Bucks County home shoppers gained more options in July, but fewer signed contracts.
Active listings climbed to 1,048 homes, a 13.1% increase from June, while only 623 homes went under contract, down 16.3% from the prior month, according to the Bucks County Association of Realtors' July market data reported by Patch on Saturday, Aug. 22. The figures come from Bright MLS.
Prices kept climbing. The median sold price hit $546,665 in July, up 6.1% from $515,000 in July 2025. That countywide figure falls within the Doylestown-area range of $520,000 to $680,000 that Bright MLS data showed earlier this year, while Buckingham and Furlong homes have been trading higher, roughly $620,000 to $850,000.
In all, 663 homes sold countywide in July, a 7.5% year-over-year gain. But the pace is slowing. Homes that closed spent an average of 22 days on the market, four days longer than the five-year July average of 18.
"Buyers have been asking for more choices, and we're beginning to see that in the Bucks County market," BCAR President Christy Manetta said. "At the same time, home values remain strong."
Inventory rose while contracts fell, a shift from the tight supply that defined the county market in recent years. Statewide, Pennsylvania faces a shortage of roughly 185,000 housing units through 2035, driven by more than a decade of underbuilding since the 2008 recession. The state's median home price reached $340,000 in mid-2026, well below Bucks County's figure, according to a Suburban Realtors Alliance brief published Aug. 7.
Conditions vary by neighborhood. Bucks County's median household income of approximately $114,764, second-highest in Pennsylvania, supports price levels that outpace much of the state. Buckingham is among nine county municipalities whose median incomes exceed the state's upper middle-class threshold, according to a SmartAsset analysis of Census data.
New listings totaled 737 in July. BCAR releases monthly statistics; the August report will be the next data point for whether the inventory trend holds.
