New Hampshire Housing Market Report — January 2026

The median single-family home in New Hampshire sold for $540,000 in January 2026, up 7.5% from $502,500 in January 2025. It was a January in which prices climbed while the number of homes actually changing hands barely moved.

That gap — prices climbing while sales volume holds flat — is the story of the New Hampshire market entering 2026.

The short version

• Median single-family price: $540,000, up 7.5% year over year
• Closed sales: 672 single-family homes, up 2.1%
• Homes on the market: up 10.1% from a year ago, extending a run of increases that began in 2025
• Days on market: 44, up from 42
• Condos moved the other way: median $410,000, down 3.8%

What happened statewide

New Hampshire single-family sales closed at 672 in January, against 658 a year earlier. Total dollar volume reached $420.3 million, up 4.8%. Homes took an average of 44 days to go under agreement, two days longer than January 2025.

The number that matters most for anyone planning a 2026 move is inventory. Single-family homes for sale rose 10.1% year over year, and new listings ticked up 0.8%. After several years in which the defining feature of this market was that there was nothing to buy, there is measurably more to look at. Pending sales — homes that went under contract in January and will close in February or March — rose 9.1%, which suggested the added supply was finding buyers rather than sitting.

Condominiums told a different story. The median condo price fell 3.8% to $410,000, and new condo listings dropped 19.6%. Condo days on market jumped 27.8% to 46. Closed condo sales were essentially flat at 228, down 0.4% from a year earlier, though pending condo sales rose 8.9%.

Southern New Hampshire, county by county

Rockingham County — the Seacoast and the Massachusetts border towns — recorded 154 single-family closings, up 15.8%, the strongest year-over-year gain among the southern counties. The median price was $650,000, down 1.1% from January 2025. Sales volume rose 20.7% to $126.1 million, and pending sales rose 21.7%. Homes took an average of 35 days to go under agreement, unchanged from a year earlier. On the condo side, Rockingham's median reached $548,750, up 14.3% — the highest condo median of any county in the state.

Hillsborough County — Nashua, Manchester, Bedford, Amherst — saw 166 single-family closings, up 9.9%, at a median of $540,459, up 3.7%. Homes moved faster than they did a year ago: 30 days versus 32. Hillsborough condos posted a 30.4% jump in closed sales to 73, at a median of $373,000.

Strafford County — Dover, Rochester, Somersworth, Durham — posted 61 single-family closings, up 1.7%, with the largest price gain in southern New Hampshire: a median of $517,500, up 11.9% from $462,500. Strafford condos climbed even harder, with a median of $465,000, up 31.0%, though on only 14 sales — a small enough count that a handful of higher-end closings moves the number substantially.

Merrimack County — Concord and the towns around it — was the outlier. Single-family closings fell 20.7% to 65, and volume dropped 22.8% to $33.2 million. The median price held nearly steady at $485,000, down 0.5%. Homes took 51 days to go under agreement, up from 44. Pending sales, though, rose 14.9%, pointing to a stronger February and March.

Explore these markets: Rockingham County — Portsmouth, Exeter, Hampton, Rye, Stratham · Hillsborough County — Manchester, Nashua, Bedford, Amherst, Hollis · Strafford County — Dover, Rochester, Durham, Somersworth, Barrington · Merrimack County — Concord, Bow, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Pembroke

See every active listing across the state on the New Hampshire market hub.

What this means if you're buying

More inventory is genuine good news, and it is the first time in several years that a January buyer in New Hampshire has had meaningfully more to choose from. But 44 days on market and 98.3% of list price received statewide mean this is still a market where well-priced homes go under agreement quickly. The added supply has widened your options; it has not changed the pace at which you need to make decisions on the homes you actually want.

Note the county spread. A median of $650,000 in Rockingham and $485,000 in Merrimack describes two different markets inside a 45-minute drive. If your search is defined by budget rather than a specific town, moving your radius west or north changes what you can afford substantially.

What this means if you're selling

A 7.5% year-over-year price gain is a strong tailwind. The caution is that inventory is up 10.1%, which means the buyer looking at your house in 2026 has more alternatives than the buyer looking in 2025 did. Statewide, sellers received 98.3% of list price in January, down slightly from a year earlier — the first sign of that shift.

The condo market deserves separate attention. If you own a condo, the statewide median fell 3.8% year over year and days on market rose 27.8%. Pricing a condo off what your neighbor got in 2025 is more likely to cost you time this year than it was last year.

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About this data

Figures are from the New Hampshire REALTORS® Monthly Indicators report for January 2026, published February 5, 2026, drawn from New Hampshire REALTORS®, Inc. and PrimeMLS, Inc. data. Percent changes are calculated on rounded figures. "Days on Market" measures the average number of days between listing and accepted offer. "Median sales price" is the point at which half of sales were higher and half lower, and does not account for seller concessions.

MLS counts are revised as late-reported closings are entered, so figures for a given month may increase slightly in later reports. The numbers above reflect the January 2026 report as published.

National context in this report comes from the National Association of REALTORS®, which reported U.S. existing-home sales climbing 5.1% month over month and 1.4% year over year to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.35 million units — the strongest pace in nearly three years. The national median existing-home price was $405,400, up 0.4% from a year earlier, with 1.18 million homes for sale nationally, a 3.3-month supply.