{"id":119098,"date":"2026-02-20T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119098\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:53:15","slug":"pennsylvania-home-sales-and-prices-fell-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119098\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Home Sales and Prices Fell in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">LEMOYNE, Pa., Feb. 20, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Spurred by piles of snow and colder-than-usual temperatures, the Pennsylvania housing market saw a drop in both home sales and prices in January, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parealtors.org\/housing-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:housing report prepared for the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors\u00ae;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">housing report prepared for the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors\u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/266097\/pennsylvania_association_of_realtors_logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/52ae9edfef72bc09c696b3b98dc86bcd.jpeg\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Association of Realtors\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"191\" width=\"400\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/><\/a> Pennsylvania Association of Realtors      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Home sales decreased to 4,560 in January, down 45% from December 2025 and down nearly 36% year-over-year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">&#8220;Severe weather has helped dampen activity, delaying showings, slowing construction and discouraging buyers from entering the market last month,&#8221; said PAR&#8217;s 2026 President David Dean, a Realtor\u00ae with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services in the Pittsburgh region. &#8220;The slowing of sales in the commonwealth reflects broader patterns experienced across the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The median sales price dropped for the second month in a row to $265,000. The median price was about 8.5% lower than $289,900 in December and down 3.7% compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The number of listings rose month to month in January to 32,212, up just over 5% from to December. Listings were down about 3% compared to January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">&#8220;Today&#8217;s market reflects a more measured pace compared to the rapid activity we&#8217;ve seen in recent years,&#8221; Dean added. &#8220;Working with a Realtor\u00ae can help both homebuyers and sellers navigate these changing market conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parealtors.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pennsylvania Association of Realtors\u00ae;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pennsylvania Association of Realtors\u00ae<\/a> is a trade\/professional association that serves more than 38,000 members in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Cision\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"12\" width=\"12\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/> Cision      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">View original content to download multimedia:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pennsylvania-home-sales-and-prices-fell-in-january-302693606.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pennsylvania-home-sales-and-prices-fell-in-january-302693606.html;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pennsylvania-home-sales-and-prices-fell-in-january-302693606.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEMOYNE, Pa., Feb. 20, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Spurred by piles of snow and colder-than-usual temperatures, the Pennsylvania housing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[45565,45564,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-119098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-david-dean","tag-howard-hanna-real-estate-services","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}