Des Moines-West Des Moines, 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 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro in February 2026 was 2,965. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.0138%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.1118%.

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

Data Source: Realtor.
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (Metro) - Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Des Moines-West Des Moines, 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 3153
Sep 2016 3183
Oct 2016 3225
Nov 2016 3244
Dec 2016 3205
Jan 2017 2934
Feb 2017 2784
Mar 2017 2761
Apr 2017 2701
May 2017 2720
Jun 2017 2844
Jul 2017 2966
Aug 2017 3143 0.0599 -0.0032
Sep 2017 3254 0.0352 0.0221
Oct 2017 3318 0.0198 0.029
Nov 2017 3364 0.0137 0.0368
Dec 2017 3222 -0.0421 0.0055
Jan 2018 3060 -0.0503 0.0429
Feb 2018 2919 -0.0462 0.0485
Mar 2018 2845 -0.0252 0.0304
Apr 2018 2833 -0.0042 0.0489
May 2018 2836 0.0009 0.0425
Jun 2018 2906 0.0249 0.0218
Jul 2018 3149 0.0836 0.0619
Aug 2018 3261 0.0354 0.0374
Sep 2018 3396 0.0416 0.0438
Oct 2018 3576 0.053 0.0778
Nov 2018 3554 -0.0062 0.0566
Dec 2018 3506 -0.0136 0.088
Jan 2019 3320 -0.0529 0.085
Feb 2019 3163 -0.0473 0.0838
Mar 2019 3073 -0.0286 0.08
Apr 2019 3006 -0.0216 0.0611
May 2019 3013 0.0023 0.0626
Jun 2019 3143 0.0431 0.0816
Jul 2019 3288 0.0461 0.0441
Aug 2019 3411 0.0373 0.046
Sep 2019 3538 0.0374 0.0418
Oct 2019 3671 0.0375 0.0264
Nov 2019 3735 0.0174 0.0508
Dec 2019 3505 -0.0615 -0.0001
Jan 2020 3322 -0.0524 0.0005
Feb 2020 3148 -0.0522 -0.0047
Mar 2020 3034 -0.0362 -0.0125
Apr 2020 3032 -0.0007 0.0086
May 2020 3073 0.0134 0.0197
Jun 2020 2887 -0.0604 -0.0815
Jul 2020 2624 -0.0913 -0.2021
Aug 2020 2472 -0.0579 -0.2753
Sep 2020 2435 -0.0148 -0.3118
Oct 2020 2366 -0.0285 -0.3555
Nov 2020 2365 -0.0002 -0.3667
Dec 2020 2311 -0.023 -0.3408
Jan 2021 2112 -0.0859 -0.3641
Feb 2021 1811 -0.1425 -0.4247
Mar 2021 1652 -0.0881 -0.4557
Apr 2021 1508 -0.0872 -0.5028
May 2021 1450 -0.0381 -0.5281
Jun 2021 1456 0.0041 -0.4957
Jul 2021 1563 0.0731 -0.4044
Aug 2021 1601 0.0246 -0.3522
Sep 2021 1754 0.0956 -0.2797
Oct 2021 1786 0.018 -0.2452
Nov 2021 1807 0.012 -0.2359
Dec 2021 1816 0.0047 -0.2142
Jan 2022 1725 -0.0498 -0.1832
Feb 2022 1466 -0.1501 -0.1905
Mar 2022 1295 -0.1166 -0.2159
Apr 2022 1302 0.0054 -0.1363
May 2022 1346 0.0338 -0.0717
Jun 2022 1530 0.1363 0.0505
Jul 2022 1692 0.1062 0.0829
Aug 2022 1996 0.1797 0.2467
Sep 2022 2098 0.0509 0.1958
Oct 2022 2217 0.057 0.2417
Nov 2022 2432 0.097 0.3459
Dec 2022 2519 0.0358 0.3875
Jan 2023 2321 -0.0786 0.3455
Feb 2023 2115 -0.0888 0.4427
Mar 2023 1965 -0.0712 0.517
Apr 2023 1971 0.0031 0.5134
May 2023 1922 -0.0246 0.4279
Jun 2023 1937 0.0078 0.2664
Jul 2023 2090 0.079 0.2352
Aug 2023 2198 0.0517 0.1012
Sep 2023 2358 0.0726 0.124
Oct 2023 2383 0.0108 0.0749
Nov 2023 2554 0.0715 0.05
Dec 2023 2580 0.0104 0.0242
Jan 2024 2414 -0.0643 0.0401
Feb 2024 2157 -0.1065 0.0199
Mar 2024 2062 -0.0443 0.0494
Apr 2024 2221 0.0774 0.1271
May 2024 2347 0.0565 0.2209
Jun 2024 2453 0.0452 0.2661
Jul 2024 2629 0.072 0.2579
Aug 2024 2734 0.0399 0.2439
Sep 2024 2743 0.0033 0.1635
Oct 2024 2839 0.0348 0.1911
Nov 2024 2992 0.0539 0.1715
Dec 2024 3048 0.0189 0.1814
Jan 2025 2847 -0.0661 0.1792
Feb 2025 2683 -0.0576 0.2436
Mar 2025 2667 -0.006 0.2935
Apr 2025 2626 -0.0152 0.1824
May 2025 2794 0.064 0.1907
Jun 2025 3035 0.0863 0.2375
Jul 2025 3114 0.026 0.1845
Aug 2025 3247 0.0425 0.1875
Sep 2025 3321 0.0229 0.2107
Oct 2025 3404 0.025 0.1992
Nov 2025 3528 0.0364 0.1793
Dec 2025 3506 -0.0062 0.1503
Jan 2026 3245 -0.0744 0.14
Feb 2026 3006 -0.0737 0.1206
Mar 2026 2965 -0.0138 0.1118