Rock County, WI Housing & Rental Market Report: October 2026

Rock County, WI Housing & Rental Market Report: October 2026 | Wisconsin Property Managers

The market in one read

Demand cooled on the sale side while asking prices in the dated research series held slightly higher. Redfin’s October median sale was $306,469, up 2.16% year over year, on 184 closings, down 17.46%. Median asking price was $384,900 (+9.35% YoY) and dated-series active for-sale listings were 351 (+5.25% YoY). Median days on market were 50. October median rent and an October hottest-markets rank were not available.

Key facts for October 2026

The median sold home price in Rock County, WI was $306,469 in October 2026, up 2.16% from a year earlier.
The median asking price for homes in Rock County, WI was $384,900 in October 2026, up 9.35% from a year earlier.
Rock County, WI had 351 homes actively listed for sale in October 2026, up 5.25% from a year earlier.

Median sold price$306,469

+0.48% MoM · +2.16% YoY

Redfin Data Center ↗

Median asking price$384,900

+0.34% MoM · +9.35% YoY

Realtor.com Research data library ↗

Active listings351

+4.46% MoM · +5.25% YoY

Realtor.com Research data library ↗

Median rentNot published: Realtor.com had not provided a retrievable October 2026 median rent for Rock County when this report was compiled on November 11, 2026; the county page could not be confirmed as October-labelled

realtor.com ↗

See the trendHow Rock County’s for-sale market changed month by month over the last 2 years — November 2024 to October 2026.

Nov 2024$319,900First month shown

Oct 2026$384,900Latest month

Change+20.3%+$65,000

Low$319,900Nov 2024

High$384,900May 2026

October 2026: Median listing price was $384,900. Tap or click any point for another month.

Monthly data table (all four measures) +

For-sale market

Fewer homes changed hands in October even as the sold median edged up. Redfin counted 184 Rock County sales, down 17.46% year over year, at a $306,469 median, up 2.16%. Homes sold at 99.12% of list price, took a median of 50 days, and months of supply rose to 2.9 from 2.4 a year earlier. The Wisconsin REALTORS Association had not yet published its October county report.

Two measures of price

October 2026 · countywide

Redfin sale

$306,469

Realtor asking

$384,900

The Redfin sold median is the only October 2026 sold-price series retrieved for the county. Local MLS and WRA October reports were not yet published, and the Realtor.com county page was not available. Asking price is not a sale-price forecast.

Redfin Data Center ↗Realtor.com Research ↗

County indicators

October 2026 · Redfin monthly county series and Realtor.com Research dated series

Janesville vs. Beloit

Realtor.com city pages were not available, so October listing-price and listing-price-per-square-foot comparisons are stated as gaps. Redfin’s rolling three-month window ending October 2026 shows a higher sold median in Janesville ($299,791, +7.09% YoY) than in Beloit ($224,844, +12.48% YoY). Those city figures are not calendar-month October values and are not merged with the county monthly series.

Metric	Janesville · MoM / YoY		Beloit · MoM / YoY
Median listing	Not published: Realtor.com Janesville page did not provide an October-labelled value as of November 11, 2026; no October-labelled listing price could be lag-checked	— / —	Not published: Realtor.com Beloit page did not provide an October-labelled value as of November 11, 2026; no October-labelled listing price could be lag-checked	— / —
Median sold

Rental performance

October county and city asking rents from Realtor.com and Apartments.com/CoStar were not retrieved (neither published an October-labelled figure that could be confirmed). HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents for the Janesville–Beloit MSA, effective October 1, 2026, are shown below. They are voucher benchmarks, not asking-rent averages.

Rock County median asking rent

Not published

Janesville medianNot published: Realtor.com Janesville page did not provide an October-labelled value as of November 11, 2026; no October-labelled median rent could be lag-checked

Beloit medianNot published: Realtor.com Beloit page did not provide an October-labelled value as of November 11, 2026; no October-labelled median rent could be lag-checked

Realtor.com county page (no October data) ↗

Economic & financing context

The 30-year Freddie Mac PMMS rate peaked at 7.40% in mid-October and ended the month at 7.24%. Statewide housing statistics still reflect the September WRA report, published October 22; the October report was not yet posted. The latest metro unemployment reading is September.

30-year fixed mortgage rate

Freddie Mac PMMS, 30-year fixed, weekly October readings

7.28%week ending Oct 1

7.4%week ending Oct 8

7.4%week ending Oct 15

7.32%week ending Oct 22

7.24%week ending Oct 29

Freddie Mac PMMS ↗

How to read this report

Different providers observe different slices of the market. These notes preserve the limits attached to each figure.

