Housing Report January 2026, 2/28/2026
Nationally - Jan 2026. vs Dec 2025, units sold and sold prices weakened, inventory rose, and homes took longer to sell due to winter seasonality and consumer affordability.
The number of homes sold fell 3.73% to 419,492 and prices fell 1.36% to $419.492. 14.3% of January’s active listings had a price reduction, the sale-to-list-price ratio fell to 97.9% and inventory rose from 2.8 months in Dec to 4.3 months in January.
Essex County - Jan 2026. vs Dec 2025., unit sales and sold prices were down, Inventory rose and a rising number of active listings had price reductions arising from a challenging winter.
Sales were down -39.8% for singles and -37.3% for condos as Winter took its toll. Prices were also down -3.6% for singles and down -4.2% for condos. Inventory rose but still remained very low, 1.8 months for singles and 2.8 months for condos. 20.7% of single families listings and 18.2% of condo listings had price reductions in January which averaged -3.9% and -3.5% respectively. The sale-price-to-list-price ratio for single families was 99% and condos was also 99%.
To view data for every Essex County town,
- To view data for every Essex County town, http://www.sullivanteam.com/Properties/Reports/Public/Charts.php
- To Download the full housing report go to: http://sullivanteam.com/pages/EssexCountyHousingReports
