St. Louis, MO Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in St. Louis: a median closing price of $240,000 across 2,077 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
St. Louis produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 2,077
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $240,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $163
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $158,000 and $350,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 2,077 closed sales in St. Louis over the last six months, with a median closing price of $240,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $158,000 and $350,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. Across the 2,071 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $114 and $209 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in St. Louis, MO (September 2026)
The median home price in St. Louis is $240,000, measured across the 2,077 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $158,000 and $350,000.
Where St. Louis sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in St. Louis over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $158,000 and $350,000. Among the 42 Missouri markets with a published band, St. Louis's middle-half spread ($158,000 to $350,000) ranks 39th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 86th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 11 days, across 1,644 St. Louis closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 29 days, across 1,451 St. Louis closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
St. Louis Real Estate Market Trends in 2026
Among the St. Louis closings with usable living area over the last six months, single-family houses closed at a median of $169 per square foot (1,507 sales), multi-family homes at $108 (277 sales), condos at $171 (226 sales) and townhouses at $183 (61 sales).
The St. Louis angle
St. Louis combines a very wide closed-sale band with one of the deepest tracked comp sets we have. Resideline tracked 2,077 closings over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $240,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $158,000 and $350,000, a spread wider than most we track, in roughly the top 15%. Because the sample sits among the deepest we track, you can afford to stack filters aggressively, matching on size, bed count and property type before you look at a single number.
What is being reported about the St. Louis market
The numbers above are what we measure from tracked closings. Alongside them, here is what local and national coverage is reporting, from the source:
- •Redfin News reported that in July 2026 the St. Louis metro's median sale price was $309,702, up 5.0% year over year, with new listings up 17.8% year over year, the largest increase among the major metros Redfin tracked, pending sales up 0.8%, and homes sold roughly flat at -0.4% (Redfin News, Aug 12, 2026)
- •First Alert 4 reported that greater St. Louis home inventory rose 10.5 percent from a year earlier while the median price climbed 4.5 percent to $350,000, and the local Realtors association said the market remains competitive for buyers (First Alert 4 (KMOV St. Louis), Jul 20, 2026)
From market read to offer price
A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Missouri: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Missouri homes, and most Missouri estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Missouri one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any St. Louis address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: St. Louis, MO
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2965000
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 2,077
Median sold price: $240,000
Median sold $/sqft: $163 (2,071 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in St. Louis over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in St. Louis?
The median sold price in St. Louis over the last 6 months is $240,000, measured across 2,077 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in St. Louis last month?
Resideline tracked 307 closed sales in St. Louis in August 2026, out of 2,077 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in St. Louis?
The middle half of St. Louis sales over the last six months closed between $158,000 and $350,000, with a median of $240,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in St. Louis?
Among qualifying St. Louis closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $163, measured across 2,071 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How much does the citywide median tell me about a St. Louis property?
Less than in most markets. The middle half of the 2,077 closings Resideline tracked spanned $158,000 to $350,000, a band wider than most among the markets we track, so $240,000 covers an unusually broad set of properties. Treat it as context and nothing more.
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