Every figure below is Cedar City single-family residential for August 2025, set against August 2024. Same month, one year apart.
Scope and source
Cedar City single-family residential. August 2025 compared to August 2024. Closed transactions only.
Based on information from the Iron County Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service for the period 8/1/2025 through 8/31/2025.
Median sale price
$430,500 Flat YoY
Effectively even with last August. The middle of the market held steady even as transaction count climbed materially.
Closed sales
56 +30%
Single-family homes closed in August, up from 43 a year ago. A strong back-to-school month for transactions.
Active inventory
362 +42% YoY
Homes available, up from 254 last August. Inventory stayed elevated even as more homes traded hands.
Days on market
58 -14 days
Average days from list to under contract, down from 72 a year ago. The shelf is deeper, but well-prepared homes moved faster.
New listings
72 -1%
New single-family listings hit the market in August, essentially even with last year. The new-listing wave finally cooled.
Percent of list price
99% Up 1 point
Sellers closed at about ninety-nine percent of list, a point firmer than last August. Across all residential, the average home traded roughly four thousand under list.
Average sale price
$473,158 +1% YoY
Up slightly from $468,269 last August. Average and median held, the mix kept its center.
Under contract
61 +15%
Single-family homes that went under contract during the month, up from 53. The September pipeline came in healthy.
Sold dollar volume
$26.5M +31%
Total single-family dollar volume closed in August, up from $20.1M. More sales at similar prices is exactly what an absorbing market looks like.
The full picture
Every metric, August 2025 vs August 2024
Metric
August 2024
August 2025
Change
Median sale price
$430,000
$430,500
flat
Average sale price
$468,269
$473,158
up 1%
Closed sales
43
56
up 30%
Sold dollar volume
$20.1M
$26.5M
up 31%
Active inventory
254
362
up 42%
New listings
73
72
down 1%
Under contract
53
61
up 15%
Days on market (sold)
72
58
down 14 days
Days to close
113
97
down 14%
Avg days active listings sit
155
166
up 7%
Percent of list price
98%
99%
up 1 point
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
August 2025 against August 2024, single-family median sale price.
Market at a glance
The month inventory actually moved.
July’s big story was inventory piling up. August reversed that read in the cleanest way: closings jumped thirty percent over last August, days on market dropped nearly nineteen percent, and the percent-of-list firmed a full point. The shelf did not disappear, but buyers worked through it noticeably faster than a year ago.
This is what a healthy back-to-school window looks like in Cedar City. Out-of-state buyers wrapping their summer searches, families positioning ahead of the school year, and SUU move-in cycles all contribute to August’s lift. For the short read on where your home fits, my what is my home worth in Cedar City page is the fastest start.
What changed since last year
More sales, faster sales, prices unchanged.
The August read against last August is unambiguous: more activity at the same price level. Sales count up thirty percent, dollar volume up thirty-one percent, days on market down meaningfully, percent-of-list a point stronger. That is the textbook signature of buyer flow catching up to a deeper shelf.
The median sat almost exactly on last August’s number. Higher sales count plus a flat median means the mix did not change much; what changed was the velocity. Homes are moving, just at the same price they would have last summer.
If you are selling
If you have been waiting for buyer flow, it is here.
August was the friendliest month for sellers in several months. The same conditions that pressured listings in June and July reversed: faster contract windows, firmer pricing discipline from buyers, and a healthy pipeline carrying into September. Sellers who priced honestly and presented well had a real month.
If you have been touring through the summer, August was the month to make a decision. The shelf is still deep, but the homes that fit your criteria are getting written up faster, and the contracts are getting cleaner from the buyer side. The patient strategy worked for two months; September will reward conviction more than patience.
The right pocket of town matters here. A newer subdivision home in Old Sorrel Ranch trades on a different curve than a place near Fiddlers Canyon. If you already own and need to coordinate both ends, the buy before you sell calculator is the right starting place.
The season
Back-to-school did its job.
August is one of the most calendar-driven months in this market. SUU move-in, school-year start, and the closing window for families needing to be settled before fall all funnel decisions into this thirty-one-day stretch. This year it ran with extra force because there were more homes for those decisions to land on.
Looking ahead
September inherits a strong pipeline.
Under-contract homes at the end of August are running ahead of last year, and new listings finally cooled. That combination, more pending sales and slightly less incoming supply, should let September clear the existing shelf at decent pace. The thing to watch is whether the back-to-school surge was a one-month effect or the start of a real autumn run.
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