The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: ROANOKE COUNTY HOUSING MARKET MAY 2025

Units Sold
118
Active Inventory
199
Median Sale Price
$350,750
Days On Market
19
Down -8%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 13%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -5%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -27%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in May, with 118 sold this month in Roanoke County Real Estate versus 102 last month, an increase of 16%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 8% versus May 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 23 units or 13%. The total number of active inventory this May was 199 compared to 176 in May 2024. This month's total of 199 is higher than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 184, an increase of 8%.

Median Sale Price
Last May, the median sale price for Roanoke County Homes was $369,885. This May, the median sale price was $350,750, a decrease of 5% or $19,135 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 4% lower 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
183
Current Contracts
146
Sold Vs. List Price
100.0%
Months of Supply
1.7
Down -3%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 14%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 1.1%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 22%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In May, there was 1.7 months of supply available in Roanoke County, compared to 1.4 in May 2024. That is an increase of 23% 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 183 homes newly listed for sale in Roanoke County compared to 189 in May 2024, a decrease of 3%. There were 146 current contracts pending sale this May compared to 128 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 14% higher than last May.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In May, the average sale price in Roanoke County was 100.0% of the average list price, which is 1.0% higher than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 19, lower than the average last year, which was 26, a decrease of 27%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute
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