September 2025 Home Sales Statistics from the Lawrence MLS
Detailed 22-page report for the City of Lawrence - September 2025
Detailed 22-page report for Douglas County - September 2025
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October 23, 2025
Lawrence Board of REALTORS® Releases Home Sales Figures for September 2025
Homes sales in the City of Lawrence fell by 10.6% in September compared to the prior year. Sales in September 2025 totaled 59 units, down from 66 in 2024.
Among existing homes, 55 units sold in September, a decrease of 9.8% from 61 units that sold in 2024. The average sale price of existing homes was $346,398. This represents an increase of 10.7% from the September 2024 average price of $312,784.
For new construction, 2 sales occurred in September, essentially unchanged from the prior year. The average sale price of new homes in September was $495,000, up 10.0% from the same period last year.
A total of 72 contracts for sale were written in September 2025, down from 100 in September 2024. This is a decrease of 28.0%. Contracts written during the month reflect, in part, sales that will close in the near future.
The inventory of active listings in the City of Lawrence stood at 155 units at the end of September, which is down from 180 homes that were on the market at the end of September last year. At the current rate of sales, this figure represents 1.8 months' supply of homes on the market.
According to Bailey Stuart, President of the Lawrence Board of REALTORS®, “Activity in September was down for almost all housing stats, except listing and sales prices. Sales were down, new listings were down, housing inventory is down, and contracts written were down. With a tighter, more constricted housing market, the amount of time for a house to sell was down to just 7 days in September, compared to 22 in August. And on the rise, home prices. We find ourselves again with less than a 2 month’s supply of available housing for sale, and badly in need of new development and new housing inventory to ease the tension in the market.”
For questions and/or comments, please contact LBOR President Bailey Stuart at 785-766-7840 or BaileyStuart@askMcGrew.com.
Complete statistical summaries for Lawrence and Douglas County are available at http://www.lawrencerealtor.com/market-statistics/.
Three-Year Comparison Through September 2025
