The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: LEWES HOUSING MARKET APRIL 2025

Zip Code(s): 19958 and 19969
Units Sold
66
Active Inventory
347
Median Sale Price
$637,500
Days On Market
47
Down -33%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 11%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 2%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 21%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was a decrease in total units sold in April, with 66 sold this month in Lewes Real Estate versus 74 last month, a decrease of 11%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 33% versus April 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 33 units or 11%. The total number of active inventory this April was 347 compared to 314 in April 2024. This month's total of 347 is higher than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 330, an increase of 5%.

Median Sale Price
Last April, the median sale price for Lewes Homes was $628,058. This April, the median sale price was $637,500, an increase of 2% or $9,442 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 7% lower than in March.

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


New Listings
116
Current Contracts
76
Sold Vs. List Price
110.0%
Months of Supply
5.3
Down -22%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -28%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 3%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 64%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In April, there was 5.3 months of supply available in Lewes, compared to 3.2 in April 2024. That is an increase of 64% 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 116 homes newly listed for sale in Lewes compared to 149 in April 2024, a decrease of 22%. There were 76 current contracts pending sale this April compared to 105 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 28% lower than last April.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In April, the average sale price in Lewes was 110.0% of the average list price, which is 3.2% higher than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 47, higher than the average last year, which was 39, an increase of 21%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Lewes are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 19958 and 19969.
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