Hurricane housing market
Third Quarter 2026

Through the first half of 2026, Hurricane's quarterly median ran a couple of percent behind the same quarter of 2025. The summer quarter broke that pattern. The median finished about four percent above last summer, on more closings than a year ago, while sellers put noticeably fewer homes on the market. If you want the quarter in one line, supply came in light and buyers kept showing up anyway.

I want to be careful about how much credit that four percent gets. Last summer's quarter was the lowest of the three 2025 quarters in the charts above, the bottom of a slide that ran from winter into summer, so it set an easy bar. This year's three quarterly medians tell a steadier story than the headline: a strong first quarter, then a second and third quarter almost level with each other. Hurricane prices did not climb this summer so much as stop sliding, and after the way 2025 went, that counts for something.

The biggest change from last summer is on the seller side. New listings fell about seventeen percent, making this the only quarter of 2026 with fewer fresh listings than the year before, and it followed a spring quarter that ran nearly a fifth ahead. July and August account for nearly all of the drop. September's listing count recovered and edged past last September, but one decent month could not make up for two thin ones.

Demand did not follow supply down. Closings rose about seven percent, new contracts written in the quarter matched last year exactly, and dollar volume landed within a fraction of a percent of last summer. The active count, which ran about a fifth above last year in each of the first two quarters, slipped below last year for the first time in 2026. That is the clearest sign yet that the inventory build Hurricane carried through 2025 and into this spring has stopped.

Two lines moved the other way. The average sale price fell about six percent while the median rose, which in Hurricane usually means fewer of the high-end resort and view homes closed this summer than last. Homes also took about five days longer to reach a contract. Neither one worries me much, but both say the upper end of the market had a quieter summer than the middle did.

Summer buyers in Hurricane had fewer homes to look at than a year ago. Listings active during the quarter ran about three percent below last summer, and the new-listing feed ran well behind. What they did get was a shelf that turned over faster. The average active listing had been sitting about six weeks less than last summer's, so less of what buyers toured was inventory the market had already passed on.

The pace still left careful buyers some room. Homes took a little longer to go under contract than last summer, close to three months from list date, which is enough time to compare pockets instead of rushing. In Hurricane most of the pricing difference between two similar homes comes down to whether nightly rentals are allowed, so confirm the rules on a home before you weigh it against another. The Hurricane neighborhoods guide sorts out which pockets allow what.

Put the summer next to the rest of the year and a pattern shows up in the quarterly charts above. Hurricane has closed more homes than the same quarter of 2025 in all three quarters this year. The first quarter was the big one, with more than forty percent more closings than the winter before. The second and third quarters each beat last year by a smaller margin, eight closings apiece. Volume is holding, but the lead is no longer growing the way it did over the winter.

Price ran on its own track. The first quarter's median was the high of the year, the spring and summer quarters settled about five percent lower and nearly level with each other, and last year's line kept falling underneath them. Summer is where the two lines crossed. Put simply, Hurricane spent 2026 holding its prices while 2025 was still giving ground, and the summer quarter is the first time the year-over-year comparison shows it.

The summer itself followed the usual Hurricane rhythm with one twist. Heat slows showings in July and August, and the seasonal second-home buyers drawn by Sand Hollow and the Zion side of the county tend to wait for cooler weather. The twist this year was how firmly local sellers held back through those two months before September brought listings back a little above last year's level.

One hundred eighteen homes went under contract during the summer quarter, the same number as a year ago. That gives fall closings a neutral base, neither stronger nor weaker than last year. After a spring quarter that wrote contracts far ahead of last year, it also tells me the spring surge in buyer activity has leveled off rather than kept building.

What I will watch most closely this fall is the listing feed. If September's return of sellers carries into October and November, the active shelf rebuilds, buyers get more choice, and the median likely drifts back toward the middle of this year's range. If sellers go quiet again the way they did in July and August, the middle of the market stays tight and the summer's price gain has a better chance of holding. Either way, a median spread across three months and every price tier will not tell you what your own home brings. For that, start with a home valuation.

Inside this one quarter, Hurricane's monthly median went from about five hundred fifty-eight thousand in July down to about five hundred twenty-eight thousand in August and up to six hundred forty thousand in September. The quarterly figure smooths that into a calmer number, which is useful for reading the year and close to useless for pricing a specific house. None of those three months told you what your home would sell for, and blending them together does not either.

What does price a Hurricane home is a short list of recent sales that share its rental status and its subdivision, adjusted for size, finish, and lot. Rental rights come first here, because a home that can legally run nightly rentals and one that cannot are bought by different people doing different math. The what is my home worth in Hurricane page gets you a starting band, and the seller net sheet shows what that price leaves you after closing costs.

The quarter's split between a rising median and a falling average runs straight through Hurricane's neighborhoods. Some pockets are zoned and organized for nightly rentals and sell to buyers who start with a revenue estimate. Copper Rock is one of the few communities in the city with that zoning. Others are traditional residential, like most of Sky Mountain, and trade as primary homes, priced on the house and the lot. When the rental side has a quiet quarter, the citywide average drops even if nothing changed for the homes on the residential side.

Pecan Valley shows how fine that line can be: one name covers a residential Estates side and a nightly-rental Resort side, and the two price on different math. Before you compare your home to anything, confirm which rules apply to it and to each sale you are comparing it with. HOA documents and city rules both matter, and a listing that gets either one wrong tends to lose its buyer at the worst possible moment.

Selling in Hurricane is usually half of a move. If you are moving up to more space or a bigger lot, the moving up in Hurricane guide covers how to time two closings so you are not carrying both homes longer than you planned. If the plan is a single-level home with less upkeep, right-sizing in Hurricane lays out the order that keeps the most equity working for you, and the right-size and pocket cash calculator shows the number.

Building is still a real option here. Hurricane has a deep bench of active builders, and in a summer when resale listings ran light, new homes were a natural place for buyers to look. My new construction in Hurricane guide covers who is building and where, and selling and buying at the same time walks through the timing if your sale and your next purchase need to line up.