Published September 29, 2026 in Deal of the Week

This home asks $125 per square foot. Homes for sale around it are asking $160.

By JJ Johannes

Real estate, Cedar Rapids, IA

That's why it made the list. 160 buyers have already saved it on Zillow. That's 217% more saves than the average of this week's finalists in Cedar Rapids, IA. All 160 get an alert the second the price drops or someone else puts in an offer. Right now, you're ahead of all of them.

The numbers

Views on Zillow

Saves on Zillow

Homes analyzed

The home

4 bd · 2 ba · 2,100 sq ft

$ ▬▬▬,▬▬▬

About 5 days listed. Address: ▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬

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Text me for the address — (319) 540-1002Opens your messages. No forms. We don't do forms.

In short

$125 per square foot against $160 for homes around it.
Ranked first of 393 active homes scored in Cedar Rapids, IA this week.
4 beds, 2 baths, about 2,100 sq ft. About 5 days listed.
Listings here have been up about 72 days.
Price and address are held back. Text DEAL and they come to you.

Here's what we think happened.

While listed, it earned 160 saves and 1,195 views on Zillow. It ranked first on Zillow saves for the number of days it has been listed.

From the listing: “A quintessential Craftsman home that immediately charms you with its expansive, welcoming front porch and classic, unassuming front façade.”

Saves on Zillow · Cedar Rapids, IA

1This home160 saves
2Finalist average50 saves

Zillow saves. Finalist average = the mean of this week's finalists in the area, this home included.

What stands out

Over 2,500 square feet of finished living space packed with original features like hardwood floors, old world fireplace, huge windows, and a floor plan that is shockingly open.
The current homeowners have lavished improvements upon this home that include a full kitchen renovation that removed the wall between the kitchen and dining room.
They also added a new furnace (2025), new water heater (2025), new roof (2020), new landscaping (2026), new paint (2026), newer basement waterproofing system with lifetime…

What they saw when they opened the listing.

Map of the approximate area, drawn as a circle rather than a pin — Fig 03.1 · The area

Then they did what you're about to do. They checked the neighborhood.

Asking $/sq ft nearby

The middle asking price per square foot of the homes for sale here now. Asking, not sold.

This home's $/sq ft

This home's own price per square foot, rounded to the nearest $5.

Avg. days listed

The clock every listing in the area is running against.

Active homes

Everything for sale here right now — the full set this pick was scored against.

The math. At $160 per square foot, the median ask nearby, 2,100 square feet would list for $336,000. This one asks less.

Want the address?

It's ready to go. The address, the photos, the numbers behind the numbers.

Text DEAL to (319) 540-1002 Text me

One text and it's yours, usually within the hour. (You're texting me, an actual person. I answer like one.)

What comes back

The address, and the listing it belongs to.
The photos, unblurred, all of them.
The numbers this page is built on, including the ones we would not publish.
A straight answer on whether it is actually right for you — including no.

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