Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses (Realtor)
Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the active listing count of houses in the Ames, IA metro in February 2026 was 246. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.0335%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.2244%.

You can see similar for other US metros, and for the United States.

The chart below shows the trend of active listing count in the Ames, IA metro. The table below shows the trend, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes.

Data Source: Realtor.
Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Ames, IA (Metro) Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
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Month Active Listing Count MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 339
Sep 2016 358
Oct 2016 388
Nov 2016 379
Dec 2016 347
Jan 2017 297
Feb 2017 273
Mar 2017 286
Apr 2017 312
May 2017 305
Jun 2017 313
Jul 2017 322
Aug 2017 347 0.0793 0.0236
Sep 2017 364 0.0476 0.0154
Oct 2017 387 0.0646 -0.0026
Nov 2017 393 0.0142 0.0356
Dec 2017 371 -0.0548 0.0692
Jan 2018 332 -0.1051 0.1178
Feb 2018 296 -0.1099 0.0824
Mar 2018 295 -0.0034 0.0315
Apr 2018 303 0.0289 -0.0273
May 2018 310 0.0215 0.0148
Jun 2018 334 0.0792 0.0688
Jul 2018 368 0.1018 0.1446
Aug 2018 383 0.0394 0.1023
Sep 2018 410 0.0706 0.1265
Oct 2018 450 0.0989 0.1628
Nov 2018 453 0.0056 0.1529
Dec 2018 426 -0.0597 0.1469
Jan 2019 403 -0.0529 0.2139
Feb 2019 374 -0.0732 0.264
Mar 2019 360 -0.0375 0.2207
Apr 2019 373 0.0376 0.231
May 2019 401 0.0751 0.2956
Jun 2019 422 0.0511 0.262
Jul 2019 470 0.1151 0.2772
Aug 2019 478 0.016 0.2484
Sep 2019 474 -0.0073 0.1575
Oct 2019 472 -0.0053 0.0478
Nov 2019 468 -0.0074 0.0343
Dec 2019 411 -0.1218 -0.0341
Jan 2020 368 -0.1046 -0.0868
Feb 2020 338 -0.0815 -0.095
Mar 2020 340 0.0059 -0.0542
Apr 2020 360 0.0588 -0.0349
May 2020 350 -0.0278 -0.1272
Jun 2020 325 -0.0714 -0.2289
Jul 2020 328 0.0077 -0.3032
Aug 2020 299 -0.087 -0.3738
Sep 2020 282 -0.0569 -0.4051
Oct 2020 278 -0.0142 -0.4104
Nov 2020 280 0.0072 -0.4017
Dec 2020 242 -0.1357 -0.4112
Jan 2021 203 -0.1632 -0.4497
Feb 2021 166 -0.1802 -0.5089
Mar 2021 148 -0.1084 -0.5647
Apr 2021 157 0.0608 -0.5639
May 2021 166 0.0541 -0.5271
Jun 2021 163 -0.0151 -0.4985
Jul 2021 160 -0.0215 -0.513
Aug 2021 167 0.047 -0.4415
Sep 2021 185 0.1078 -0.344
Oct 2021 213 0.1514 -0.2338
Nov 2021 220 0.0329 -0.2143
Dec 2021 200 -0.0909 -0.1736
Jan 2022 177 -0.1175 -0.1284
Feb 2022 145 -0.1785 -0.1265
Mar 2022 123 -0.1517 -0.1689
Apr 2022 125 0.0163 -0.2038
May 2022 127 0.016 -0.2326
Jun 2022 168 0.3228 0.0307
Jul 2022 174 0.0327 0.0878
Aug 2022 186 0.072 0.1138
Sep 2022 164 -0.1183 -0.1135
Oct 2022 177 0.0793 -0.169
Nov 2022 188 0.0621 -0.1455
Dec 2022 167 -0.1144 -0.1675
Jan 2023 164 -0.015 -0.0708
Feb 2023 157 -0.0427 0.0828
Mar 2023 144 -0.0828 0.1707
Apr 2023 158 0.0938 0.26
May 2023 152 -0.0349 0.1969
Jun 2023 183 0.2007 0.0863
Jul 2023 219 0.1973 0.2594
Aug 2023 231 0.0572 0.2419
Sep 2023 224 -0.0303 0.3659
Oct 2023 235 0.0491 0.3277
Nov 2023 247 0.0511 0.3138
Dec 2023 231 -0.0648 0.3874
Jan 2024 208 -0.0996 0.2683
Feb 2024 188 -0.0986 0.1943
Mar 2024 187 -0.0053 0.2951
Apr 2024 189 0.0134 0.2
May 2024 189 -0.0026 0.2401
Jun 2024 187 -0.008 0.0247
Jul 2024 219 0.1711 0.0023
Aug 2024 226 0.032 -0.0216
Sep 2024 234 0.0354 0.0446
Oct 2024 237 0.0107 0.0064
Nov 2024 254 0.074 0.0283
Dec 2024 261 0.0276 0.1299
Jan 2025 233 -0.1073 0.1202
Feb 2025 200 -0.1416 0.0667
Mar 2025 201 0.0025 0.0751
Apr 2025 203 0.0125 0.0741
May 2025 206 0.0123 0.0902
Jun 2025 246 0.1971 0.3155
Jul 2025 295 0.1992 0.347
Aug 2025 315 0.0678 0.3938
Sep 2025 292 -0.073 0.2479
Oct 2025 311 0.0634 0.3129
Nov 2025 320 0.0306 0.2598
Dec 2025 319 -0.0031 0.2222
Jan 2026 287 -0.1019 0.2296
Feb 2026 254 -0.1134 0.27
Mar 2026 246 -0.0335 0.2244