The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: WAKE COUNTY HOUSING MARKET AUGUST 2025

Units Sold
1,483
Active Inventory
4,479
Median Sale Price
$490,000
Days On Market
47
Up 7%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 34%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 2%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 52%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was a decrease in total units sold in August, with 1,483 sold this month in Wake County Real Estate versus 1,697 last month, a decrease of 13%. This month's total units sold was higher than at this time last year, an increase of 7% versus August 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 1,130 units or 34%. The total number of active inventory this August was 4,479 compared to 3,349 in August 2024. This month's total of 4,479 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 4,698, a decrease of 5%.

Median Sale Price
Last August, the median sale price for Wake County Homes was $480,000. This August, the median sale price was approximately the same at $490,000. The current median sold price is 2% higher than in August 2024.

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


New Listings
1,802
Current Contracts
1,509
Sold Vs. List Price
98.5%
Months of Supply
3.0
Up 1%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 19%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -0.6%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 25%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In August, there was 3.0 months of supply available in Wake County, compared to 2.4 in August 2024. That is an increase of 25% 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 1,802 homes newly listed for sale in Wake County compared to 1,779 in August 2024, an increase of 1%. There were 1,509 current contracts pending sale this August compared to 1,269 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 19% higher than last August.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In August, the average sale price in Wake County was 98.5% of the average list price, which is 0.6% lower 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 31, an increase of 52%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Wake County are defined as properties listed in zip code/s .
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