The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: OCEAN CITY HOUSING MARKET MAY 2025

Zip Code(s): 8226
Units Sold
56
Active Inventory
483
Median Sale Price
$1,320,000
Days On Market
52
Up 19%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 2%
Vs. Year Ago
Up
Vs. Year Ago
Up 2%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was a decrease in total units sold in May, with 56 sold this month in Ocean City Real Estate versus 63 last month, a decrease of 11%. This month's total units sold was higher than at this time last year, an increase of 19% versus May 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 8 units or 2%. The total number of active inventory this May was 483 compared to 475 in May 2024. This month's total of 483 is higher than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 474, an increase of 2%.

Median Sale Price
Last May, the median sale price for Ocean City Homes was $893,750. This May, the median sale price was $1,320,000, an increase of $426,250 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 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
99
Current Contracts
46
Sold Vs. List Price
95.3%
Months of Supply
8.6
Up 15%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 35%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -2.3%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -15%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In May, there was 8.6 months of supply available in Ocean City, compared to 10.1 in May 2024. That is a decrease of 15% 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 99 homes newly listed for sale in Ocean City compared to 86 in May 2024, an increase of 15%. There were 46 current contracts pending sale this May compared to 34 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 35% higher than last May.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In May, the average sale price in Ocean City was 95.3% of the average list price, which is 2.2% lower than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 52, higher than the average last year, which was 51, an increase of 2%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Ocean City are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 8226.
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