Connecticut Real Estate Market Outlook: Year-End Housing Trends for 2025
As 2025 came to a close, the Connecticut real estate market showed clear signs of transition. An analysis of market activity from October through December 2025 reveals a housing market shaped by slowing listing and sales volume, continued price appreciation, and evolving buyer behavior. Together, these trends reflect a market adjusting to affordability pressures while remaining supported by limited housing inventory across much of the state.
Market Snapshot - December 2025
Across Connecticut, closed sales dipped modestly in December 2025 compared to December 2024. Despite fewer transactions, pricing continued to rise across the state, with median list and sold prices increasing for Connecticut as a whole, as well as for Litchfield and New Haven Counties, this month compared to last year. Fairfield County, however, experienced a clearer cooling trend with a decrease in the number of sales, prices edging down slightly, and the number of days on market increasing. Here is a summary of the market conditions in the State and in Litchfield, Fairfield, and New Haven Counties for December 2025.
Market Snapshot - November 2025
Connecticut’s housing market in November 2025 reflected a pronounced slowdown in transaction volume alongside continued price appreciation, pointing to a market driven more by limited inventory and selective buyer demand than broad-based activity. Price gains were evident across the state and in Litchfield, Fairfield, and New Haven Counties, even as sales activity softened. Here is a summary of the market conditions in the State and in Litchfield, Fairfield, and New Haven Counties for November 2025.
Market Snapshot - October 2025
Connecticut’s housing market in October 2025 continued to show price strength amid mixed sales activity, reflecting a market adjusting to affordability pressures while remaining constrained by limited inventory. Across most regions, prices moved higher year over year, even as transaction volume varied by county and buyers took slightly more time to make decisions. Price gains were evident across the state and in Litchfield, Fairfield, and New Haven Counties. Here is a summary of the market conditions* in the State and in Litchfield, Fairfield, and New Haven Counties for November 2025.