The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: REHOBOTH BEACH HOUSING MARKET MAY 2025

Zip Code(s): 19971
Units Sold
54
Active Inventory
240
Median Sale Price
$862,328
Days On Market
56
Up 10%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 48%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 1%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 75%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in May, with 54 sold this month in Rehoboth Beach Real Estate versus 46 last month, an increase of 17%. This month's total units sold was higher than at this time last year, an increase of 10% versus May 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 78 units or 48%. The total number of active inventory this May was 240 compared to 162 in May 2024. This month's total of 240 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 272, a decrease of 12%.

Median Sale Price
Last May, the median sale price for Rehoboth Beach Homes was $854,920. This May, the median sale price was $862,328, an increase of 1% or $7,408 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 3% higher than in April.

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


New Listings
67
Current Contracts
59
Sold Vs. List Price
97.1%
Months of Supply
4.4
Down -26%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 5%
Vs. Year Ago
No Change
Vs. Year Ago
Up 34%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In May, there was 4.4 months of supply available in Rehoboth Beach, compared to 3.3 in May 2024. That is an increase of 34% 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 67 homes newly listed for sale in Rehoboth Beach compared to 91 in May 2024, a decrease of 26%. There were 59 current contracts pending sale this May compared to 56 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 5% higher than last May.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In May, the average sale price in Rehoboth Beach was 97.1% of the average list price, which is similar compared to a year ago.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 56, higher than the average last year, which was 32, an increase of 75%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Rehoboth Beach are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 19971.
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