The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: BETHESDA AND CABIN JOHN HOUSING MARKET MARCH 2025

Zip Code(s): 20814, 20816, 20817, 20818, 20812, 20889, 20892 and 20894
Units Sold
65
Active Inventory
179
Median Sale Price
$1,125,000
Days On Market
36
Down -34%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 6%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -3%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 112%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in March, with 65 sold this month in Bethesda and Cabin John Real Estate versus 58 last month, an increase of 12%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 34% versus March 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 10 units or 6%. The total number of active inventory this March was 179 compared to 169 in March 2024. This month's total of 179 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 183, a decrease of 2%.

Median Sale Price
Last March, the median sale price for Bethesda and Cabin John Homes was $1,158,500. This March, the median sale price was $1,125,000, a decrease of 3% or $33,500 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 14% lower than in February.

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


New Listings
106
Current Contracts
88
Sold Vs. List Price
100.9%
Months of Supply
2.8
Down -29%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -25%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -1.5%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 60%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In March, there was 2.8 months of supply available in Bethesda and Cabin John, compared to 1.7 in March 2024. That is an increase of 60% 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 106 homes newly listed for sale in Bethesda and Cabin John compared to 150 in March 2024, a decrease of 29%. There were 88 current contracts pending sale this March compared to 117 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 25% lower than last March.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In March, the average sale price in Bethesda and Cabin John was 100.9% of the average list price, which is 1.6% lower than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 36, higher than the average last year, which was 17, an increase of 112%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Bethesda and Cabin John are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 20814, 20816, 20817, 20818, 20812, 20889, 20892 and 20894.
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