2025 was the year demand came back in force. Four hundred nineteen properties changed hands — a third more than 2024 — for $1.82 billion in total volume. And here's the part most headlines missed: the median home price actually eased 5.6% to $3.3 million. More sales at slightly softer prices means the market broadened rather than spiked — buyers returned across every tier, not just the trophy one. The clearest tell was land: 60 lots sold against 34 the year before, a 76% jump. When builders buy dirt, they're betting on the next five years, not the next five months.
The shape of the year mattered as much as its size. Spring was sleepy — May saw just 19 closings. Then the fall avalanche: 127 sales and $657 million across September and October, with October's $372 million standing as the biggest single month of the year. Sellers who listed after Labor Day caught the wave; those who chased the spring market waited. Across all 419 trades, sellers collected 95.4% of asking and 154% of assessed value. The honest read: 2025 rebuilt the market's depth — and set the table for the record median that followed in the first quarter of 2026. Source: LINK MLS Year-To-Date Sales Summary, 2025.