The Southern Utah
housing market,
in sold prices.
Utah keeps sold prices off the public record, so the national portals are guessing at this market. These reports are not. Median sale price, days on market, and inventory for six Southern Utah cities, pulled from local MLS closings every month and read plainly, the way I would tell a neighbor over the fence.
Single-family figures from county REALTOR board MLS data. Sources cited on every report.
An online estimate is a guess. This is the data your sale actually runs on.
Utah is a non-disclosure state, which means the big national portals are working with incomplete sale data. They fill the gaps with models. I work from the local MLS, the same numbers a listing gets priced against, and I publish them straight: median sale price, days on market, inventory, and how this period compares to the same period a year ago.
Every city below has its own archive going back through 2025, with a fresh monthly report, the quarterly roll-ups, and a full year-in-review. Pick your city, read the latest, and if the numbers have you thinking about a move, the valuation questionnaire is the fastest way to turn a market median into your specific number.
Homes sold faster almost everywhere. Fewer of them sold.
The September read across all six cities, in under a minute.
September split the region on price but not on pace. Washington led the speed story: the homes that sold went under contract in about six weeks, against eleven a year ago, even as its median eased five percent. St. George came back to within two percent of last September after August’s mix-driven drop, but its closings slipped about a tenth and new contracts fell seventeen percent, which is the forward signal worth watching into the fall.
Hurricane’s median jumped a fifth on twenty-nine closings while its average sale price did not move, so read that as a change in which homes closed, not in what they are worth. It was also the one city where homes took longer to sell. Cedar City cooled from a record August to fifty-three closings, about a fifth below last September, yet its median held eleven percent higher. Ivins (ten closings) and Santa Clara (four) are thin enough that their medians are mostly noise this month. The third-quarter reports are live for all six cities too, and they are the steadier read.
Homes that sold reached contract faster than last September in five of the six cities.
Ranked by single-family median. Price direction compares each city to September 2025 on its own board's data. Fewer than 20 closings earns the Thin tag, where one or two sales can move the whole median.
Six cities. Six markets. One honest read each.
Each card shows that city's most recent single-family median. Tap through for the full archive of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
Fifty-three closings after a record August, about a fifth fewer than last September, but the median held 11% higher and homes reached contract in 56 days instead of 73. The Q3 report puts the whole summer in context.
The region's deepest market: 109 closings on 714 active listings. The median came back to within 2% of last September after August's mix swing, but dollar volume fell a fifth and new contracts fell 17%, the number to watch into fall.
The speed story of the month: homes that sold went under contract in 42 days against 79 a year ago, and the full trip to closing ran about a month shorter. The median eased 5% on 53 closings while active inventory rose 6%.
Sand Hollow, the Zion gateway, and a median up 20% on 29 closings while the average sale price did not move. That is a mix read, not a price jump, and homes took about three weeks longer to sell.
Kayenta, red-rock benches, and the highest median of the six on just 10 closings, with the average sale price above a million. Inventory rose 19%. Read the +33% as the upper end trading, not the market jumping.
Snow Canyon proximity, Entrada at the top end, and only 4 closings this September and last, so the -49% says nothing about value. The readable part: the homes that sold went under contract in about six weeks.
Cedar City figures from the Iron County Board of REALTORS MLS. Washington County cities from the Washington County Board of REALTORS MLS. Population context from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah.
All six markets, side by side.
Single-family medians for September 2026, ranked high to low, against the same month last year. Closed sales are shown too, because a big percentage on a handful of sales means something different than the same move on a hundred. The view no national portal gives you on one page.
| City | Median | YoY | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivins Washington County | $820,000 | up 33% | View |
| Hurricane Washington County | $640,000 | up 20% | View |
| Santa Clara Washington County | $605,000 | down 49% | View |
| St. George Washington County | $563,500 | down 2% | View |
| Washington Washington County | $550,000 | down 5% | View |
| Cedar City Iron County | $462,500 | up 11% | View |
A citywide median averages every street, subdivision, and price band into one number that fits almost no individual home. It is the right tool for reading the market and the wrong tool for pricing your house. For that, the valuation questionnaire starts from your exact parcel.
From Cedar City to Ivins is a $357,500 gap.
Six cities, one county line between them, and median single-family prices that still span more than one-and-a-half to one. Here is September 2026 to scale, so the distance between these markets is something you can see, not just read.
Ivins and Santa Clara each closed fewer than 20 single-family homes in September, so their medians sit on small samples and swing more than the larger markets. St. George, with 109 closings, is the steadiest gauge of where the region really sits. Figures from the Iron County and Washington County Boards of REALTORS via FlexMLS.
