These measures describe housing prices and selling conditions for the areas and periods shown. Compare them alongside repair costs, your mortgage payoff and selling costs.
| Measure | Value | Source and area | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $189,900 | Redfin · Topeka, KS | Three months ending August 2026 |
| Median days on market | 12 days | Redfin · Topeka, KS | Three months ending August 2026 |
| Homes sold | 495 homes | Redfin · Topeka, KS | Three months ending August 2026 |
| Typical home value (Zillow ZHVI) | $198,041 | Zillow · Topeka, KS | As of August 2026 |
| For-sale inventory | 451 homes | Zillow · Topeka, KS | As of August 2026 |
Include utilities, other bills and any mortgage payments while waiting to sell. Allow time for closing, too.
Topeka, Kansas · Shawnee County · Market report
Use this report to compare recent market measures with listing, repairs, holding costs, and a direct as-is sale for your own house.
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Recent local measures
These Topeka, Kansas measures give you market context to compare with the condition, repairs, occupancy, costs, and timing for the house you may sell.
| Measure, place and period | Value | Readable source |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale priceRedfin · Topeka, KS · exact placePeriod: Three months ending August 2026 | $189,900+5.50% year over year | Redfin Data Center → |
| Median days on marketRedfin · Topeka, KS · exact placePeriod: Three months ending August 2026 | 12 days | Redfin Data Center → |
| Homes soldRedfin · Topeka, KS · exact placePeriod: Three months ending August 2026 | 495 homes | Redfin Data Center → |
| Typical home value (Zillow ZHVI)Zillow · Topeka, KS · exact placePeriod: As of August 2026 | $198,041-0.10% year over year | Zillow Research → |
| For-sale inventoryZillow · Topeka, KS · exact placePeriod: As of August 2026 | 451 homes | Zillow Research → |
Redfin reports completed-sale and market-activity measures. Zillow’s typical home value is a separate modeled measure, and its inventory figure counts homes for sale. Keep each provider, place, and period beside its number when comparing them.
What the numbers mean
A median sale price describes the middle of completed sales in the named place and period. It is not an appraisal of your Topeka address. Size, condition, access, occupancy, repairs, and sale terms can change the comparison.
The Redfin sale-price measure above covers three months ending august 2026. Zillow’s typical home value is a separate model with its own date, not a completed-sale price.
Repairs and cleanout can affect a listing plan. Tenants may affect access and timing. If you need to sell by a particular date, carrying costs while you wait matter too. A home ready to show may suit a listing; a home needing work or difficult to access may be worth comparing with a direct sale.
We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
Kansas selling costs
Kansas does not charge a real-estate transfer tax or deed tax when a house sells. The state’s mortgage registration tax ended on January 1, 2019, so you can leave those taxes out of a sale-cost estimate.
Recording a deed or mortgage still has a county recording charge set by state law: $21 for the first page and $17 for each additional page. Those amounts include the state’s technology and heritage trust fund additions. The total depends on the pages recorded; the title company or closing professional confirms the exact charge.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. That does not pay your mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes; those remain separate in the sale calculation.
The Shawnee County Register of Deeds is the local starting point for recording-office questions. A closing professional can confirm the charges for the documents in your sale.
What you may keep
Compare a realistic sale price or written cash offer with the mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, your share of current property taxes, and other costs. If you list, include commission, repairs, cleanout, concessions, and the bills you may carry while waiting. Those property-specific amounts—not a city median—determine what may remain.
Use the Topeka calculator to change the sale price, payoff, repair, holding-cost, and selling-cost assumptions and compare listing with an as-is cash sale.
The calculator is a planning comparison, not a property-specific offer or closing statement.
Redfin reports a median sale price of $189,900 for Topeka, KS during Three months ending August 2026 (+5.50% year over year). Redfin reports 12 days median days on market and 495 homes sold. Zillow’s typical home value is $198,041 as of august 2026. Zillow reports 451 homes for-sale inventory as of august 2026. These measures describe different things; none prices one address.
No. A city median summarizes completed sales in its stated period; your home’s condition, repairs, size, access, occupancy, and sale terms can change the comparison.
Kansas does not charge a real-estate transfer or deed tax on a house sale. Its mortgage registration tax ended January 1, 2019. Deed and mortgage recording fees still apply, and the total depends on the document pages recorded.
Start with the sale price or written offer, then account for mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, your share of current property taxes, and other closing costs. A listing comparison may also include commission, repairs, cleanout, concessions, and carrying costs.
Yes. USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Topeka and Shawnee County. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
Use the form on this page or call 888-274-5006. We’ll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
Next step
A written offer gives you another number to compare with a listing plan, repair costs, and the time you would carry the property. You decide which path fits your situation.
Tell us about the property and the situation.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
Prefer to talk? Call 888-274-5006.