The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: STERLING HOUSING MARKET MAY 2025

Zip Code(s): 20165, 20164 and 20166
Units Sold
103
Active Inventory
124
Median Sale Price
$640,000
Days On Market
12
Down -7%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -3%
Vs. Year Ago
No Change
Vs. Year Ago
Up 50%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in May, with 103 sold this month in Sterling Real Estate versus 88 last month, an increase of 17%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 7% versus May 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is lower by 4 units or 3%. The total number of active inventory this May was 124 compared to 128 in May 2024. This month's total of 124 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 129, a decrease of 4%.

Median Sale Price
Last May, the median sale price for Sterling Homes was $640,000. This May, the median sale price was $640,000, which is similar compared to a year ago. The current median sold price is 2% 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
109
Current Contracts
90
Sold Vs. List Price
101.4%
Months of Supply
1.2
Down -20%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -11%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -0.9%
Vs. Year Ago
No Change
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In May, there was 1.2 months of supply available in Sterling. The amount of supply is similar compared to 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 109 homes newly listed for sale in Sterling compared to 136 in May 2024, a decrease of 20%. There were 90 current contracts pending sale this May compared to 101 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 11% lower than last May.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In May, the average sale price in Sterling was 101.4% of the average list price, which is 0.9% lower than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 12, higher than the average last year, which was 8, an increase of 50%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Sterling are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 20165, 20164 and 20166.
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