New Hampshire home prices keep going up with the median prices hitting a new high in May before the summer selling season even gets going.
“It is unusual to see a new statewide price record established in May,” said Josh Greenwald, president of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. “Historically, home prices tend to peak in June or July. If those seasonal trends continue, it’s likely we’ll see even higher median prices during the summer months.”
The median sales price of a single-family home — half of sales were for less, half for more — hit $575,000 in May, surpassing the previous record of $569,000 set last June. The
increase marked a 6.5 percent jump from May 2025, according to the group.
Rockingham County, in the state’s southeast seacoast area, saw a median sales price of $717,500, the highest ever recorded for any New Hampshire county.
Demand remains strong, indicating that a shortage of supply is the main driver of soaring prices.
N.H. Realtors said closed sales edged slightly higher than May 2025 and nearly 1,600 pending sales were recorded in May, the highest monthly total in four years.
More than 2,400 single-family homes were for sale statewide in May, compared to 2,156 during the same month last year. However, inventory remains much lower than pre-pandemic levels: approximately 4,600 homes were on the market in May 2019.
