Garner, IA 50438 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 93
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Home Value
$235,882
+4.8% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
93
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
5.8 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
63 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
33%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
95.9%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
27%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
71%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$109
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 71% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 4.8% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 25% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and falling (−19% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (93/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.1% below their final list price; 33% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 27% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $63k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,514 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $109 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +10% over the next 12 months (69% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.4% to +9.9% (80% range; middle estimate +2.9%), chance of a rise 69%, of a 5%+ drop 13%.
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|---|---|---|---|
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