St. Johns County’s housing market showed a notable slowdown in December 2025, with just 414 new listings coming on the market.
This is roughly 25 to 40% below the typical December range of 550 to 700 and marks the lowest monthly inflow of new listings in at least July 2016, the earliest data available from Realtor.com.
Overall active inventory — the total number of homes for sale — dipped slightly, from 2,326 in December 2024 to 2,249 in 2025.
While this represents the first year-over-year decline since 2021, total stock remains well above the pandemic-era low of 580 listings in 2021 and below the pre-pandemic peak of 2,726 in 2018, the numbers show.
The modest inventory decline underscores that the market is tightening gradually.
Sales activity also slowed in December. Only 528 homes transacted, the fewest for the month since 2016, down from a pandemic high of 851 in December 2020.
Homes spent longer on the market, averaging 90 days, the longest December stretch since at least 2017.
Meanwhile, the median listing price slipped slightly to $528,659, below pandemic peaks but still relatively stable.
The combination of historically low new listings and steady but limited inventory suggests a market in a standoff.
Many homeowners, particularly those with low mortgage rates from the pandemic era, are hesitant to sell, while buyers are constrained by higher interest rates, limiting their ability to meet prices set during the 2023–24 peak.
