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Time for the 3rd quarter recap of Vermont residential real estate. I broke down single family sales across several markets, from Burlington to Brookfield, from Essex to Northfield. If it feels like we’re in a different market than last year…it’s because WE ARE. This post includes details comparing Q3 2024 and Q3 2025.
Very brief summary:
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Statewide, the number 5%. Around here, that was a range of a 60% increase to a 52% decrease.
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The statewide median sale price was up 4%, again, in the towns surveyed in Washington, Chittenden, and Orange Counties, that range was from 14% increase to 17% increase.
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For Vermont, median days on market was up 86%, ranging from an increase of 333% to a decrease of 0%. That’s right…across the state, it’s taking almost twice as long for homes to sell than it did this time last year. **Spoiler alert! Burlington single family homes took 333% longer to sell, from 6 days in 2024 to 26 days in 2025.
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# of Sales
Across Vermont, the number of sales rose by 5%. That sounds like a really calm number. Town by town, the change in number of sales from 2024 to 2025 varied widely.
What’s causing this? I’m not taking that bait. There are so many factors, macro, micro, and household that lead to home sales in Vermont. It’s tempting to say it’s because of interest rates, the economy at large, weather, or anything else. I’m always wary when people say “Sales are down because…”
Median Sale Price
Statewide prices rose by 4%. That’s a smooth, and dare I say, a boring number. 4% That’s tracking with real estate’s long term historical price appreciation of around 3%. So, things are chill here in the Green Mountain State, right?
Nope.
The market with the biggest price increase (Harwood) was up 14%, while the market with the biggest median price decrease (U32) was down 17%. Again, I’m not going to pretend to know why different towns perform differently over a particular time period.
Days on Market
Although there is a wide range, this trend seems clear. It’s taking longer for homes to sell this year than last year. And in some markets, it’s taking considerably longer. Notably, not a single market saw a decrease in days on market, year over year.
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To be clear, a statewide increase in days on market of 86% means it’s taking almost twice as long to get a home under contract than last year. To be extra clear, even with that increase, it’s still only 13 days.
Fun fact! In Q3 2015, the median days on market for the whole market of Vermont single family homes was…60.