Estherville, IA 51334 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 16
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Home Value
$144,502
+13.0% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
16
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
4.3 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
22 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
15%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
99.1%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
22%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
41%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$120
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 41% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 13.0% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 59% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+36% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (16/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.9% below their final list price; 15% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 22% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $42k 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 $120 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −4% to +12% over the next 12 months (79% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.2% to +12.1% (80% range; middle estimate +5.0%), chance of a rise 79%, of a 5%+ drop 8%.
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