December 2025
RECORDS FALL DESPITE MODEST MONTH FOR SEACOAST REAL ESTATE SALES
PORTSMOUTH, NH- While December closed with modest sales volumes for both single family and condominiums, the month produced three new records and a hefty jump in available units for sale. This news came in statistics just released by the Seacoast Board of REALTORS.
The 13 Sample Seacoast Towns are Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, North Hampton, Newmarket, Portsmouth, Rye, Seabrook, and Stratham.
December single-family sales generated a new December sales record for $1 million-plus transactions despite a 4 percent drop in sales from last year. The monthly median sale price of $740,000 was off 4.5 percent from 2024. The month offered the most active units for December since 2019, up 26.4% from last year.
The biggest sale for the month was also one of the biggest for the year. The 4, 344 s.f. residence at 23 Straws Point Road, Rye—home to several record sales in the past—closed December 1st for $5 million or $1.9 million under ask. The transaction ranks in the year’s top five biggest sales.
The year closes with total sales volume flat, up .6 percent on 772 sales, while the median sale price for 2025 was $849,900, up 6.2% from 2024.
The condominium market opened with most active listings for December since 2018, up 33 percent from last year. But the month still logged a modest 49 closings, three less than last year. Still, there was an all-time monthly record 14 $1 million-dollar-plus sales which drove up the monthly median sale price to an all-time monthly record $730,000.
The top three condominium sales were all in Portsmouth at 70 Maplewood Avenue, all selling between $2.4 and $2.6 million dollars.
The year closes with 602 sales, one more than last year, and a 12-month median sale price of $580,750, also the same as last year, up .1 percent.
“Despite a slow-down in activity, sales prices continue to trend upwards,” said Ryan Kaplan, new president of the Seacoast Board of REALTORS. “Buyers will certainly have more choices in the new year, but affordability at all price points remains a big issue.”