Greater Cincinnati Housing Market Update: July 2026

The Metro at a Glance

July did not cool off. Not the way summer usually does. Buyers were still shopping and the number of new listings went up. Buyers quickly purchased the additional inventory so the market balance stayed roughly the same.

Single family homes closed 1,622 sales across the four county metro in July, up 5.9 percent from last July. Year to date, that is 9,244 closings, up 3.1 percent. The median sold price hit $350,000 for the month, up 2.0 percent, and the year to date median sits at $340,000, up 4.6 percent.

Sellers did not sit on their hands either. New listings came in at 2,263, up 7.7 percent for the month.

So where did all those homes go? Simply put, buyers bought them!

Eight days, that was the median time a single family home spent on the market in July. Active inventory ended the month at 2,595 homes, up a slim 2.7 percent year over year. More listings arrived, and buyers gobbled em up, keeping inventory steady.

Run the math and you get roughly 1.6 months of supply, solidly a seller's market. Months of inventory is a calculation of how long it would take to sell through the current inventory if no more listings came on the market. Anything faster than six months of inventory is considered a seller's market. So July was for the sellers!

Condos moved at their own pace. 229 sold in July, up 11.2 percent, bringing the year to date total to 1,367, up 2.4 percent. The median condo sold price reached a year to date median price of $240,000, up 6.4 percent. Condo inventory grew faster than any other segment, up 21.7 percent to 611 units, which works out to about 2.7 months of supply. So slightly softer than single family homes but solidly a seller's market. Condos are taking on average twice as long to sell as single family homes with about 15 days on market.

Translation: if you are shopping condos, you finally have a little room to think. If you are shopping single family, you do not.

What these zoomed out numbers don't show is that while by the numbers we are in a seller's market, buyers still feel like they can be choosey. These numbers are averages for the greater Cincinnati area. If you zoom in to specific neighborhoods you'll see that the most in demand areas are propping up the numbers for less hot neighborhoods. Zoom in a little bit more and you'll see that it is the well prepared, well priced listings that are selling in under a week. We are NOT in so hot of a seller's market that you don't have to be strategic with your price and listing prep.

County by County

Hamilton County

Hamilton carried the largest share of the metro's activity. Single family homes closed 793 sales in July, up 5.3 percent, with 4,580 year to date, up 1.8 percent. The median single family sold price came in at $328,000, up 4.1 percent for the month, and the year to date median reached $307,125, up 6.6 percent. Homes sold in a median of 9 days.

Supply and demand show that Hamilton County is still the hottest of the surrounding counties. Active single family inventory actually fell 3.1 percent to 1,338 homes, the only decline among the four counties, even as 1,094 new listings hit the market. That is roughly 1.7 months of supply.

Condos went the other direction. 108 sold in July, down 3.6 percent, with 673 year to date, down 8.2 percent. The median condo sold price was $220,000, down 4.9 percent for the month, and $225,000 year to date, down 1.1 percent. Condo inventory rose 4.2 percent to 296 units, about 2.7 months of supply, and condos took a median of 17 days to sell.

Two slightly different markets within one county. Both are still seller's markets but condos, as is often the case, are slightly less hot.

Butler County

Butler closed 409 sales in July, up 5.1 percent, though the year to date total of 2,251 is down 1.4 percent. The median sold price was $330,000, down 2.7 percent for the month, while the year to date median climbed to $318,500, up 3.2 percent. Homes sold in a median of 11 days.

Active inventory rose 6.7 percent to 575 homes against 527 new listings, which pencils out to roughly 1.4 months of supply, the tightest in the metro. Butler County had the lowest level of supply in the metro area in July!

Warren County

Warren remains the metro's highest price point. The median sold price was $407,500 in July, down 3.2 percent, with a year to date median of $405,000, down 2.1 percent. Units sold reached 274, up 5.4 percent, and the year to date figure of 1,588 is up 13.4 percent, the strongest volume growth of any county.

Warren also moved fastest: a median of 7 days, flat with last year. Active inventory rose 15.8 percent to 535 homes on 460 new listings, about 2.0 months of supply. Slightly more inventory to choose from than other parts of the metro area, slightly softening the area of town with the highest home prices.

Clermont County

Clermont had the loudest July of the four. Units sold jumped 19.7 percent to 267, with 1,519 year to date, up 9.3 percent. The median sold price rose 5.8 percent to $331,000, and the year to date median is $335,000, up 4.7 percent. Homes sold in a median of 8 days, flat year over year.

Inventory is building here too. Active listings rose 27.6 percent to 462, the sharpest jump in the metro, on 366 new listings. That is roughly 1.7 months of supply. Rising prices, rising volume, and more homes to choose from.

If you want a DEEP DIVE on what is driving the Clermont County market, shoot me an email!

How the Counties Compare

Four counties, four slightly different stories, all inside the same metro.

Warren sits at the top of the price ladder by a wide margin, yet its median softened for both the month and the year to date. Clermont did the opposite: prices up, sales up sharply, and inventory up! Hamilton is the volume engine and the only county where standing inventory shrank. Butler landed in the middle on price with the leanest supply of the group, even as its year to date sales count slipped.

Pace is where they converge. Warren at 7 days, Clermont at 8, Hamilton single family at 9, Butler at 11. Every county in the metro is clearing homes in under two weeks.

Condos are the one segment softening, but don't panic. In all four counties condos are still selling quickly.

What This Means for You

If you are buying: You have more listings to look at than you did a year ago, especially in Clermont and Warren, and especially in condos. What you do not have is time. At a median of 7 to 11 days, the homes worth seeing are gone in a week. Get pre-approved so you are able to act quickly and start looking before you NEED to so you have time to find the right home for you.

If you are selling: Supply is running near 1.4 to 2.0 months across the counties, solidly a seller's market across all counties and property types. But more competition arrived this summer, and buyers are being selective about price. Don't let the words "seller's market" fool you. Homes priced to sell are moving in days. Homes that reached on price or didn't do everything they could to prepare for market are aging on market. To sell in under a week for a strong price, you need to have a plan and be realistic. Call me to build the plan to sell your home!

Every neighborhood runs its own race inside these numbers. If you want to know what July looked like on your street, reach out and shoot me an email! I can add you to the list of people I send custom monthly market reports to.

Source: Domus Analytics. Data updated 08/17/26. Report generated 08/18/26.
Greater Cincinnati Metro reflects Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties. Hamilton County figures are reported separately for single family homes and condos. Butler, Warren and Clermont county figures are SFR + Condo combined. Months of supply is an estimate calculated as active inventory divided by units sold. Percent change compares to the same month in the prior year.
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