Essex County, MA Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses (Realtor)

Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the active listing count of houses in Essex County, MA in February 2026 was 469. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.0903%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.1413%.

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The chart below shows the trend of active listing count in Essex County, MA. The table below shows the trend, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes.

Data Source: Realtor.
Essex County, MA Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Essex County, MA Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
1 – 10 of 116
Month Active Listing Count MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 1956
Sep 2016 1938
Oct 2016 1967
Nov 2016 2008
Dec 2016 1790
Jan 2017 1391
Feb 2017 1202
Mar 2017 1145
Apr 2017 1212
May 2017 1275
Jun 2017 1514
Jul 2017 1693
Aug 2017 1717 0.0145 -0.1222
Sep 2017 1645 -0.0422 -0.1512
Oct 2017 1706 0.0374 -0.1327
Nov 2017 1703 -0.0018 -0.1519
Dec 2017 1516 -0.1101 -0.1534
Jan 2018 1168 -0.2293 -0.1603
Feb 2018 956 -0.1815 -0.2047
Mar 2018 915 -0.0434 -0.201
Apr 2018 983 0.0749 -0.1886
May 2018 1149 0.1689 -0.0988
Jun 2018 1324 0.1523 -0.1255
Jul 2018 1585 0.1971 -0.0635
Aug 2018 1665 0.0505 -0.0303
Sep 2018 1692 0.0159 0.0286
Oct 2018 1837 0.086 0.0768
Nov 2018 1886 0.0264 0.1072
Dec 2018 1792 -0.0496 0.1824
Jan 2019 1406 -0.2154 0.2038
Feb 2019 1169 -0.1686 0.2228
Mar 2019 1129 -0.0342 0.2346
Apr 2019 1216 0.0771 0.237
May 2019 1300 0.0691 0.1314
Jun 2019 1505 0.1577 0.1367
Jul 2019 1642 0.091 0.036
Aug 2019 1546 -0.0585 -0.0715
Sep 2019 1543 -0.0019 -0.0878
Oct 2019 1546 0.0016 -0.1587
Nov 2019 1554 0.0052 -0.1761
Dec 2019 1381 -0.111 -0.2294
Jan 2020 1022 -0.26 -0.2731
Feb 2020 832 -0.1859 -0.2883
Mar 2020 796 -0.0433 -0.295
Apr 2020 901 0.1313 -0.2595
May 2020 898 -0.0033 -0.3096
Jun 2020 978 0.0897 -0.3502
Jul 2020 1044 0.067 -0.3645
Aug 2020 907 -0.1313 -0.4136
Sep 2020 852 -0.0601 -0.4478
Oct 2020 884 0.0376 -0.428
Nov 2020 906 0.0249 -0.4168
Dec 2020 732 -0.1926 -0.4703
Jan 2021 538 -0.2652 -0.4741
Feb 2021 410 -0.2372 -0.5072
Mar 2021 407 -0.0085 -0.4893
Apr 2021 465 0.1439 -0.4836
May 2021 476 0.0237 -0.4696
Jun 2021 507 0.0651 -0.4816
Jul 2021 649 0.2801 -0.3781
Aug 2021 639 -0.0154 -0.2951
Sep 2021 695 0.0876 -0.1843
Oct 2021 736 0.0583 -0.168
Nov 2021 678 -0.0782 -0.2517
Dec 2021 566 -0.1652 -0.2262
Jan 2022 365 -0.3551 -0.3209
Feb 2022 307 -0.1589 -0.2512
Mar 2022 279 -0.0912 -0.3137
Apr 2022 311 0.1129 -0.3323
May 2022 397 0.2786 -0.166
Jun 2022 486 0.2229 -0.0424
Jul 2022 673 0.3852 0.0362
Aug 2022 761 0.1316 0.1909
Sep 2022 715 -0.0604 0.0288
Oct 2022 695 -0.0287 -0.0557
Nov 2022 697 0.0036 0.028
Dec 2022 685 -0.0172 0.2102
Jan 2023 492 -0.2818 0.3479
Feb 2023 427 -0.1321 0.3909
Mar 2023 359 -0.1593 0.2867
Apr 2023 356 -0.0084 0.1465
May 2023 433 0.2163 0.0907
Jun 2023 467 0.0774 -0.0391
Jul 2023 543 0.1629 -0.1933
Aug 2023 506 -0.0673 -0.3351
Sep 2023 533 0.0524 -0.2552
Oct 2023 591 0.1099 -0.149
Nov 2023 655 0.1074 -0.061
Dec 2023 664 0.0145 -0.0307
Jan 2024 493 -0.2575 0.002
Feb 2024 356 -0.2779 -0.1663
Mar 2024 364 0.0225 0.0139
Apr 2024 379 0.0412 0.0646
May 2024 479 0.2639 0.1062
Jun 2024 561 0.1712 0.2026
Jul 2024 747 0.3316 0.377
Aug 2024 747 -0.0007 0.4753
Sep 2024 738 -0.0114 0.3859
Oct 2024 815 0.1043 0.379
Nov 2024 846 0.038 0.2926
Dec 2024 722 -0.1466 0.0873
Jan 2025 488 -0.3248 -0.0112
Feb 2025 423 -0.1323 0.1882
Mar 2025 411 -0.0296 0.1277
Apr 2025 467 0.1376 0.2322
May 2025 589 0.2612 0.2296
Jun 2025 756 0.2835 0.3476
Jul 2025 941 0.244 0.259
Aug 2025 939 -0.0021 0.2572
Sep 2025 934 -0.0048 0.2656
Oct 2025 991 0.061 0.216
Nov 2025 987 -0.0045 0.1661
Dec 2025 893 -0.0948 0.2368
Jan 2026 616 -0.3102 0.2636
Feb 2026 515 -0.164 0.2175
Mar 2026 469 -0.0903 0.1413