A Market Moving Forward - With Greater Choice, Discipline and Strategy

The second quarter of 2026 brought encouraging signs of renewed activity across Florida’s housing market, while Volusia County continued to reflect the more deliberate conditions today’s buyers, sellers and real estate professionals have come to expect.

The clearest description of the current market may be:

Active, but selective.

Buyers are participating. Sales activity has improved statewide. Yet affordability, mortgage rates, property condition, insurance expenses and community-specific costs continue to shape individual decisions. This is not one uniform market. It is a collection of local markets influenced by property type, location, price point and monthly carrying costs.

Florida Realtors reported that closed sales increased year over year during the second quarter of 2026 in both major residential categories.

Statewide, 75,080 existing single-family homes closed during Q2, an increase of 4.1% compared with the second quarter of 2025. Existing condo and townhouse sales totaled 27,101, increasing 9% year over year.

June ended the quarter with particularly strong annual comparisons. Florida recorded 26,036 single-family closings, up 9.3% from June 2025, while 8,900 condo and townhouse properties closed, representing a 14% increase. Florida Realtors cautioned, however, that June 2025 was a comparatively weak sales month, which makes context important when interpreting the percentage gains. The takeaway is encouraging but measured: buyers are returning to the market when they recognize the right combination of property, price and opportunity.

Statewide Pricing Remained Relatively Stable

Florida’s Q2 median sales price for existing single-family homes was $425,000, up 2.4% from the same quarter in 2025.

The statewide condo and townhouse median was $310,000, unchanged from one year earlier. These figures do not suggest another period of rapid, pandemic-era appreciation. Instead, they point toward pricing that is holding relatively steady overall while individual communities and property types move at different speeds.

Florida Realtors described current pricing as remaining near the elevated level established beginning in 2022, with moderate changes occurring from month to month and year to year. 

The Volusia County Listing Market

Publicly available county-level listing data shows that Volusia County entered Q2 with substantial buyer choice, although active inventory declined modestly as the quarter progressed.

Active listings measured:

• 4,305 in April

• 4,253 in May

• 4,211 in June

That pattern supports a description of the local asking-price environment as generally stable during Q2. It should not, however, be confused with the median price of homes that actually closed.

Sellers Must Compete for Buyer Attention

More available choices allow buyers to compare condition, location, upgrades, insurance considerations and monthly costs before committing.

For sellers, this makes proper positioning essential.

A home’s asking price must be supported by its condition and the most relevant local comparable sales. Professional presentation remains important, but marketing alone cannot overcome a price that is out of alignment with competing inventory.

Florida Realtors similarly advised that conditions vary considerably by community, price point and property type. Sellers were encouraged to price and prepare carefully, while buyers were urged to understand their available choices and negotiating opportunities. 

Today’s market does not necessarily reject a property.

It often rejects the relationship between the property, its condition and its price.

Single-Family and Condo Markets Require Separate Analysis

Statewide supply measurements show why broad market descriptions can be misleading.

Florida ended Q2 with a 4.5-month supply of existing single-family homes, compared with an 8.1-month supply of condo and townhouse properties. 

That difference indicates a more competitive supply environment for single-family properties and substantially more available inventory in the condo and townhouse category statewide.

For Greater Daytona Beach and Volusia County, condo analysis must therefore extend beyond square footage and ocean or river views. Buyers may also examine association fees, reserve funding, insurance, pending assessments, building maintenance and financing eligibility.

These factors can differ significantly from one building to another, reinforcing the importance of property-specific and association-specific research.

• Mortgage Rates Remained in the Mid-6% Range

• Mortgage rates continued to influence affordability throughout Q2.

• Freddie Mac’s weekly survey recorded the average 30-year fixed mortgage at 6.48% on June 4, 6.52% on June 11, 6.47% on June 18 and 6.49% on June 25. 

This consistency gave buyers a more predictable financing environment, but rates remained high enough to make monthly payment calculations central to purchase decisions.

In this environment, buyers may benefit from reviewing more than the advertised rate alone. Loan structure, seller-paid concessions, available credits, down-payment strategy and the total monthly ownership cost can all affect affordability.

A Market of Micro-Trends

Perhaps the most important lesson from Q2 is that neither statewide figures nor countywide averages tell the complete story.

A renovated single-family home in a sought-after neighborhood may perform very differently from a property requiring extensive work.

A well-managed condominium with strong reserves may experience different demand from another building facing rising assessments or financing limitations.

A home priced below the county median may attract a different buyer pool from a coastal luxury property.

Sources: Florida Realtors Research Department; Daytona Beach REALTORS® Market Updates; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey; Realtor.com housing inventory data retrieved through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Daytona Beach REALTORS® publishes monthly local reports compiled from its MLS and Florida Realtors data.