Brunswick County Market Update – May 2026 Recap
WATCH as North Carolina real estate expert, Jack Hamilton of Hamilton Realty Group, discusses the LATEST real estate housing market numbers here in Brunswick County, NC — Brunswick County Market Update — May 2026.
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2 secondsHey folks, Jack with the Hamilton Realy Group at EXP Realy and I’m coming to you live with the Brunswick County market
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10 secondsupdate for May 2026 versus May 2025.
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16 secondsAnd I have to tell you, the numbers went off the chart in May. We had the highest
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22 secondssales volume in the last five years and we had the highest amount of properties closing over a million dollars. I think
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30 secondsthe number was 92 ever. So, the numbers went off the chart. Let me go ahead and share those with you. Um, we had 950 I
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40 secondsmean 859 listings that came on the market for sale. You know, that was down about 3%. But the units sold, 645 units
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50 secondssold and closed. Average uh increase 17%. The average sales price, 538,000.
0:58
58 secondsThat was up a little bit over 11%.
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1 minute, 1 secondAnd our sales volume, 347 million. That was up 30% over last May.
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1 minute, 10 secondsSo let’s look at where we are year to date. Our new listings have been 4239.
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1 minute, 16 secondsThat’s up almost 6% for the year. We have had 2512 properties that have sold.
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1 minute, 23 secondsThat’s up 6%. We have a average sales price of 473,000 for the year. That is up 4%. And our
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1 minute, 32 secondstotal sales volume 1.25 billion. And that is up 13.18%.
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1 minute, 40 secondsSo, as you can see, the numbers were off the chart. If you don’t remember this, Brunswick County has been the fastest growing county in the state for 10
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1 minute, 49 secondsyears, and we rank number three or four in the nation. So, my message is if you’re looking to buy in Brunswick
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1 minute, 56 secondsCounty. Don’t wait. Our prices continue to go up. The sooner you buy, the sooner you’re going to start making money. So,
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2 minutes, 4 secondsthere’s the update for the county. As always, if you’re looking to buy, sell, or invest in Brunswick County, please reach out to my team or myself. We’d
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2 minutes, 12 secondslove the opportunity to have a great conversation with you. And I hope you all have a great month, and I’ll talk to you sometime in July.
