Dover, NH Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Dover: a median closing price of $574,253 across 313 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Dover, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Dover sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 313
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $574,253
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $330
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $405,000 and $725,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 313 closed sales in Dover over the last six months, with a median closing price of $574,253. 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 $405,000 and $725,000. 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. Across the 312 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $280 and $393 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Dover, NH (September 2026)
The median home price in Dover is $574,253, measured across the 313 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $405,000 and $725,000.
Where Dover sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Dover over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $405,000 and $725,000. Among the 16 New Hampshire markets with a published band, Dover's middle-half spread ($405,000 to $725,000) ranks 9th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 62nd percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 20 days, across 93 Dover closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 29 days, across 76 Dover closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Dover angle
Dover's tracked record over the last six months runs 313 closings deep, with a median sale price of $574,253 and a middle half spanning $405,000 to $725,000, a spread close to typical for the markets we track. That makes Dover a market where the standard playbook works: use the median to orient, use the quartiles to define what an ordinary outcome looks like, and use closely matched closed sales to set the actual number. The band is the honesty check. An estimate that drifts outside $405,000 to $725,000 is asserting that the property is unusual for Dover, and that assertion should survive contact with the comps before it survives into an offer.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. 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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Dover 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: Dover, NH
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3318820
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 313
Median sold price: $574,253
Median sold $/sqft: $330 (312 qualifying)
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Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Dover over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Dover?
The median sold price in Dover over the last 6 months is $574,253, measured across 313 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Dover last month?
Resideline tracked 39 closed sales in Dover in August 2026, out of 313 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Dover?
The middle half of Dover sales over the last six months closed between $405,000 and $725,000, with a median of $574,253.
What is the typical price per square foot in Dover?
Among qualifying Dover closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $330, measured across 312 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How do I use the Dover quartiles when checking a valuation?
Compare your comp-based number to the $405,000 to $725,000 band, where half of tracked closings finished. A result inside the band is consistent with an ordinary Dover sale; a result outside it should correspond to something identifiable that separates the property from a typical one. The median of $574,253 then works as a final plausibility check rather than as the estimate itself.