CountiesCape Girardeau County, MO

Is the housing market slowing down in Cape Girardeau County, MO?

No real change. 117 homes sold in Cape Girardeau County, MO during May 2026, against 85 in the same months a year earlier. That gap is small enough to be ordinary month-to-month variation rather than a trend.

117
Homes sold
May 2026
85
Same months last year
about the same
97
Two years ago
the May window
38
Days to sell (typical)
▼ 24 days vs last year

This page is about how many homes changed hands, not what they cost. The two move separately: prices are set by the homes that did sell, and volume tells you how many people managed to transact at all. A market can hold its prices while activity quietly drains out of it.

We call this unchanged deliberately. The difference between 117 and 85 sales is inside the range that a normal month produces on its own, so calling it a decline or a recovery would be reading a story into noise.

The longer view, all measured over the May window so the season is held constant: 97 homes sold two years ago, 85 last year, 117 now. Activity is meaningfully above where it was two years ago.

What is on the shelf next to what is selling: 200 homes were on the market in Cape Girardeau County, MO, and 117 sold. At that pace it would take about 1.7 months to clear them all. There are more buyers than homes for sale. Sellers have the edge.

Every comparison on this page is to the SAME calendar months a year earlier, never to last month. Home sales roughly double between January and May in most of the country, so a month-over-month reading would tell you about the season and nothing about the market.

Source: Redfin's published market data for the Cape Girardeau County, MO area, through May 2026.

2023-06 2026-05
Typical sale price, month by month.

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Figures come from Redfin's published market data for the Cape Girardeau County, MO area, through May 2026. Neighborhood Numbers is an independent data publisher and is not affiliated with Redfin. We update these pages when Redfin publishes, once a month.