Clay County Florida Housing Market Report April 2026: Prices Rise While Homes Take Longer to Sell
This report is for single family homes in Clay County for the towns of Fleming Island, Orange Park, Green Cove Springs and Middleburg.
This is a tough market still, but nothing in the stats indicate a crash. We can only compare today to the past market crash, but they are not the same. Many home owners are sitting on their homes, because they bought in that 2020-mid 2022 time frame where their rates were super low. That will cause the inventory levels to stay lower. There was a proposal to have mortgage rates to be portable and taken to the next property. So, that would mean a seller who has a 3% mortgage on their current home, could sell and buy one keeping that same rate. Canada does a variation of this program, but it is not legal here. As a home owner with a low rate, it sounds really good to me, but it will only increase the inventory levels if the owner is moving out of Florida. If they are staying in the area, it’s just a trade. They sell their current house, then buy another one.
Trying to manipulate the supply and demand based on these various housing programs seems to be positive steps, but really it seems that only a crash like the crash of 2008 can help. Although writing help doesn’t seem positive to the owner’s who would lose equity. It just proves that manipulation that is not the natural ebb and flow has consequences that are not easily fixed.
The latest mortgage rates can be found at Mortgage Daily News. So when you see them they are in real time and do not reflect the April 2026 timeline. Just to give you a rough idea on payment, if the median sales price is $365,250, with 10% down and a rate of 6.66%, you are looking at a payment around $1,704 per month. This payment is just principal and interest, without taxes and insurance. Conventional loan.
What This Means If You’re Buying Right Now
It means there’s no crash coming if things continue as is. Sellers are discounting around 5% from their original list price, so that represents a reason the days on the market are longer. They are shooting for a higher price, wait it out some, then lower the price. If you want to know what you can actually get in today’s market, I can break that down for you, just message me:
What This Means If You’re Selling
You still need to price your home in a competitive way if you’re wanting to sell quickly. There are less homes on the market, so that’s a good thing for sellers. Take advantage of that by making sure your home looks amazing. I can show you exactly where your home would fall in today’s market. Click:
Median Sales Price: Looking at sold homes it means that half the homes that sold were more than 365,250 and the other half were less than 365,250.
Month’s Inventory: Based on the number of actives and homes that have sold it would take 3.15 months to sell the active homes, if no other homes came on the market. How to determine what type of market we are experiencing:
Buyers’ Market: More than 7 months of Inventory
Balanced Market: From 5-7 months of Inventory
Sellers’ Market: Less than 5 months of inventory
Average Days on the Market: This is the average based on the time the house came on the market until is went under contract.
Original List Price to Sales Price: This is the percentage of what the home sold for compared to what it was originally listed for. Not what it was listed for at the time it went under contract.
I’m Pam Graham, a Northeast Florida real estate consultant, which includes Jacksonville, Clay & St John’s Counties. I break down the market in layman’s terms so you can make smart decisions—whether you’re buying, selling, or just keeping an eye on what’s happening.
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