Median prices, days on market, and year-over-year trends for Boise, Meridian, and Nampa in Q3 2026: what the numbers mean for Idaho sellers.
By Ty Stevenson, Founder of InTym Properties
Boise's housing market in Q3 2026 runs at two speeds: correctly priced homes go under contract in days, and everything else sits. The median sale price in Boise was $544,640 in August 2026, up 3.7% year-over-year, with homes spending a median of 12 days on market: the fastest pace of any city InTym Properties tracks in either state where we buy.
This report covers Boise and the broader Treasure Valley, Ada and Canyon counties, plus InTym Properties' other Idaho markets: Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, Coeur d'Alene, and Pocatello. All city figures come from the Redfin Data Center for August 2026.
| City | County | Median Sale Price | Days on Market | Year-over-Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | Ada | $544,640 | 12 | +3.7% |
| Meridian | Ada | $567,474 | 29 | +3.2% |
| Nampa | Canyon | $417,724 | 31 | +1.7% |
| Twin Falls | Twin Falls | $369,755 | 34 | +0.5% |
| Idaho Falls | Bonneville | $364,759 | 35 | -0.1% |
Two things stand out. First, Meridian's median ($567,474) runs higher than Boise's: unusual for a suburb, and explained by Meridian's newer housing stock and master-planned communities like Paramount and Tuscany. Second, appreciation flattens as you move away from Ada County: Nampa is up 1.7%, Twin Falls up 0.5%, and Idaho Falls is essentially flat at -0.1%. Price growth in Idaho is concentrated where the job growth is.
What sellers should take from this: the $127,000 gap between the Boise and Nampa medians is real. If you're pricing a Canyon County home against Ada County comps, or vice versa, you're working from the wrong number.
Boise's median of 12 days on market is the headline number, and it's genuine: a well-priced, move-in-ready Boise home attracts offers quickly. But two caveats matter.
First, days on market measures listing to pending, not listing to closing. A financed sale adds roughly 30 to 45 days of escrow after the contract is signed. A Boise seller can be under contract in two weeks and still wait six to eight weeks for the check, plus inspection negotiations and an appraisal in between.
Second, 12 days is the median. Homes that need work, deferred maintenance, freeze damage from a hard winter, an inherited property that hasn't been updated in decades, don't ride that average. They sit, they take price reductions, and they attract a different (mostly investor) buyer pool. Meridian's 29-day and Nampa's 31-day medians are a more realistic baseline for the typical Treasure Valley listing.
The Treasure Valley's market rests on a real employment base, not just migration headlines:
On top of that sits the in-migration story. U.S. Census Bureau estimates ranked the Boise metro among the faster-growing large metros in the country early in this decade, and the metro now holds more than 800,000 residents across Ada and Canyon counties. The pandemic-era surge has cooled, but it hasn't reversed: job relocation tied to Micron, St. Luke's, and the logistics corridor along I-84 remains one of the most common reasons sellers call InTym Properties.
Ada County (Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Kuna) is the expensive, fast half of the valley, medians above $540,000, dominated by subdivision housing and professional employment. Canyon County (Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton) is the affordable half, a $417,724 median in Nampa, more manufactured housing, and a large share of small-acreage and farm-adjacent properties toward Lake Lowell and the Snake River plain.
For sellers, the practical difference is buyer pool and property type. Ada County buyers skew toward financed move-up purchases; Canyon County sees more acreage deals where wells, septic systems, and outbuildings complicate financed offers. Days on market converge, 29 to 31 days outside Boise proper, but the deals that fall apart in Canyon County fall apart over property condition, not price.
Honestly, in a market with a 12-day median, sellers of clean, well-priced homes do fine listing with an agent. The cash-sale math favors sellers when:
The home needs real work. A fixer doesn't sell in 12 days; it sits, gets reduced, and still attracts investors. A cash offer prices the repairs in once, in writing, instead of through six weeks of inspection negotiations.
The timeline is set by something else. A Micron or St. Luke's start date, a probate that needs to close, or a trustee sale clock that won't wait for a 45-day escrow.
The seller is out of state. Roughly a third of InTym Properties' Idaho sellers have already moved. One walkthrough beats three months of managing a vacant listing from another state.
You want the costs shown. Idaho charges no documentary stamp or real estate transfer tax, unlike Florida's $0.70 per $100, so a Boise seller's closing costs are limited to title, escrow, and recording fees. On a $544,640 sale, skipping the 5-6% commission matters more than any other line item.
If you're weighing the options, the InTym Properties Boise cash offer page shows the process, and our legitimacy page shows how to verify any buyer, including us, before you sign anything.
Data current as of September 2026. Real estate markets are local and change quickly. For a written cash offer on your Boise or Treasure Valley home, email hello@intymproperties.com or call/text (650) 540-1854.
Boise's median sale price was $544,640 in August 2026, up 3.7% year-over-year, per the Redfin Data Center. Nearby, Meridian ran higher at $567,474 while Nampa sat at $417,724. That $127,000 Boise-to-Nampa gap is real: pricing a Canyon County home off Ada County comps means working from the wrong number.
Boise's median was 12 days on market in August 2026, the fastest pace of any city InTym Properties tracks, but that's listing to pending. A financed sale adds roughly 30 to 45 days of escrow. Homes needing work sit longer; Meridian's 29-day and Nampa's 31-day medians are a more realistic baseline.
Meridian's median sale price of $567,474 runs above Boise's $544,640, unusual for a suburb. The premium reflects Meridian's newer housing stock and master-planned communities like Paramount and Tuscany. Ada County as a whole is the expensive half of the Treasure Valley; Canyon County's Nampa median was $417,724 in August 2026.
No. Idaho charges no documentary stamp or real estate transfer tax, unlike Florida's $0.70 per $100, so a Boise seller's closing costs are limited to title, escrow, and recording fees. On a $544,640 sale, skipping the typical 5-6% agent commission matters more than any other line item.
Written offer usually within 48 hours, signed by InTym Properties, every number shown. No repairs, no fees, no obligation.
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