Quieter January MLS® home sales in Woodstock Ingersoll Tillsonburg & Area; listings rebound to start 2026
The number of homes sold through the MLS® System of the Woodstock Ingersoll Tillsonburg & Area Association of REALTORS® totaled 72 units in January 2026. This was a sharp decrease of 15.3% (13 sales) from January 2025.
Home sales were 25.6% below the five-year average and 30.8% below the 10-year average for the month of January.
“January was a slower month for our market, with sales down from last year and slipping below 100 for the first time since January 2025. It was also the lowest monthly total since December 2022 and came in under the long-term January norm. New listings bounced back from December’s seasonal pullback, and while inventory was steady month to month, it remains elevated compared with longer run averages,” said Derrek de Jonge, President of the Woodstock Ingersoll Tillsonburg & Area Association of REALTORS®. “Prices continued to soften as well, with the benchmark down for an eighth straight month and townhouse values showing the most pronounced year-over-year decline. In conditions like these, REALTORS® help sellers set the right strategy and help buyers evaluate options and negotiate with confidence.”
The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) tracks price trends far more accurately than is possible using average or median price measures. The overall MLS® HPI composite benchmark price was $571,900 in January 2026, a moderate decrease of 7.2% compared to January 2025.
The benchmark price for single-family homes was $590,800, falling by 6.9% on a year-over-year basis in January. By comparison, the benchmark price for townhouse/row units was $368,300, a sharp decrease of 13.2% compared to a year earlier.
The average price of homes sold in January 2026 was $618,281, a decrease of 4.4% from January 2025.
The dollar value of all home sales in January 2026 was $44.5 million, a substantial decline of 19% from the same month in 2025.
The number of new listings saw a decline of 7.7% from January 2025. There were 217 new residential listings in January 2026.
New listings were 8.6% above the five-year average and 24.6% above the 10-year average for the month of January.
Active residential listings numbered 536 units on the market at the end of January, up by 8.9% from the end of January 2025. Active listings haven’t been this high in the month of January in more than a decade.
Active listings were 45.2% above the five-year average and 73.1% above the 10-year average for the month of January.
Months of inventory numbered 7.4 at the end of January 2026, up from the 5.8 months recorded at the end of January 2025 and above the long-run average of 3.3 months for this time of year. The number of months of inventory is the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.
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SOURCE, WITAAR
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