The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: STERLING HOUSING MARKET JULY 2025

Zip Code(s): 20165, 20164 and 20166
Units Sold
76
Active Inventory
117
Median Sale Price
$597,500
Days On Market
14
Down -30%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -5%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -4%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -18%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was a decrease in total units sold in July, with 76 sold this month in Sterling Real Estate versus 98 last month, a decrease of 22%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 30% versus July 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is lower by 6 units or 5%. The total number of active inventory this July was 117 compared to 123 in July 2024. This month's total of 117 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 150, a decrease of 22%.

Median Sale Price
Last July, the median sale price for Sterling Homes was $622,000. This July, the median sale price was $597,500, a decrease of 4% or $24,500 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 3% 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
75
Current Contracts
92
Sold Vs. List Price
99.4%
Months of Supply
1.5
Down -36%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -2%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -1.7%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 36%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In July, there was 1.5 months of supply available in Sterling, compared to 1.1 in July 2024. That is an increase of 36% 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 75 homes newly listed for sale in Sterling compared to 118 in July 2024, a decrease of 36%. There were 92 current contracts pending sale this July compared to 94 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 2% lower than last July.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In July, the average sale price in Sterling was 99.4% of the average list price, which is 1.7% lower than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 14, lower than the average last year, which was 17, a decrease of 18%.

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