ICYMI: Home Sweet Home? Not Under Costly Kelly as New Hampshire Home Prices Hit Another Record High

ICYMI: Home Sweet Home? Not Under Costly Kelly as New Hampshire Home Prices Hit Another Record High
 

In Case You Missed It, the median price of a single-family home in New Hampshire has hit another record high, for the third time under Ayotte’s watch: $580,000. “Demand” for housing continues to “far outweigh supply,” yet Ayotte continues to ignore the state’s dire crisis, and instead, Ayotte slashed millions in funding for the Housing Champions Program, which was responsible for nearly half of all new housing units in the state. 

The failure to provide Granite Staters with affordable housing, rental units, and lower property taxes falls solely on Kelly Ayotte and the NH GOP. The median household income “is 47% less than what is necessary to qualify for the median New Hampshire home, leaving a mere 15% of New Hampshire families who can afford to buy a home at that price.

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NH Bulletin: New Hampshire home prices set a record, bucking a national trend

• [...] The Granite State’s housing market surged to new heights in July, reaching a record-breaking median sales price of $580,000 for a single-family home, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors announced Thursday. 

• That median is a 5.5% increase over June 2025, and a 36% increase over May 2021, when the median New Hampshire home first passed the $400,000 mark in the wake of the pandemic, a milestone at the time.

• Asking prices across the country have been steadily dropping for nine straight months, according to data from Realtor.com. The national average this July was 2.4% less than July 2025, the website reported. 

• “Inventory continues to improve, but New Hampshire is still far from a balanced housing market,” said Josh Greenwald, the president of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, in a statement. 

• New Hampshire’s months’ supply in July was 2.7 months, according to the association. That is barely a change from July 2025’s supply of 2.5 months. The last time the state had a months’ supply greater than four months was 2018.

• There are indicators that supply is increasing. In July, 1,917 single-family homes were listed across the state, up 9.7% from July 2025. And overall inventory is much higher than before: 2,992 single-family homes, an increase of 15.6% from last year. That’s the highest number of homes on the market since 2021, the first year after the pandemic buying frenzy. 

• But 3,000 homes is far from what is necessary – or even what has been historically possible. In summer 2015, the number of homes on the market was north of 10,000, according to the NHAR. The recent gains might show momentum relative to recent stagnation, but it is far from what is needed to balance the market. 
   

Boston Globe: New Hampshire home prices hit a new record high in July

• The median price of a single-family home in New Hampshire hit a new record high of $580,000 in July, as the state continues to deal with relatively limited housing supply, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.

• While that’s cheaper than the Greater Boston area, where such homes cost more than $1 million, it still represents one of the top-ranked pain points for Granite Staters grappling with broader cost-of-living concerns.

• Josh Greenwald, the realtor’s association’s 2026 president, said in a statement that New Hampshire’s inventory is still nowhere near what realtors consider a balanced market.

• “While recent increases in housing inventory are a positive sign, the persistent shortage of available homes, especially starter homes, continues to place upward pressure on prices,” he said. “The record median sales price underscores the need for continued efforts to expand New Hampshire’s housing supply through policies that encourage the construction of homes across all price points.”