Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Monthly For-Sale Inventory for All Homes, Smooth (Zillow)

Updated on March 22, 2026.

According to data from Zillow.com, the monthly smooth For-Sale Inventory for All Homes in the Ames, IA Metro in February 2026 was 325. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -7.67%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 17.33%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smooth for-sale inventory for all homes in the Ames, IA metro. The table below shows the trend of the smooth for-sale inventory, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for all homes in the Ames, IA metro.

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

Note: The For-Sale Inventory is the count of unique listings that were active at any time in a given month.

Data Source: Zillow.
Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Monthly For-Sale Inventory for All Homes, Smooth
Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Monthly For-Sale Inventory for All Homes, Smooth
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Month Number of For-Sale Inventory MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Mar 2018 450 NaN NaN
Apr 2018 483 7.33 NaN
May 2018 513 6.21 NaN
Jun 2018 543 5.85 NaN
Jul 2018 559 2.95 NaN
Aug 2018 571 2.15 NaN
Sep 2018 580 1.58 NaN
Oct 2018 604 4.14 NaN
Nov 2018 594 -1.66 NaN
Dec 2018 553 -6.90 NaN
Jan 2019 507 -8.32 NaN
Feb 2019 484 -4.54 NaN
Mar 2019 497 2.69 10.44
Apr 2019 545 9.66 12.84
May 2019 603 10.64 17.54
Jun 2019 655 8.62 20.63
Jul 2019 667 1.83 19.32
Aug 2019 661 -0.90 15.76
Sep 2019 647 -2.12 11.55
Oct 2019 637 -1.55 5.46
Nov 2019 609 -4.40 2.53
Dec 2019 546 -10.34 -1.27
Jan 2020 483 -11.54 -4.73
Feb 2020 459 -4.97 -5.16
Mar 2020 482 5.01 -3.02
Apr 2020 506 4.98 -7.16
May 2020 546 7.91 -9.45
Jun 2020 537 -1.65 -18.01
Jul 2020 520 -3.17 -22.04
Aug 2020 455 -12.50 -31.16
Sep 2020 414 -9.01 -36.01
Oct 2020 392 -5.31 -38.46
Nov 2020 366 -6.63 -39.90
Dec 2020 331 -9.56 -39.38
Jan 2021 283 -14.50 -41.41
Feb 2021 256 -9.54 -44.23
Mar 2021 274 7.03 -43.15
Apr 2021 295 7.66 -41.70
May 2021 325 10.17 -40.48
Jun 2021 327 0.62 -39.11
Jul 2021 334 2.14 -35.77
Aug 2021 343 2.70 -24.61
Sep 2021 365 6.41 -11.84
Oct 2021 382 4.66 -2.55
Nov 2021 388 1.57 6.01
Dec 2021 346 -10.82 4.53
Jan 2022 296 -14.45 4.59
Feb 2022 242 -18.24 -5.47
Mar 2022 244 0.83 -10.95
Apr 2022 256 4.92 -13.22
May 2022 305 19.14 -6.15
Jun 2022 335 9.84 2.45
Jul 2022 354 5.67 5.99
Aug 2022 340 -3.95 -0.87
Sep 2022 322 -5.29 -11.78
Oct 2022 315 -2.17 -17.54
Nov 2022 296 -6.03 -23.71
Dec 2022 267 -9.80 -22.83
Jan 2023 244 -8.61 -17.57
Feb 2023 227 -6.97 -6.20
Mar 2023 246 8.37 0.82
Apr 2023 261 6.10 1.95
May 2023 292 11.88 -4.26
Jun 2023 317 8.56 -5.37
Jul 2023 335 5.68 -5.37
Aug 2023 338 0.90 -0.59
Sep 2023 339 0.30 5.28
Oct 2023 336 -0.88 6.67
Nov 2023 325 -3.27 9.80
Dec 2023 290 -10.77 8.61
Jan 2024 268 -7.59 9.84
Feb 2024 269 0.37 18.50
Mar 2024 282 4.83 14.63
Apr 2024 291 3.19 11.49
May 2024 301 3.44 3.08
Jun 2024 314 4.32 -0.95
Jul 2024 328 4.46 -2.09
Aug 2024 336 2.44 -0.59
Sep 2024 338 0.60 -0.29
Oct 2024 341 0.89 1.49
Nov 2024 331 -2.93 1.85
Dec 2024 310 -6.34 6.90
Jan 2025 285 -8.06 6.34
Feb 2025 277 -2.81 2.97
Mar 2025 292 5.42 3.55
Apr 2025 307 5.14 5.50
May 2025 336 9.45 11.63
Jun 2025 367 9.23 16.88
Jul 2025 399 8.72 21.65
Aug 2025 413 3.51 22.92
Sep 2025 414 0.24 22.49
Oct 2025 418 0.97 22.58
Nov 2025 413 -1.20 24.77
Dec 2025 388 -6.05 25.16
Jan 2026 352 -9.28 23.51
Feb 2026 325 -7.67 17.33