# Real Estate search demand in Kansas City THE SEARCH LEDGER · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI · REAL ESTATE Every month Kansas City types 74,300 real estate searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them. BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/kansas-city/real-estate#colophon) 143 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026 74,300 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026 $131K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $2.23 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Kansas City searches for real estate Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in DEC. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 90, February 76, March 93, April 91, May 87, June 86, July 86, August 100, September 87, October 77, November 73, December 65. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Real Estate category in Kansas City — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Kansas City pays per click for real estate The 20 highest-volume of 143 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“realtor near me”** at $11.28. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | apartments near me | 33,100 | $2.02 | 41 | transactional | | 2 | apartments kansas city | 9,900 | $2.30 | 17 | commercial | | 3 | homes for sale near me | 4,400 | $0.91 | 63 | transactional | | 4 | realtor com kc | 3,600 | $0.31 | | commercial | | 5 | kc homes for sale | 3,600 | $1.62 | 22 | transactional | | 6 | homes for sale kansas city ks | 2,400 | $0.79 | 0 | transactional | | 7 | condos for sale kansas city | 880 | $1.01 | | informational | | 8 | north kc homes for sale | 880 | $1.17 | 0 | transactional | | 9 | realtor kansas city | 720 | $5.21 | 29 | commercial | | 10 | homes for sale 64157 | 590 | $0.19 | | transactional | | 11 | homes for sale 64116 | 590 | $0.33 | | transactional | | 12 | homes for sale brookside mo | 590 | $0.74 | 0 | transactional | | 13 | homes for sale in merriam kansas | 590 | $0.66 | 0 | transactional | | 14 | homes for sale 64114 | 480 | $0.28 | | transactional | | 15 | homes for sale 64113 | 480 | $0.32 | | transactional | | 16 | homes for sale 64118 | 480 | $0.43 | | transactional | | 17 | kc commercial real estate | 480 | $1.19 | | informational | | 18 | homes for sale 64155 | 480 | $0.66 | 0 | transactional | | 19 | overland park condos for sale | 480 | $0.82 | 0 | transactional | | 20 | realtor near me | 480 | $11.28 | 65 | transactional | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the Kansas City real estate results Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one. apartments near me 33,100/mo · $2.02 CPC · difficulty 41 MAP PACK - 1 The Grand 4.5★ 108 - 2 Three Light Luxury Apartments 4.8★ 105 - 3 One Light Luxury Apartments 4.6★ 258 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 apartments.com - 2 zillow.com - 3 rentcafe.com - 4 trulia.com - 5 leasingkc.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track. ## The real estate businesses competing in Kansas City The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are. | RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | #1 | Whispering Lake Apartments | 3.9 ★ | 696 | Apartment complex | YES | | #2 | Two Light Luxury Apartments | 4.8 ★ | 332 | Apartment complex | YES | | #3 | Pickwick Plaza Apartments | 3.9 ★ | 299 | Apartment complex | YES | | #4 | Union Berkley Riverfront Apartments | 3.7 ★ | 287 | Apartment complex | YES | | #5 | Commerce Tower Apartments | 3.8 ★ | 264 | Apartment complex | YES | | #6 | One Light Luxury Apartments | 4.6 ★ | 258 | Apartment complex | YES | | #7 | Crossroads Westside | 4.3 ★ | 215 | Apartment complex | YES | | #8 | Marcato Apartments | 4.1 ★ | 207 | Apartment complex | YES | | #9 | The Yards | 4.2 ★ | 200 | Apartment complex | YES | | #10 | Power & Light Apartments | 4.6 ★ | 199 | Apartment complex | YES | | #11 | MAA The Station | 4.5 ★ | 198 | Apartment rental agency | YES | | #12 | Gallerie Apartments | 3.6 ★ | 198 | Apartment complex | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Real Estate brands Kansas City searches by name Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for. united real estate kansas city mo 320/mo clemons real estate kansas city 210/mo cj real estate kcmo 70/mo 64133 real estate 10/mo breeze real estate kansas city 10/mo 66206 real estate 10/mo lynch real estate kansas city 10/mo parkway real estate kansas city 10/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Kansas City asks about real estate People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Kansas City real estate results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. Can I afford an apartment if I make $2000 a month? Where is it cheapest to rent an apartment? What credit score is needed for an apartment? What is the cheapest thing to rent to live in? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Kansas City metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) [Real estate SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/real-estate-seo) ## More Kansas City search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled. Kansas City, Missouri · Real Estate · 143 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026 Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 143 real estate keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact). --- Canonical page: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/kansas-city/real-estate Every metro: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo#cities Data reuse license: https://seobandwagon.com/data-license Site overview for agents: https://seobandwagon.com/llms.txt · API docs: https://seobandwagon.com/docs/api