06/23/2026
Kansas City median sales price hit $330,000 in April 2026.
Up 6.5% year to date.
Only 2.3 months of inventory left in the metro.
That last number is the one that matters most.
Two months of supply means this is still firmly a seller's market.
Buyers who have been waiting for KC prices to soften are watching them do the opposite.
The market posted a 7.9% increase in year to date closed sales volume.
There are 13,101 buyers in the pending pipeline right now waiting for new listings to hit.
That is not a market on the verge of cooling.
That is a market with more demand than supply and no immediate sign of that changing.
For sellers, the timing conversation is real.
Homes in April received an average of 98.1% of original list price.
Pricing accurately in this environment is not the challenge it is in a softening market.
The challenge is making sure you are not leaving money on the table by underpricing in a market this active.
For buyers, the window to get ahead of continued appreciation is now.
The agents telling you to wait are not looking at the same data.
Kansas City has appreciated 96% since 2016. That number does not happen in a market people sleep on.
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