The five highest-priced home sales reported in Waterloo-Cedar Falls & Cedar Valley, Iowa for the week ending November 1, 2026 came from five different towns: Janesville, Nashua, Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Dunkerton. Together they sold for $3.29 million.
Four of the homes are in Black Hawk County and one is in Chickasaw County. The group ranges from a farmhouse more than a century old to a ranch built three years ago, and from a subdivision lot to more than four wooded acres.
No. 1 — $945,000 · 9035 Winslow Rd, Janesville, Iowa
A custom ranch home built in 2022 on 2.90 acres outside Janesville sold for $945,000, the highest price of the week. The home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,416 square feet of living space, and it is finished outside in stone and vinyl siding with timber accents and covered outdoor living areas.
Inside, the kitchen, dining area and living room share one open space under tall ceilings, with polished concrete floors and a stone fireplace that rises from floor to ceiling. The kitchen has custom cabinetry, a commercial-style gas range with a pot filler, a large center island and a walk-in pantry. The primary suite includes a walk-in closet and a bath with a double vanity and an onyx walk-in shower. A sunroom, windowed on every side, looks out over the surrounding countryside and opens to the covered patio.
The home is built on a slab and heated mainly through its floors, with geothermal systems, backup electric heat and a 20-kilowatt generator sized to run the whole property. There is also a storm shelter and fiber internet. The attached garage is heated and oversized, with workshop space, and a separate finished outbuilding measuring 80 by 36 feet has its own heated shop area. The property last sold for $267,500 in 2022.
Ryan P Backes of Backes Real Estate was the listing agent, and Meghan Wiedow of Oakridge Real Estate represented the buyer in the week’s top sale.
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No. 2 — $670,000 · 1030 267th St, Nashua, Iowa
The No. 2 sale of the week was a lakeside home near Nashua, the only Chickasaw County home in this Top 5, which sold for $670,000. Built in 1995 on 1.68 acres, it sits along about 200 feet of shoreline on a private paved frontage road, with lake access and a private dock with a boat lift.
At 3,712 square feet, it has the most living space of the five. The home has three bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath. Woodwork and cabinets throughout were custom made, and the floors are ceramic tile. There is a fireplace, a mini bar, laundry on the main level and a central vacuum system. The finished basement walks out toward the lake and includes a large weight and recreation room, and the home also has a custom gun vault. Attached garage space is on both the upper and lower levels.
Outdoors, a composite deck and a patio look over a broad yard and mature trees to the water.
Meghan Wiedow of Oakridge Real Estate was the listing agent. Oakridge Real Estate had two listings in this week’s Top 5.
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No. 3 — $625,000 · 3609 Kingswood Pl, Waterloo, Iowa
In Waterloo, a home on the 11th hole at Sunnyside Country Club sold for $625,000. Built in 1976 and updated with a contemporary look, it has four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath, and 3,137 square feet on a lot of just over half an acre.
The home looks out over the golf course. A detailed staircase rises from the foyer, and the family room has a wall of custom cherry built-ins framing a media center and a door out to the rear deck. The family room is open to the kitchen and a breakfast nook. The kitchen has granite countertops, specialty cabinetry and new appliances, double ovens among them, with a formal dining room beside it.
Upstairs, the primary bath has tile running to the ceiling, double vanities, a tiled shower and heated floors, and the primary suite has more than one closet. The lower level adds a large family room and another bathroom. Out back, a mud room leads to a heated saltwater in-ground pool with a rebuilt patio and a new pool house. The property last sold for $377,000 in 2016.
Amy Wienands of AWRE, EXP Realty, LLC was the listing agent, and Jana J Hermann of Oakridge Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $539,500 · 2807 Maple Grove Dr, Cedar Falls, Iowa
The newest home in this Top 5 is a ranch completed in 2023 in the Arbors subdivision of Cedar Falls, within walking distance of an elementary school. It sold for $539,500 after going under contract 22 days after it was listed.
The home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,915 square feet on a quarter-acre lot, the smallest of the five. The main floor is open from the living room through the dining area to the kitchen, which has GE appliances and a large island, and large windows bring light into the living room. The primary suite, with its own bath and a walk-in closet, is on the main floor along with two more bedrooms.
The lower level adds 1,232 square feet of finished space, with two more bedrooms, a bathroom, a wet bar, a workout area and a sauna. Outside, the landscaped yard is fenced, and there is a deck. The property last sold for $530,908 in 2024.
Karen R Kayser of Re/Max Concepts was on both sides of the sale, as the listing agent and as the buyer’s agent.
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No. 5 — $510,000 · 7603 N Raymond Rd, Dunkerton, Iowa
The oldest home of the week is a 1910 farmhouse on 4.36 wooded acres near Dunkerton, which sold for $510,000. The lot is the largest in this Top 5, and the property sits on a hard surface road about 20 minutes from Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Sometime in the 1950s the farmhouse was moved onto the block foundation it rests on today.
The farmhouse has three bedrooms, a full bath and a half bath in 1,828 square feet. Its living room keeps its pocket doors, original woodwork and built-ins, and the kitchen has been remodeled. The three bedrooms and the full bath are upstairs, along with a stairway to the attic, and the floors include hardwood.
The property also has a heated barndominium and shop built in 2013, with about 4,237 square feet of shop and roughly 1,459 square feet of finished living quarters on two levels. The shop has geothermal in-floor heat, 16-foot ceilings and three bays with overhead doors. The quarters include a living room with built-ins and an electric fireplace, a kitchen remodeled in 2023, two three-quarter baths and a bedroom that opens onto a deck overlooking the acreage. The grounds also include four grain bins, a heated detached garage, camper hookups and more than 800 trees. The property last sold for $264,000 in 2017.
Joshua A Bey of Oakridge Real Estate and Sarah Bey of Oakridge Real Estate were the listing agents, giving the firm its second listing in this Top 5. Wendy Mohlis of RE/MAX Alliance represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 1, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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