The New Jersey housing market remained hot in 2024 with the price of single-family homes rising more than 11%, according to New Jersey Realtors housing market data.

That was well above the annual 4.6% increase in home cost in the United States for 2024.

The median sales price for homes in the state was $560,000, according to the data.

But the median sales price for single-family homes in Central Jersey was more:

  • Middlesex County, $575,000, up 11%.
  • Somerset County, $750,000, up 13.6%.
  • Hunterdon County, $650,000, up 13.7%
  • Union County, $625,000, up 11.6%.

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