Rockwell, IA 50469 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Buyer's market · leverage 92
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Home Value
$212,307
+2.0% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
92
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
4.8 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
86 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
22%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
96.0%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
24%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
66%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$129
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 66% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 2.0% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 20% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+100% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (92/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.0% below their final list price; 22% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 24% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $56k 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 $129 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 (75% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.1% to +11.3% (80% range; middle estimate +4.2%), chance of a rise 75%, of a 5%+ drop 10%.
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