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Low tide on inventory, high ground for sellers
- The countywide median rose to $965,000 — up 7.1% year over year, and detached homes hit $1,120,000, up 4.7%.
- Detached inventory fell 20.7% to 2,883 homes, leaving just 2.3 months of supply — down from 3.0 months a year ago and squarely in seller-favored territory.
- Sellers gave up less at the table: detached homes closed at 98.0% of original list price, up 1.4 points from August 2025.
- Detached homes also sold faster, at 35 days on market versus 39 a year ago — a 10.3% improvement.
The leverage has moved to condos and townhomes
- Attached inventory is one of the few places that grew — 2,767 homes, up 4.6% — holding steady at 4.0 months of supply.
- Attached median price is essentially flat at $670,000 (+0.1% YoY), and year-to-date it is actually down 0.7%.
- Condo and townhome sellers listed 7.5% more homes in August while single-family listings shrank — more to choose from in that lane.
- Attached homes take 44 days to sell and close at 97.2% of original list, which leaves real room to negotiate.
Median Sales Price — Indexed Trend
SEP 2025 = 100Detached vs. Attached, Side by Side
| Metric | Detached | Attached | Detached YoY | Attached YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Sales Price | $1,120,000 | $670,000 | +4.7% | +0.1% |
| Closed Sales | 1,118 | 596 | −17.6% | −16.3% |
| New Listings | 1,778 | 1,347 | −2.9% | +7.5% |
| % of Original List Price | 98.0% | 97.2% | +1.4% | +0.2% |
| Days on Market | 35 | 44 | −10.3% | +2.3% |
| Inventory of Homes | 2,883 | 2,767 | −20.7% | +4.6% |
| Months Supply | 2.3 | 4.0 | −23.3% | 0.0% |
Months Supply of Inventory — Where Each Segment Sits
AUGUST 2026What buyers are seeing: the 15-year fixed averaged 6.26%, up from 6.09% a week earlier. The 30-year is 69 basis points above last September — on a median-priced detached home with 20% down, that is roughly $410 more per month in principal and interest.
The bigger picture: August's softer closing count reflects contracts written in June and July, when rates were already drifting higher. With so little inventory on the detached side, the constraint this fall is what is for sale — not whether buyers are looking.
What This Means This Month
Fewer sales, not weaker demand. Closed sales fell 17.1%, but homes that did sell went faster and closed closer to asking. With detached inventory down 20.7%, the shortage is in what is listed, not in who is shopping.
The year is still ahead of last year. Year to date, closed sales are up 1.7% and total dollar volume is up 4.4% over the same eight months of 2025. August was one month, not a trend reversal.
Two markets, two playbooks. Detached sits at 2.3 months of supply and attached at 4.0. Pricing a single-family listing and pricing a condo call for very different assumptions right now.
Rates are the variable to watch. The 30-year fixed has climbed 19 basis points in a single week and 69 over the past year. Buyers who lock and plan to refinance later may do better than those waiting for a number that has not arrived.
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