The typical home value in
Carteret
is projected to be
$527,500
for the month of
February.
January’s
finalized data reported the typical value of a home in the
city
to be
$525,000—up
2.94%
over the previous 12 months.
For comparison,
county-level
data pegged home values at
$520,000
in
Middlesex County
for the most recent reporting period.
That number is expected to float around
$515,000
in
February.
Carteret
had
10
new listings and
13
listings that went under contract in
January,
decreasing
the area’s total available inventory to
44—down
8.33%
from the previous month. Inventory is projected to have further
decreased
in
February.
Of those
44
active listings,
6.82%
reduced their price in the month of
January.
The median listing price for homes in
Carteret
fell
11.74%
from
December
to
January,
bringing the current median listing price to
$507,500.
Based on projected data for
February,
listing prices may continue to
fall.
The number of days that homes have been on the market prior to going under contract
fell
year-over-year. In
January 2026,
the median time for a listed property to go pending was
104
days, compared to
117
days in
January 2025.
In recent months the median number of days from listed to pending appears to be steady.
That trend is predicted to have carried through to this
February.
