May Home Sales On The NH Seacoast Rise As Single-Family Median Price Reaches $942K

PORTSMOUTH, NH — Single-family home sales across 13 Seacoast communities posted their strongest month of 2026 in May, according to statistics released by the Seacoast Board of Realtors.

The board reported 76 single-family sales for the month, which was the best May since 2022 and 7 percent ahead of the same month last year. The 13 sample towns are Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, North Hampton, Newmarket, Portsmouth, Rye, Seabrook, and Stratham.

Month’s end also brought the highest number of active single-family listings so far this year, with 162 homes on the market.

That figure was down 7.4 percent from 2025.

For the fourth straight month, the median single-family sale price increased, reaching $942,500, up 7.4 percent.

“May was a classic, old-fashioned spring real estate month for the Seacoast,” Seacoast Board of Realtors President Ryan Kaplan said. “Buyers are out in force and the outlook for June remains equally positive.”

The market also set a May record for $1 million-plus single-family sales, with 36 transactions. The largest sale was at 55 Shipwright Way in Newington, which closed at $3,929,356 at full price. That sale was one of five May transactions that topped $3 million.

For the first five months of 2026, single-family sales volume was nearly flat, up 0.8 percent, according to the statistics. The median sale price for that period was $862,500, up 1.5 percent.

Condominium sales also picked up in May. The board reported 74 units sold, the most for any May since 2021. Inventory reached 130 available units by the end of the month, the highest May total since 2020.

Still, the condo median price moved lower. The monthly median dropped $65,400 from April to $529,500, which was down 10.6 percent from a year earlier. For the year, condominium sales were up 20.5 percent, while the median sales price was down 5.3 percent to $545,000.

The top condo sale in May was at 70 Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth, where a three-bedroom, three-bath unit with 2,614 square feet sold for $2.65 million at full price. It narrowly surpassed the month’s only other condo sale above $2 million, at 1215 Ocean Boulevard in Rye, which closed at $2.5 million or $95,000 less than full price.