 11.3% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 10% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+50% vs. a year ago), still somewhat tight.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (12/100; U.S.: 54): homes typically sell at or above asking (105.5% of list) (as of May 2026); 0% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 16% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $61k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,640 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $94 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −5% to +11% over the next 12 months (74% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.4% to +10.9% (80% range; middle estimate +3.9%), chance of a rise 74%, of a 5%+ drop 10%.
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