09/23/2026
🏡📈 Greater Kansas City Market Update – August 2026 💰 Home Prices Continue to Rise!
The average sales price is now $403,174. Up 4.0% from August 2025! Even with a shift in overall activity, Kansas City home values continue to show year over year growth. 💵✨
🔥 Buyers Are Still Active, But More Selective. 3,319 homes sold in August. Down 7.8% from last year. Pending sales came in at 3,036, down 12.3% year over year. There are still buyers in the market, but the numbers show that pricing and presentation matter more than ever. 🏡
⏳ Homes Are Moving a Little Faster - Average days on market dropped to 39 days, down 4.9% from last year. Homes that are positioned correctly are still getting attention and moving relatively quickly.
📊 Inventory is Slightly Lower - Total inventory sits at 8,305 homes, down 4.8% from August 2025. We’re also at 2.6 months of supply, down 7.1% year over year and still well below what is typically considered a balanced market.
✅ Sellers Are Getting Close to Asking Price - Homes are selling for an average of 97.7% of their original list price, actually up 0.8% from last year. For sellers, that’s another reminder that the right price and a strong marketing strategy can make a big difference. 💪💰
💡 What This Means for You - This market is giving us some mixed signals, and that’s exactly why looking beyond one headline matters. Prices are up. Homes are selling faster. But fewer homes are closing and fewer are going pending compared to last year.
For buyers, there may be opportunities to negotiate depending on the property. For sellers, you can still get a strong result but simply putting a sign in the yard and hoping for the best isn’t the strategy.
📞 Thinking about buying or selling? Let’s look at what’s happening in your specific neighborhood and build a strategy around YOUR goals. 🔑✨
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