Here is what single-family homes actually did in Cedar City last month, every number set against the same month a year ago so you are seeing real movement and not seasonal noise. I pull this straight from the Iron County MLS and give you the honest read, not the spin.
Every figure below is Cedar City single-family residential for April 2025, set against April 2024. Same month, one year apart, so the comparison reflects the market and not the season.
Scope and source
Cedar City single-family residential. April 2025 compared to April 2024. Closed transactions only.
Based on information from the Iron County Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service for the period 4/1/2025 through 4/30/2025.
Median sale price
$483,000 +15% YoY
Up from $416,450 last April. The middle of the market climbed materially in spring, the cleanest signal that higher-end inventory finally found buyers.
Closed sales
53 +20%
Single-family homes closed in April, up from 44 a year ago. The pipeline from March converted, with more transactions in a richer mix.
Active inventory
303 +33% YoY
Homes available, up from 227 last April. Inventory kept building through spring, with the count near recent highs.
Days on market
56 +10 days
Average days from list to under contract, up from 46 a year ago. Buyers had more to compare, so the right home took an extra ten days to find its person.
New listings
92 +27% YoY
New single-family listings hit the market in April, up from 72 a year ago. Sellers came back in force after a multi-year shortage.
Percent of list price
99% Flat
Sellers closed at about ninety-nine percent of list, identical to last April. Across all residential, the average home traded roughly ten thousand under its list price.
Average sale price
$522,319 +19% YoY
Up from $438,734 last April. Average and median both climbed, which says the mix tilted toward higher-end homes that genuinely sold for more.
Under contract
61 Flat
Single-family homes that went under contract during the month, identical to last April. Steady forward pipeline despite the bigger shelf.
Sold dollar volume
$27.7M +43%
Total single-family dollar volume closed in April, up from $19.3M. More homes at higher prices is the clean expansion case.
The full picture
Every metric, April 2025 vs April 2024
Metric
April 2024
April 2025
Change
Median sale price
$416,450
$483,000
up 15%
Average sale price
$438,734
$522,319
up 19%
Closed sales
44
53
up 20%
Sold dollar volume
$19.3M
$27.7M
up 43%
Active inventory
227
303
up 33%
New listings
72
92
up 27%
Under contract
61
61
flat
Days on market (sold)
46
56
up 10 days
Days to close
100
113
up 13%
Avg days active listings sit
132
161
up 21%
Percent of list price
99%
99%
flat
The picture
Cedar City, at a glance
Median sale price trend
Median single-family sale price by month. Each line is a year; the current year is highlighted in sky blue. Watch how prices move with the seasons and where this year sits against prior years.
Median price, year over year
April 2025 against April 2024, single-family median sale price.
Market at a glance
Inventory grew, and prices grew with it.
Most months only one side of the data moves. April moved on both. Active inventory pushed up about a third over last April, new listings ran twenty-seven percent ahead, and the median sale price climbed roughly fifteen percent against the same month last year. That combination, more supply meeting more buying power, is the cleanest expansion read this market has produced in a while.
The honest read is not "prices are jumping" or "inventory is flooding." It is both, and the two are arriving at once because Cedar City is finally working through the supply backlog that spring carried in. For the short read on where your home would price into this, my what is my home worth in Cedar City page is the fastest place to start.
What changed since last year
More supply and a richer mix at the same time.
Two numbers tell the story side by side. Active inventory ran a third higher than April 2024, and the median sale price still landed fifteen percent above last April. Normally you cannot have both. When you can, it means the homes that sold this month skewed toward the upper end of the price band and buyers showed up willing and able to clear those tickets.
Days on market crept longer, up from forty-six to fifty-six, exactly what you would expect when buyers have more to compare. That is a small enough drift to read as healthy friction rather than weakness, especially with the median climbing this much.
If you are selling
If you are bringing real value, this is the month it shows up.
April rewarded prepared listings unusually well. The price action was concentrated in homes that presented well, priced honestly to the upper edge of their comp range, and launched with discipline. Hopeful pricing in the same band stalled, because there were enough comparable homes nearby that buyers could simply move on. The bar moved up, and the homes meeting the bar moved up with it.
More choice. Higher price tag. Faster decision still wins.
April gave buyers the deepest single-family shelf in years, but it also tilted to homes that were genuinely better. The median jump is a mix story as much as a market story: higher-end inventory cleared, and the homes pulling the average up actually changed hands. If you are price-sensitive, that means the entry-level shelf is now thinner relative to the rest of the inventory.
The winning move was the same as it has been for two years: financing locked before the tour, a clean offer ready, and a sense of which part of town fits you. A move-in-ready newer home in Old Sorrel Heights trades on a different curve than something in Cross Hollow Hills. If new construction is on your radar, my new construction in Cedar City rundown tracks what is actively being built.
The season
Spring delivered.
April is the month the spring market is supposed to assert itself in Cedar City. This year it asserted itself confidently. New listings, sales, prices, and volume all stepped up together. SUU’s academic-year transition and families pre-positioning ahead of summer pulled buyers in on schedule, and inventory caught up enough to give them options without breaking pricing.
Looking ahead
Watching how May absorbs another inventory wave.
Active inventory at the end of April is at a recent high. The number to watch in May is whether new listings keep flooding in at this pace, and whether buyers keep absorbing them. If days on market drift higher while inventory keeps climbing, the median bump cools off. If days hold flat or pull back, this expansion is real and durable.
For your specific home, the median is the weather. Your home is the day you actually have planned. The next step is a real valuation.
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