Did the 2025 Real Estate Market Perform As Expected?

It's hard to believe it's already 2026... but here we go with another new year!

Before I get to 2026 predictions, let's see how 2025 finished out compared to my predictions a year ago...

2024 Home Sales = 1,389

My Prediction for 2025 = 1,400 

Actual Home Sales in 2025 = 1,330

So... there were fewer home sales in 2025 than I expected... and fewer home sales than in 2024.  

How about median sales prices...

2024 Median Sales Price = $345,000

My Prediction for 2025 = $359,500

Actual Median Sales price in 2025 = $345,460

The median sales price did not rise in 2025 as I expected that it would... it finished out the year right about where it started.

So... my predictions did not pan out all that well in 2025... the market was slower (fewer home sales) than I expected and prices did not increase.

Stay tuned for my predictions for 2026... though keep the inaccuracies of my 2025 predictions in mind when reading my predictions for 2026.  ;-)