Baltimore, MD Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Baltimore produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 4,972
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $209,197
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $153
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $100,000 and $330,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 4,972 closed sales in Baltimore over the last six months, with a median closing price of $209,197. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $100,000 and $330,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. Across the 4,436 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $97 and $215 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Baltimore, MD (August 2026)

The median home price in Baltimore is $209,197, measured across the 4,972 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $100,000 and $330,000.

Where Baltimore sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Baltimore over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $100,000 and $330,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 21 days, across 2,336 Baltimore closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 29 days, across 1,838 Baltimore closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Baltimore angle

Baltimore pairs a quartile spread wider than most markets Resideline tracks with one of the deepest comp sets we track, and the second fact is what rescues the first. Across 4,972 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $209,197, and the middle half of sales closed between $100,000 and $330,000. With the quartiles that far apart, the citywide median cannot carry a valuation on its own, and using it as an anchor invites a large miss on any single address. Spend the depth instead: narrow proximity, match property type and condition to the subject, and let the closings that survive those filters set the number.

What is being reported about the Baltimore market

The numbers above are what we measure from tracked closings. Alongside them, here is what local and national coverage is reporting, from the source:

• •Bright MLS's July 2026 Housing Market Report stated that the Baltimore metro had 3,020 closed sales in July, a 5.8% increase over last year, while active listings surged 20.0% year over year to 7,201 homes on the market at the end of July (Bright MLS, Aug 11, 2026)
• •Bright MLS reported that the Baltimore metro had 3,200 closed home sales in June 2026, a 4.0% increase over the prior year, while active listings climbed 17.4% year over year to 6,752 (Bright MLS (via GlobeNewswire), Jul 10, 2026)
• •Bright MLS's June 2026 Housing Market Report stated that the Baltimore metro recorded 3,200 closed sales in June (+4.0% year over year), 3,342 new listings (+4.1%), and 6,752 active listings (17.4% higher than last year), with metro prices reaching a new record high (Bright MLS, Jul 10, 2026)

From market read to offer price

A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Baltimore address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Baltimore, MD
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 4,972
Median sold price: $209,197
Median sold $/sqft: $153 (4,436 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/baltimore-housing-market-2026

The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Baltimore over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 27% of the 4,972 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $242,000.