Not a vibe, a dataset: the month-by-month county median, speed of sale, and inventory — with the city-level numbers underneath, and what each trend actually means.
How Does My Home Fit This Market →Here is the recorded Kootenai County single-family median through the first half of 2026, from the Coeur d'Alene Regional Realtors' monthly reports:
| Month (2026) | Median price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| January | $562,000 | Up 6.4% YoY — passed the old record of $560,000 set in August 2022 |
| February | $552,500 | Seasonal step back; typical for late winter |
| March | $545,000 | Down 0.2% YoY — the first annual decline since February 2024 |
| April | $544,900 | Flat month over month |
| June | $565,000 | New record high, up 3.9% YoY |
Source: Coeur d'Alene Regional Realtors monthly reports, via the Coeur d'Alene Press archive. May's figure was not published in the archived series. For the five-year view: the county median is up about 25% over five years; the 2025 full-year median was $549,000.
Read the table again and notice what it does not show: a straight line. The median fell from January's record into spring, even logging a year-over-year decline in March, then set a fresh record in June. Any single month is noisy — the mix of what happened to close that month moves the number as much as the market does.
The yearly signal underneath is steadier: +3.9% year over year at the June record, +25% over five years. At the city level the same pattern holds — Coeur d'Alene's trailing-12-month median is $615,119, up 5.9%, on 1,134 closed sales, up 15% from the prior year.
Average days on market county-wide fell from 102 at the start of the year to 97 in spring to 82 by the June report — down 13% from a year earlier. Within the city of Coeur d'Alene, the trailing-year average is 65 days.
Falling days-on-market alongside rising prices is the signature of demand outrunning supply. It is not uniform: accurately priced homes are the ones moving quickly, while overpriced listings still sit — the market is fast, not indiscriminate.
Active listings climbed through the year — roughly 668 in winter to 1,082 by July 6. Sounds like a flood of supply, until you compare each month to the same month last year: every one of them ran about 7–12% below the prior year, and July's count is down 10% year over year.
So the honest read is: normal seasonal build, on a thinner base than last year. Coeur d'Alene proper is carrying 3.7 months of supply — below the 4–6 months conventionally considered balanced — and Post Falls is tightest in the county at 2.1. Mortgage rates through the spring reports ran roughly 6.1–6.2%, which has kept some would-be sellers locked into older, lower rates and is part of why supply stays thin.
The recorded data says no — record county median in June, days on market down 13%, inventory down 10% year over year. What it is doing is normalizing: monthly dips like March's happen, and overpriced listings no longer sell on momentum alone.
Mix. A month heavy in entry-level or off-water closings posts a lower median regardless of appreciation. That's why single months make poor headlines and trailing-year figures make better decisions.
Down: 102 at the start of 2026, 82 by the June report, county-wide. City of Coeur d'Alene averages 65 over the trailing year. Well-priced homes move faster than either figure.
Not on these numbers. The build from winter to summer is the normal seasonal pattern, and every month of 2026 has run below the same month of 2025. At 3.7 months of supply in CdA — and 2.1 in Post Falls — the county remains supply-constrained.
Jeff Kanally — Broker, Epique Realty. Licensed in Idaho & Washington, serving Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Rathdrum & the greater Spokane area. County figures per the Coeur d'Alene Regional Realtors; city figures per the Coeur d'Alene MLS, trailing 12 months ending July 2026. General information, not an appraisal, and not tax or legal advice — confirm tax questions with a CPA and current figures with the relevant county.