A busier spring

Harrisonburg and Rockingham County are moving into the heart of the 2026 selling season with real momentum. April brought more sales than a year ago, the spring contract pace stayed strong, and prices held steady. Here is what the numbers say heading into summer.

More homes are selling

There were 119 home sales in April 2026, a 12% increase over April 2025. That fits the pattern Scott Rogers has tracked all year: January through April of 2026 each came in above the same month a year ago. Through April, cumulative 2026 sales sit at 403, almost exactly matching 2024’s pace of 402 at the same point and well ahead of last year’s slower start of 351.

Contract activity has been strong too. April 2026 saw 145 contracts, nearly matching March’s high of 146 and well above last April’s figure of 134. Buyers are engaged, and the spring market is doing its job.

Prices are flat on the surface, rising underneath

The market-wide median sales price has held right around $345,000 for the past year, down slightly from nearly $348,000 a year ago. Read in isolation, a flat median can look like a soft market. It isn’t. The flat headline is largely a matter of what is selling, not what homes are worth.

Split the market into its two segments and the picture sharpens. Detached homes carried a twelve-month median of $395,000, up from $389,450 a year ago. Attached homes, meaning townhomes and condominiums, held a twelve-month median of $313,430, up just a smidge, about 1%, from $310,432. Detached values are edging up, attached values are essentially flat, and a growing share of the lower-priced attached segment pulls the blended median down even as individual home values hold or rise.

If you own a detached home, do not let a flat market-wide median convince you your home is worth less than a year ago. The detached data says otherwise.

Inventory is tightening again

After a stretch of inventory running ahead of the prior year, the trend has reversed. There were 170 active listings at the end of April, slightly fewer than the 176 listings at the end of last April. Buyers have a touch less to choose from than they did a year ago, which keeps gentle upward pressure under well-priced homes.

Homes are selling quickly

The median time from listing to contract sat near 9 days over the trailing twelve months, compared to 6 days a year ago. Nine days is still fast by any normal standard. It is not the multi-week frenzy of 2021, but a well-priced, well-presented home in the more active price bands is still finding a buyer quickly.

Mortgage rates

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ran about 6.30% in April. At that level, rates remain well below the peaks of recent years, and steady enough that buyers can plan around them with reasonable confidence.

The takeaway

More homes are selling, prices are flat on the surface and firmer underneath, inventory is tightening, and homes are still moving briskly. It is an active, balanced spring market. If you would like to talk through what these numbers mean for a specific property or budget, the Valley Homes Team is here to help.

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Sources: A Busier Start to 2026 in Harrisonburg Real Estate, With More Sales and Steady Prices (Scott Rogers, Funkhouser Real Estate Group); Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.