Des Moines, 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 Des Moines, IA Metro in February 2026 was 2,980. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -4.61%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 15.86%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smooth for-sale inventory for all homes in the Des Moines, 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 Des Moines, 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.
Des Moines, IA (Metro) - Trend of Monthly For-Sale Inventory for All Homes, Smooth
Des Moines, 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 4167 NaN NaN
Apr 2018 4368 4.82 NaN
May 2018 4624 5.86 NaN
Jun 2018 4648 0.52 NaN
Jul 2018 4771 2.65 NaN
Aug 2018 4843 1.51 NaN
Sep 2018 4810 -0.68 NaN
Oct 2018 4731 -1.64 NaN
Nov 2018 4480 -5.30 NaN
Dec 2018 4122 -7.99 NaN
Jan 2019 3820 -7.33 NaN
Feb 2019 3601 -5.73 NaN
Mar 2019 3627 0.72 -12.96
Apr 2019 3787 4.41 -13.30
May 2019 4083 7.82 -11.70
Jun 2019 4305 5.44 -7.38
Jul 2019 4434 3.00 -7.06
Aug 2019 4542 2.44 -6.21
Sep 2019 4632 1.98 -3.70
Oct 2019 4671 0.84 -1.27
Nov 2019 4575 -2.06 2.12
Dec 2019 4313 -5.73 4.63
Jan 2020 4054 -6.00 6.13
Feb 2020 3931 -3.03 9.16
Mar 2020 4066 3.43 12.10
Apr 2020 4170 2.56 10.11
May 2020 4308 3.31 5.51
Jun 2020 4249 -1.37 -1.30
Jul 2020 4186 -1.48 -5.59
Aug 2020 3957 -5.47 -12.88
Sep 2020 3757 -5.05 -18.89
Oct 2020 3589 -4.47 -23.16
Nov 2020 3372 -6.05 -26.29
Dec 2020 3077 -8.75 -28.66
Jan 2021 2801 -8.97 -30.91
Feb 2021 2603 -7.07 -33.78
Mar 2021 2654 1.96 -34.73
Apr 2021 2633 -0.79 -36.86
May 2021 2628 -0.19 -39.00
Jun 2021 2523 -3.99 -40.62
Jul 2021 2511 -0.48 -40.01
Aug 2021 2590 3.15 -34.55
Sep 2021 2592 0.08 -31.01
Oct 2021 2550 -1.62 -28.95
Nov 2021 2365 -7.25 -29.86
Dec 2021 2118 -10.44 -31.17
Jan 2022 1839 -13.17 -34.34
Feb 2022 1655 -10.01 -36.42
Mar 2022 1691 2.17 -36.28
Apr 2022 1839 8.75 -30.16
May 2022 2066 12.34 -21.38
Jun 2022 2271 9.92 -9.99
Jul 2022 2438 7.35 -2.91
Aug 2022 2546 4.43 -1.70
Sep 2022 2575 1.14 -0.66
Oct 2022 2560 -0.58 0.39
Nov 2022 2460 -3.91 4.02
Dec 2022 2258 -8.21 6.61
Jan 2023 2090 -7.44 13.65
Feb 2023 1910 -8.61 15.41
Mar 2023 1928 0.94 14.02
Apr 2023 1949 1.09 5.98
May 2023 2086 7.03 0.97
Jun 2023 2205 5.71 -2.91
Jul 2023 2312 4.85 -5.17
Aug 2023 2393 3.50 -6.01
Sep 2023 2419 1.09 -6.06
Oct 2023 2489 2.89 -2.77
Nov 2023 2490 0.04 1.22
Dec 2023 2384 -4.26 5.58
Jan 2024 2201 -7.68 5.31
Feb 2024 2091 -5.00 9.48
Mar 2024 2167 3.64 12.40
Apr 2024 2301 6.18 18.06
May 2024 2484 7.95 19.08
Jun 2024 2609 5.03 18.32
Jul 2024 2727 4.52 17.95
Aug 2024 2831 3.81 18.30
Sep 2024 2935 3.67 21.33
Oct 2024 3024 3.03 21.50
Nov 2024 2999 -0.83 20.44
Dec 2024 2832 -5.57 18.79
Jan 2025 2678 -5.44 21.67
Feb 2025 2572 -3.96 23.00
Mar 2025 2651 3.07 22.34
Apr 2025 2816 6.22 22.38
May 2025 3079 9.34 23.95
Jun 2025 3283 6.63 25.83
Jul 2025 3411 3.90 25.08
Aug 2025 3492 2.38 23.35
Sep 2025 3579 2.49 21.94
Oct 2025 3653 2.07 20.80
Nov 2025 3615 -1.04 20.54
Dec 2025 3381 -6.47 19.39
Jan 2026 3124 -7.60 16.65
Feb 2026 2980 -4.61 15.86