New Hampshire Real Estate Prices Rise In April, Inventories and Sales Decline

A strong sellers’ market continued through May, with inventory remaining low, closed sales down from a year ago, and prices continuing to rise.

Among the statewide highlights:

Inventory: There were 5,275 residential homes on the market at the end of April, a 32 percent decrease from April 2016. That meant a 3.6 months’ supply, a historically low number and 33 percent lower than a year ago. And 2,404 new listings came to the market in April, a 15 percent drop from 2016.

Closed sales: With substantially less inventory, it’s no surprise that the 1,129 closed sales was 12 percent lower than April 2016.
Median sales price: Sellers continue to have the advantage, leading to a $260,000 median sales price in April, 6 percent higher than 2016. Year to date, the $250,000 through the first four months was also 6 percent ahead of a year ago.

Days on market: With those dynamics in place, average days on the market dropped dramatically as well, down to 79 days statewide, an 18 percent decrease.

There’s plenty more information where that came from. The New Hampshire REALTORS market report includes 10 different categories and historical data going back to 2006, as well as county-level data. Also included below is the long-term statewide data, dating back to 1998.