One October sold-price median, with other publishers still outstanding

Redfin’s monthly county series is the only October 2026 sold median retrieved: $306,469, +2.16% YoY, last updated November 3. The same figure appears on Redfin’s Rock County page, labeled Oct 2026. WRA’s October report was not yet posted (the September report, published October 22, showed a $310,000 Rock County median that belongs to September only). Realtor.com’s county sold figure could not be lag-checked because an October-labelled page value was not available.

Ask-side and sale-side measures are not interchangeable

The $384,900 county median listing price comes from the Realtor.com Research dated series for October 2026. The Redfin sold median is more than $78,000 lower, likely reflecting the mix of properties that actually closed. The dated-series active-listing count (351) is also a different inventory series from Redfin’s 709 October active listings; they should not be forced to match.

Label-lag check

Asking price, listing $/sq ft, days on market, and the 351 active-listings KPI were taken from the dated Realtor.com Research / FRED series, not from the county web page. The current county file and FRED both label those values as 202610 / 2026-10-01. Realtor.com county and city pages were not used, because they was not available to complete the Section 4 lag check.

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September 2026

Scope note: October 2026 figures are labeled as such; lagging regional or national measures are identified in place. Realtor.com county and city pages, Apartments.com/CoStar city rents, WRA’s October report, BLS October unemployment, a local MLS October closings report, and an October hottest-markets release were not available when this report was compiled November 11, 2026.

Month	Median listing price	$/sq ft	Days on market	Active listings
November 2024	$319,900	$181	58 days	257
December 2024	$327,475	$184	63 days	234
January 2025	$336,700	$189	65 days	202
February 2025	$342,653	$193	56 days	185
March 2025	$337,773	$190	44 days	198
April 2025	$343,250	$197	41 days	202
May 2025	$355,000	$194	37 days	198
June 2025	$367,453	$199	40 days	226
July 2025	$376,200	$202	43 days	242
August 2025	$369,900	$199	38 days	300
September 2025	$362,400	$192	39 days	325
October 2025	$351,975	$189	43 days	334
November 2025	$349,900	$192	45 days	343
December 2025	$354,198	$198	56 days	302
January 2026	$354,900	$198	69 days	264
February 2026	$356,900	$201	66 days	255
March 2026	$355,668	$199	46 days	247
April 2026	$369,578	$201	44 days	238
May 2026	$384,900	$201	45 days	258
June 2026	$379,925	$200	44 days	284
July 2026	$380,888	$197	41 days	288
August 2026	$383,338	$199	44 days	297
September 2026	$383,599	$200	40 days	336
October 2026	$384,900	$200	50 days	351

FY2027 Small Area FMRs by ZIP

Official HUD FY2027 Small Area Fair Market Rents · gross monthly rent

ZIP / area	Studio	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR
53511 · Beloit	$980	$1,010	$1,290	$1,630	$1,700
53512 · Beloit	$980	$1,000	$1,280	$1,620	$1,680
53534 · Edgerton	$1,150	$1,340	$1,530	$2,020	$2,260
53545 · Janesville	$1,010	$1,040	$1,330	$1,680	$1,750
53546 · Janesville	$990	$1,010	$1,300	$1,650	$1,710
53547	$980	$1,000	$1,280	$1,620	$1,680
53548 · Janesville	$970	$990	$1,270	$1,610	$1,670
53563 · Milton	$910	$930	$1,190	$1,510	$1,560
53576	$1,050	$1,080	$1,380	$1,750	$1,810

HUD FY27 SAFMRs ↗

Values are the published SAFMR (not the 90% or 110% payment-standard columns) from HUD’s FY2027 SAFMR workbook for the Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA. ZIP is the HUD ZIP code tabulation used in that file.

Closed sales (Redfin)	184	−8.91%	−17.46%
New listings (Redfin)	206	+6.19%	−7.62%
Months of supply (Redfin)	2.9 months	—	—
Median days on market (Redfin)	50 days	—	—
Median days on market (Realtor.com series)	50 days	+25.79%	+16.28%
Listing $/sq ft (Realtor.com series)	$200	+0.10%	+5.85%
Median $/sq ft sold (Redfin)	$176	—	+3.06%
Sale-to-list (Redfin)	99.12%	—	—

Existing home sales	−2.4% YoY
State median	$342,000 · +1.50%
Inventory	4.4 months
Total listings	25,655 · +3.80%
New listings	−5.1% YoY
South Central sales	−2.4% YoY

October 2026 market snapshot Rock County residential real estate