Seven months into 2026, the national housing market is showing signs of unwinding from the pandemic-era frenzy that drained supply, pushed prices to record highs, and brought activity to a standstill. Buyers nationally have more homes to choose from than they did at the start of the year, and price growth has remained relatively modest — though affordability remains a key constraint. Trends vary sharply by region: some cities in the Midwest, Northeast, and Bay Area have grown hotter and more expensive as buyers compete over dwindling inventory, while many Sun Belt cities have cooled as buyers back off from previously overheated prices.
Here’s how California, MD — the St. Mary’s County community, not the U.S. state — is faring at the midpoint of 2026, according to Redfin Real Estate’s data.
Mid-year housing market trends: California, MD
- Median sale price: $448,196 (+6.7% year-over-year)
- Homes sold: 109 (+5.8% YoY)
- Active listings: 403 (+11.9% YoY)
- New listings: 143 (+6.7% YoY)
- Months of supply: 2.6 (+0.2 YoY)
- Median days on market: 44.5 (+4.2 days YoY)
- Share of homes delisted without selling: 3.8% (+1.3 percentage points YoY)
- Share of delistings relisted: 2.4% (+1.0 percentage points YoY)
- Share of homes sold above original list price: 30.8% (-7.9 percentage points YoY)
- Share of homes sold within two weeks: 52.2% (-2.7 percentage points YoY)
For comparison, mid-year housing market trends: Nationwide
- Median sale price: $391,879 (+1.5% YoY)
- Homes sold: 296,950 (+1.5% YoY)
- Active listings: 1,482,500 (+2.6% YoY)
- New listings: 380,227 (-0.4% YoY)
- Months of supply: 3.9 months (flat YoY)
- Median days on market: 49.5 days (+4.2 days YoY)
- Share of homes delisted without selling: 5.6% (+0.3 percentage points YoY)
- Share of delistings relisted: 2.4% (+0.3 percentage points YoY)
- Share of homes sold above original list: 21.4% (-1.6 percentage points YoY)
- Share of homes sold within two weeks: 30.8% (-1.1 percentage points YoY)
Notably, California, MD’s median sale price rose faster than the national rate (6.7% vs. 1.5%), and homes there are selling above original list price and within two weeks at roughly 1.5 to 2 times the national rate — suggesting this specific local market has stayed more competitive than the national trend overall, even as broader inventory has loosened somewhat.
Metro-level data is not seasonally adjusted and represents the average monthly median for January through June 2026. National-level data is seasonally adjusted, except for median sale price. See Redfin’s metrics definitions page for detailed explanations of each data point.
