The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: SALEM CITY HOUSING MARKET JULY 2025

Units Sold
21
Active Inventory
56
Median Sale Price
$260,000
Days On Market
49
Down
Vs. Year Ago
Up 17%
Vs. Year Ago
No Change
Vs. Year Ago
Up 26%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
With relatively few transactions, there was a decrease in total units sold in July, with 21 sold this month in Salem City Real Estate. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease from July 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 8 units or 17%. The total number of active inventory this July was 56 compared to 48 in July 2024. This month's total of 56 is higher than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 52, an increase of 8%.

Median Sale Price
Last July, the median sale price for Salem City Homes was $260,750. This July, the median sale price was $260,000, which is similar compared to a year ago. The current median sold price is 4% lower than in June.

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


New Listings
35
Current Contracts
27
Sold Vs. List Price
99.9%
Months of Supply
2.7
Up 21%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 23%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 0.5%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 56%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In July, there was 2.7 months of supply available in Salem City, compared to 1.7 in July 2024. That is an increase of 56% 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 35 homes newly listed for sale in Salem City compared to 29 in July 2024, an increase of 21%. There were 27 current contracts pending sale this July compared to 22 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 23% higher than last July.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In July, the average sale price in Salem City was 99.9% of the average list price, which is 0.5% higher than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 49, higher than the average last year, which was 39, an increase of 26%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute
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