PORTSMOUTH –The monthly median sale price of a single-family home in the 13 Sample Seacoast towns has surged past the $1 million-dollar mark for the first time. The 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.

This was supposed to be a year when sales of single-family homes retreated to “normal” whatever “normal” is. Instead, the median price of a single-family home reached $1,087,500 up 25.5 percent from last year and the first time the monthly median has reached and exceeded $1 million dollars.

The three biggest sales for the month included an Exeter record $2.65 million transaction at 11 Pine Street. The biggest sale came at 433 Central Road, Rye at $3 million, a ranch with 15.84 acres. The property closed at $1.2 million below ask and will preserve most of the open space. Newington saw the other Top Three sale at 38 Shipwright Way for $2.9 million.

For the month, available inventory was up four at 100 units and sales were up 26.3 percent on 48 closings. There were no sales for less than $400,000, the same as in 2025.

Sales were up 50% on the condominium side, despite 91 available units, four less than last year. The median price of $592,500 is up 16.7 percent. There were a January record nine sales above $1 million dollars.

The three biggest sales included two transactions closing for $2,500,000 at 1215 Ocean Boulevard in Rye and 70 Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth at $2.6 million, one of three that closed in that building for more than $1.9 million.

“This is certainly a very positive way to start the new year,” said Ryan Kaplan, president of the Seacoast Board of REALTORS. “Consumers continue to demonstrate strong confidence in the value of Seacoast real estate.”