When he bought his first home 25 years ago, real estate agent Bill Allen said buyers could attain the quintessential Prairie Village home — a cape cod spanning about 1,500 square feet — for about $100,000. Now, those homes go for $400,000 or more. “That’s amazing, above-average appreciation,” he said. And the real estate market in the northern Johnson County community shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Real estate giant Zillow recently named Kansas City among its top 10 “hottest” real estate markets. And last month, the company named Prairie Village as its most popular city of 2022. That ranking took into account page-view traffic, sales, price appreciation and other housing metrics Zillow tracks across thousands of zip codes within the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas.
Source: KC Star Local News
