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How competitive is the Storm Lake housing market?
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Primpted Housing Analyst
Updated monthly · Data through May 2026 · v264
- Sold Score
- 24/100
- YoY Difficult Selling Environment
- Pending ratio
- 0.28
- YoY contracts vs active
- Inventory YoY
- +0.5%
- YoY active listings
- Median DOM
- 53
- YoY days on market
- Price cuts
- 28.1%
- YoY of active listings
Storm Lake is soft for sellers as of May 2026, with a Sold Score of 24/100 (Difficult Selling Environment).
**Pending ratio** is 0.28 (contracts vs. active inventory) — anything above 0.40 is healthy demand, below 0.20 is slow.
**Inventory change YoY** is +46.2% — more choices for buyers than a year ago.
**Median days on market** is 53. Faster than 30 days means buyers are deciding quickly.
**Price-reduction share** is 28.1% of active listings — above 25% signals sellers are widely overshooting list price.
— Live indicators (May 2026): Sold Score: 24/100 (Difficult Selling Environment) · Pending ratio: 0.28 · Inventory YoY: +46.2% · Median days on market: 53 · Sellers cutting price: 28.1% · Median listing price: $219,500 (-5.6% YoY)
Storm Lake snapshot
As of the latest 2026 data- Median listing
- $220K
- YoY -0.1%
- Active inventory
- 57
- YoY +0.5%
- Median DOM
- 53
- YoY +0.2%
- Pending ratio
- 0.28
- YoY -0.1%
- Price-reduced
- 14.8%
- YoY +0.0%