2026 May and Year-To-Date Flagler Co. Real Estate Report

PALM COAST, FL – June 14, 2026 – Here is the May and year-to-date Flagler Co. Real Estate Report. Despite mostly negative messages from news outlets and social media, the local housing market continues to show resilience. The most often cited market measurement, median price, has wandered sideways post-COVID. Other traditional metrics: homes sold, price per square foot, days-on-market (DOM), and total sales volume all point to a positive or neutral market.

May MLS Flagler County Home Sales Map

The map is layered by selling price. This highlights the effect location has on home values.

• Click on the drop-down address list or the map pin to find the selling price, address, living square footage, price per square foot, and subdivision name.
• Zoom in and out. The full-screen view is best.

May Sales Data 2025 vs 2026

	2025	2026
	May	May	% Change
Homes Sold	245	268	9.4%
Median Price	$360,000	$380,495	5.7%
$/SF	$213.18	$203.11	-4.7%
DOM	65	55	-15.4%
<$250K	10	10	0.0%
$/SF	$172.86	$170.15	-1.6%
DOM	44	63	43.2%
$250K-$499K	245	187	-23.7%
$/SF	193.22	192.04	-0.6%
DOM	65	57	-12.3%
$500K-$999K	45	54	20.0%
$/SF	$261.86	$246.96	-5.7%
DOM	77	41	-46.8%
≥$1M	15	17	13.3%
$/SF	$394.44	$377.45	-4.3%
DOM	45	79	75.6%
Total Sales	$113,729,633	$133,115,576	17.0%

January through May Sales Data 2025 vs 2026

	Jan-May	Jan-May	% Change
Homes Sold	1096	1233	12.5%
Median Price	$365,000	$372,000	1.9%
$/SF	$197.16	$196.20	-0.5%
DOM	64	58	-9.4%
<$250K	43	55	27.9%
$/SF	$162.72	$167.81	3.1%
DOM	19	33	73.7%
$250K-$499K	805	879	9.2%
$/SF	188.27	188.9	0.3%
DOM	67	60	-10.4%
$500K-$999K	132	237	79.5%
$/SF	$309.01	$268.35	-13.2%
DOM	83	61	-26.5%
≥$1M	66	62	-6.1%
$/SF	$399.45	$405.76	1.6%
DOM	34	46	35.3%
Total Sales	$516,751,169	$584,340,700	13.1%

Key YTD Highlights

The number of homes sold increased 12.5%

Total sales volume was the highest ever for January – May.

DOM has dropped 9,4%.

Single-family building permits are 12.4% lower this year. This is not “unbridled growth.”

Listings of SFR homes in Flagler County have declined by 18.4%, belying the claim that the market is glutted with listings.

Foreclosure numbers have increased from lows that coincided with low interest rates. The increases are relatively small but deserve mention and warrant watching. But the mortgage buyer ecosystem has changed.

Lending standards are stricter, Overall homeowner equity has grown substantially. From a local perspective, new foreclosure filings for the first five months of 2026 are 780% below the same five months of 2012, when Flagler’s population was roughly 69% of today’s population. Some alarmists will point out that new Flagler County foreclosure filings are up 59.5% from one year ago. They will likely neglect to note that filings are down

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Bonus Map – Over 170 Flagler Co. Subdivisions and Developments