The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: FAUQUIER COUNTY HOUSING MARKET AUGUST 2025

Units Sold
89
Active Inventory
217
Median Sale Price
$644,999
Days On Market
29
Up 5%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 19%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 11%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 61%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in August, with 89 sold this month in Fauquier County Real Estate versus 83 last month, an increase of 7%. This month's total units sold was higher than at this time last year, an increase of 5% versus August 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 35 units or 19%. The total number of active inventory this August was 217 compared to 182 in August 2024. This month's total of 217 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 246, a decrease of 12%.

Median Sale Price
Last August, the median sale price for Fauquier County Homes was $580,000. This August, the median sale price was $644,999, an increase of 11% or $64,999 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 7% lower than in July.

Median sale price is the middle sale price in a given month. The same number of properties are above & below the median.


New Listings
90
Current Contracts
88
Sold Vs. List Price
98.4%
Months of Supply
2.4
Down -20%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 16%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -2.2%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 14%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In August, there was 2.4 months of supply available in Fauquier County, compared to 2.1 in August 2024. That is an increase of 14% versus a year ago.

Months of supply is calculated by dividing current inventory by current sales. It indicates how many months would be needed to sell all of the inventory available at the current rate of demand.

New Listings & Current Contracts
This month there were 90 homes newly listed for sale in Fauquier County compared to 112 in August 2024, a decrease of 20%. There were 88 current contracts pending sale this August compared to 76 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 16% higher than last August.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In August, the average sale price in Fauquier County was 98.4% of the average list price, which is 2.3% lower than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 29, higher than the average last year, which was 18, an increase of 61%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute
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