Essex County, NJ 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, NJ in February 2026 was 625. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.0288%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.0749%.

You can see similar for other New Jersey counties, and for New Jersey.

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

Data Source: Realtor.
Essex County, NJ Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Essex County, NJ Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
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Month Active Listing Count MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 2394
Sep 2016 2269
Oct 2016 2242
Nov 2016 2176
Dec 2016 1991
Jan 2017 1792
Feb 2017 1616
Mar 2017 1700
Apr 2017 1787
May 2017 1849
Jun 2017 2016
Jul 2017 2053
Aug 2017 1914 -0.0677 -0.2005
Sep 2017 1819 -0.0499 -0.1985
Oct 2017 1775 -0.0239 -0.2081
Nov 2017 1728 -0.0268 -0.2061
Dec 2017 1643 -0.0489 -0.1746
Jan 2018 1439 -0.1242 -0.197
Feb 2018 1314 -0.0869 -0.1866
Mar 2018 1469 0.118 -0.1356
Apr 2018 1531 0.0422 -0.1433
May 2018 1695 0.1071 -0.0833
Jun 2018 1835 0.0826 -0.0898
Jul 2018 1907 0.0392 -0.0711
Aug 2018 1879 -0.0147 -0.0183
Sep 2018 1741 -0.0734 -0.0426
Oct 2018 1835 0.054 0.0338
Nov 2018 1928 0.0507 0.1161
Dec 2018 1849 -0.041 0.1254
Jan 2019 1677 -0.093 0.1654
Feb 2019 1518 -0.0951 0.1549
Mar 2019 1549 0.0204 0.0541
Apr 2019 1662 0.0733 0.0856
May 2019 1804 0.0854 0.0643
Jun 2019 1993 0.1048 0.0861
Jul 2019 2021 0.014 0.0598
Aug 2019 1984 -0.0186 0.0556
Sep 2019 1933 -0.0255 0.1103
Oct 2019 1900 -0.0173 0.0351
Nov 2019 1852 -0.025 -0.0394
Dec 2019 1696 -0.0842 -0.0827
Jan 2020 1468 -0.1347 -0.1249
Feb 2020 1316 -0.1032 -0.1328
Mar 2020 1427 0.0843 -0.0785
Apr 2020 1483 0.0392 -0.1077
May 2020 1287 -0.1322 -0.2866
Jun 2020 1266 -0.0163 -0.3648
Jul 2020 1403 0.1082 -0.3058
Aug 2020 1346 -0.041 -0.3217
Sep 2020 1344 -0.0011 -0.3047
Oct 2020 1360 0.0119 -0.284
Nov 2020 1369 0.0066 -0.2608
Dec 2020 1258 -0.0814 -0.2585
Jan 2021 1110 -0.1173 -0.2436
Feb 2021 948 -0.1459 -0.2796
Mar 2021 869 -0.0833 -0.391
Apr 2021 904 0.0403 -0.3904
May 2021 966 0.068 -0.2498
Jun 2021 1005 0.0409 -0.2062
Jul 2021 1104 0.0985 -0.2131
Aug 2021 1126 0.0199 -0.1631
Sep 2021 1102 -0.0218 -0.1804
Oct 2021 1079 -0.0204 -0.2066
Nov 2021 997 -0.076 -0.2717
Dec 2021 910 -0.0878 -0.2767
Jan 2022 721 -0.2078 -0.3509
Feb 2022 616 -0.145 -0.3502
Mar 2022 619 0.0049 -0.2877
Apr 2022 699 0.1284 -0.2273
May 2022 747 0.0694 -0.2263
Jun 2022 849 0.1365 -0.1552
Jul 2022 991 0.1673 -0.1024
Aug 2022 1084 0.0938 -0.0373
Sep 2022 1015 -0.0637 -0.0785
Oct 2022 965 -0.0493 -0.1057
Nov 2022 924 -0.0425 -0.0732
Dec 2022 854 -0.0758 -0.061
Jan 2023 725 -0.1511 0.0062
Feb 2023 642 -0.1145 0.0422
Mar 2023 616 -0.0413 -0.0057
Apr 2023 586 -0.0487 -0.1618
May 2023 633 0.0811 -0.1526
Jun 2023 632 -0.0024 -0.2562
Jul 2023 665 0.0523 -0.3295
Aug 2023 625 -0.0594 -0.4234
Sep 2023 632 0.0104 -0.3778
Oct 2023 637 0.0087 -0.3399
Nov 2023 627 -0.0157 -0.3214
Dec 2023 638 0.0167 -0.2535
Jan 2024 531 -0.1671 -0.2676
Feb 2024 497 -0.064 -0.2259
Mar 2024 500 0.005 -0.1885
Apr 2024 549 0.0991 -0.0623
May 2024 644 0.1721 0.0166
Jun 2024 639 -0.0078 0.0111
Jul 2024 669 0.0478 0.0068
Aug 2024 698 0.0426 0.116
Sep 2024 664 -0.048 0.0515
Oct 2024 740 0.1137 0.1609
Nov 2024 740 0.0007 0.1802
Dec 2024 709 -0.0419 0.1122
Jan 2025 595 -0.1608 0.1205
Feb 2025 554 -0.0697 0.1137
Mar 2025 581 0.0497 0.1632
Apr 2025 643 0.1067 0.1712
May 2025 720 0.119 0.1181
Jun 2025 798 0.1091 0.2498
Jul 2025 842 0.0545 0.2578
Aug 2025 813 -0.0339 0.1656
Sep 2025 712 -0.1242 0.0723
Oct 2025 780 0.0948 0.0541
Nov 2025 762 -0.0225 0.0297
Dec 2025 736 -0.0341 0.0381
Jan 2026 604 -0.1793 0.0151
Feb 2026 607 0.005 0.0967
Mar 2026 625 0.0288 0.0749