Three cadences, three different jobs.
Each report type answers a different question. Here is when to reach for which.
What is the market doing right now?
The freshest signal. Compared to the same month last year, so seasonality is controlled for. Best for timing a listing in the next 60 to 90 days.
What is the trend, not the noise?
A steadier read that smooths out any single soft or hot month. Best for understanding direction before you commit to a plan.
Where did the year actually land?
The full year-in-review against the prior year. Best for the big-picture equity conversation and long-range planning.
The portal number and the MLS number are not the same number.
Utah is one of a dozen non-disclosure states. Sale prices are not public record here. That one fact changes everything about whose data you can trust, and it is the reason these reports exist.
What a national portal does
In a non-disclosure state, the portals cannot see the actual sold price on most homes. So they estimate. A model guesses what each home was worth, then those guesses get averaged into a "market trend." It is a model built on top of other models, and it is why two portals will show you two different values for the very same house.
Useful for a rough idea. Not what your listing gets priced against.
What these reports do
Every figure here is a real closed sale, reported by the agents who closed it, recorded in the county REALTOR board MLS. Actual sold prices, actual days on market, actual inventory counts. The same data set a listing agent prices your home against, because that is exactly what I am doing with it.
These are not models or estimates, just the price a sale actually closed at.
Single-family is the headline
Lead figures are single-family residential, the most consistent slice to compare year over year. Condos and townhomes trade on different cycles, so I keep them out of the headline number.
Always same month, last year
Every comparison is against the same month a year earlier, never last month. That controls for season, so a spring bump does not get mistaken for a real trend.
Median, not average
The median is the middle sale, so one mansion or one teardown does not distort it the way an average would. In small markets even the median moves on a few sales, and I say so when it does.
Volume is the trust check
A 50% jump on 5 sales is noise. The same jump on 130 sales is a market. Closed-sale counts run beside every figure so you can weigh how much to trust the percentage.
Population context: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, University of Utah.
A median is just a number until someone connects it to your move.
Most sellers are not really asking what the market did. They are asking a harder question: if I sell into this, can I actually land the next house without two mortgages or a month in limbo? That is where most of these reports stop and most agents hand you off to a separate lender.
I am licensed on both sides. I can be the listing agent on the home you sell and, if you choose, the mortgage lender on the home you buy, so if you choose to finance with me, the equity number from a report and the financing on your next place can be worked through in one conversation. No telephone game between an agent and a loan officer who have never spoken. One coordinator, both halves of the move, timed to line up.
One honest note on the rules: I cannot act as your buyer's agent and your lender on the very same purchase at once. What I do is keep the whole move on one calendar, as your listing agent and, if you choose, your lender on the next home, and bring in the right specialist where the rules require it. You are always free to choose your own agent and your own lender; using mine is never required, and I am compensated for whichever role I hold. The coordination is the value, and it stays above board.
Pricing, marketing, and the launch window, read from the same MLS data on these reports.
Financing on the purchase if you choose, including buy-before-you-sell options, as a separate transaction coordinated with your sale.
Sale proceeds and purchase financing lined up so you are not carrying two payments or scrambling between closings.
Licensed in both real estate and mortgage lending, with each role disclosed on contact. The two roles stay legally separate where required, and you are always free to use your own agent or lender.
A median is the neighborhood. Your home is the address.
These reports tell you what the market did. They cannot tell you what your specific home, on your specific street, with your specific updates, is worth today. That is a different conversation, and the questionnaire is where it starts. Free, about three minutes, no signup wall.
Honest pricing band. No marketing list.
Straight answers about the data.
Where does this data actually come from?
Why is your number different from an online home estimate?
A small city jumped 50% in a month. Did prices really spike?
How often are these updated?
Can I use a citywide median to price my house?
Why does it matter that you are licensed on both sides?
Once you know the market, here is what is next.
The reports are the read. These are the moves.
Sell My Home
The full listing playbook by city. Pricing, marketing, and the launch window that gets the most eyes on day one.
Move Up
For homeowners ready for the next house. Equity math, buy-before-you-sell options, and one coordinator on both sides.
Right-Sizing
For the move into a home that fits this chapter better. The equity story and the full financial picture.
Seller calculators hub
Six agent-perspective tools, including net sheet, equity position, and the sell-now-or-wait model.
Neighborhoods
The subdivision-level view under each city. The communities where these medians actually trade.
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