July closed the year's biggest month by dollars — and its most accurately priced.
Twenty-five sales closed for $117,077,800 in July, more than any other month in 2026, on 21 home sales and four lots. A year ago, July 2025 did 37 sales for $127,468,000 — nearly the same money on two-thirds the transactions. Homes that closed captured 97.63% of their last asking price, the strongest figure of any month this year — even as 37 listings changed price in the same 31 days, more than double June's 16. Read together, that's one mechanism working from both ends: near-full price for a house priced to what the island is actually trading at, and revision for everything else. (Weighing a listing of your own? The seller's guide covers pricing and timing.)
Inventory is building for the first time all year. Inventory climbed from 169 to 178 properties in July — the fifth straight month up, and the most Nantucket has carried in 2026 — though still a fifth below last July's 223. Fifty-seven new listings arrived, 27% more than a year ago — the fifty residential ones at a median ask of $5,845,000, against the $3,305,000 median home that actually closed: the negotiation of the next several months, written down in advance. The headline sale was 36 Easton Street on Brant Point at $25,000,000, against a $28,500,000 ask; land had a strong month too, led by 27 Nonantum Avenue in Surfside at $12,900,000 — full asking price. Year to date, the island has recorded 136 sales for $559.3 million, against 185 sales for $647.5 million a year ago — a thin market, not a falling one. Source: LINK Nantucket, Sales History and Year-to-Date Sales Summary, July 2026.
Put the median that sold next to what's being asked, and the shape of the next few months is already written down.
Five straight months of growth, and July carried more listings than any month this year. It is also still a fifth thinner than last summer.
Land moved on fewer deals than a year ago, but at meaningfully higher prices. Commercial recorded zero July sales — the thinnest slice on the island.
The island-wide median tells you less than where the individual sales actually land. Here is every July home sale sorted into price bands — and the full table of recorded sales, address by address, updated monthly.
Every number the charts above are built on, laid out plainly so it can be checked, quoted, and compared month to month. Each line says exactly what it counts, prices are as LINK recorded them, and the data runs through .
| Measure | July 2026 | July 2025 | Change | LINK report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales closed, all property types | 25 | 37 | −32.4% | YTD Sales Summary |
| Dollar volume, all property types | $117,077,800 | $127,468,000 | −8.2% | Sales History a |
| Home sales closed | 21 | 24 | −12.5% | YTD Sales Summary |
| Median home sale price | $3,305,000 | $2,693,000 | +22.7% | YTD Sales Summary a |
| Average home sale price | $4,575,333 | $3,455,000 | +32.4% | Market Snapshot a |
| Homes: share of asking price captured | 97.63% | — | — | YTD Sales Summary c |
| Land parcels sold | 4 | 10 | −60.0% | YTD Sales Summary |
| Median land sale price | $3,285,400 | $1,850,000 | +77.6% | Market Snapshot a |
| Active listings at month-end, all property types | 178 | 223 | −20.2% | Inventory Activity |
| New listings, all property types | 57 | 45 | +26.7% | Inventory Activity |
| Listings with a price change | 37 | 52 | −28.8% | Inventory Activity |
| Listings returned to market | 9 | 3 | +200.0% | Inventory Activity |
| Listings taken off market | 11 | 18 | −38.9% | Inventory Activity |
| Measure | 2026 YTD | 2025 YTD | Change | LINK report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales closed, all property types | 136 | 185 | −26.5% | YTD Sales Summary |
| Dollar volume, all property types | $559,340,000 | $647,545,000 | −13.6% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Median sale price, all property types | $3,088,000 | $3,150,000 | −2.0% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Average sale price, all property types | $4,113,000 | $3,500,000 | +17.5% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Home sales closed | 110 | 134 | −17.9% | YTD Sales Summary |
| Dollar volume, homes | $497,073,000 | $501,784,000 | −0.9% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Median home sale price | $3,478,000 | $3,300,000 | +5.4% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Average home sale price | $4,519,000 | $3,745,000 | +20.7% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Homes: share of asking price captured | 95.16% | — | — | YTD Sales Summary c |
| Land parcels sold | 21 | 35 | −40.0% | YTD Sales Summary |
| Median land sale price | $1,495,000 | $2,000,000 | −25.2% | YTD Sales Summary b |
| Segment | Active listings | Median asking price | New listings in July | Median asking, new listings | Absorption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 157 | $5,449,000 | 50 | $5,845,000 | 11 months |
| Land | 10 | $3,547,500 | 4 | $1,899,500 | 3 months |
| Commercial | 11 | $6,995,000 | 3 | $4,950,000 | 11 months |
Cite as: The Kalman Co., Nantucket Real Estate Market Report, data through July 31, 2026, from LINK Nantucket MLS — thekalmanco.com/market-report. A machine-readable copy of these figures lives at /market-report.json. The underlying LINK reports are the 2026 Year-to-Date Sales Summary by Month (run August 4, 2026) and the July 2026 Inventory Activity, Market Snapshot and Sales History.
The median single-family home sale on Nantucket was $3,305,000 in July 2026, up 22.7% from $2,693,000 in July 2025; year to date through July 31, 2026, the median home sale is $3,478,000, up 5.4% across 110 home sales, according to LINK MLS data. One month never tells the whole story — medians move with the mix of what sold — but Nantucket consistently trades among the most expensive housing markets in Massachusetts.
It's tight but negotiable. July 2026 home sales captured 97.63% of asking price — the strongest month of the year — while inventory reached a 2026 high of 178 active listings, still 20% below last July. Sellers hold the pricing advantage; buyers finally have more to choose from.
Through July 31, 2026, Nantucket recorded 136 sales across all property types (110 of them single-family homes) totaling $559.3 million, compared with 185 sales for $647.5 million over the same period in 2025. A typical year sees a few hundred transactions island-wide — a thin market where individual sales can move the monthly numbers.
Four parcels traded in July 2026 at a median of $3.29 million — up 77.6% from a year earlier on far fewer sales. The month's largest land trade, 27 Nonantum Avenue in Surfside, closed at $12.9 million, full asking price. Fewer deals, each carrying more weight.
Monthly. Every figure comes from LINK, Nantucket's MLS, via its monthly sales history, inventory activity, and year-to-date reports. The current edition reflects data through July 31, 2026. Quarterly deep-dives and the annual report are archived on this site as they publish.
Sean Kalman is a sixth-generation Nantucket islander and the founder of The Kalman Co., brokered by eXp Realty. All market data in this report is drawn from LINK Nantucket, the island's MLS. LINK and its members disclaim errors and omissions related to the content of these reports.