Algona, IA 50511 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 67
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Home Value
$187,152
+1.5% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
67
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
8.1 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
69 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
14%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
97.4%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
23%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
22%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$95
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 22% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 1.5% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 5% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+9% vs. a year ago), close to pre-pandemic levels.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (67/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 2.6% below their final list price; 14% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 23% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $52k 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 $95 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −7% to +10% over the next 12 months (67% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.8% to +9.5% (80% range; middle estimate +2.5%), chance of a rise 67%, of a 5%+ drop 14%.
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