{"id":10718,"date":"2026-01-23T15:13:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:13:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:13:55","slug":"manatee-county-single-family-home-market-update-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/2026\/01\/23\/manatee-county-single-family-home-market-update-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Manatee County Single-Family Home Market Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The December 2025 single-family home market in Manatee County shows modest cooling compared with a year earlier. Closed sales fell to 612, a 5.6% decline year-over-year, while median sale price remained essentially flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supply and market composition shifted slightly toward more choices for buyers. Active inventory rose to 2,687, up 6.7%, and new listings dipped marginally to 724 (down 1.5%), indicating more homes were available overall even as fresh supply slowed a touch. Cash sales made up 30.2% of closed transactions, a small decline from 31.5% a year ago, and new pending sales edged down 1.6% to 493, pointing to slightly softer buyer urgency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Bottom-line takeaways: the market appears to be stable rather than swinging strongly in either direction. Sellers should expect a more measured pace of offers and may need competitive pricing or staging to stand out, while buyers benefit from increased inventory and a modest reduction in cash-buyer dominance. Monitoring upcoming months for seasonal shifts or interest-rate impacts will clarify whether this stability turns into a longer-term trend. The infographic below from Florida Realtors contains more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The December 2025 single-family home market in Manatee County shows modest cooling compared with a year earlier. Closed sales fell to 612, a 5.6% decline year-over-year, while median sale price remained essentially flat. Supply and market composition shifted slightly toward more choices for buyers. Active inventory rose to 2,687, up 6.7%, and new listings dipped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,26,1],"tags":[7,12,13,9,16,15,20,19],"class_list":["post-10718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-buying","category-home-selling","category-real-estate","tag-bradenton","tag-home-buying","tag-home-selling","tag-lakewood-ranch","tag-manatee-county","tag-real-estate","tag-real-estate-agent","tag-realtor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10720,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718\/revisions\/10720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}