Home sales between January and August in the Fort Smith metro are down more than 8% compared with the same period in 2024, with the average sales prices of homes in the metro during the period up 5.8%.
Numbers in the January to August period are up against a 2024 in which metro home sales were up 6.6%, and the total value of the sales was up 14%.
Homes sold in the metro in the first eight months totaled 2,179, down 8.3% compared with 2,377 in the same period of 2024. The combined value of the home sales totaled $550.887 million, down 3% compared with the same period in 2024, according to data provided by Ashlee Milton[1], an executive broker with Chuck Fawcett Realty in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas.
The metro average home price in the first eight months of 2025 was $252,817, up 5.8% compared with the same period in 2024. The average days on market in the January to August period was 87, slightly higher than 84 in the same period of 2024.
The Fort Smith metro set a record in 2021 for home sales and the combined value of homes sold. Following are the past five years of Fort Smith metro home sales and combined value of the sales.
2024: 3,495; $828.359 million
2023: 3,279; $726.981 million
2022: 3,829; $824.491 million
2021: 4,400; $853.409 million
2020: 3,978; $651.925 million
SEBASTIAN, CRAWFORD COUNTY SALES
Sebastian County home sales in the first eight months of 2025 totaled 915, down 13% compared with the 1,057 in the same period of 2024. Home sales in the county represent 42% of homes sold in the metro.
The value of Sebastian County homes sold in the first eight months was $240.772 million, down 9.4% compared with the same period of 2024. The average home sales price was $263,140 in the first eight months, above the $252,679 in the same period of 2024.
Home sales in Crawford County in the first eight months of 2025 totaled 446, down 8% compared with the 485 in the same period of 2024. Home sales in the county represent 20.4% of homes sold in the metro in the first eight months of 2025.
The value of homes sold in the county was $107.154 million in the first eight months, down 6% compared with the same period in 2024. The average home sales price was $240,258, above the $234,955 in the same period of 2024.
Metro area data comes from Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott and Sebastian counties in Arkansas, and parts of eastern Oklahoma.
METRO HOME SALES NUMBERS
• Fort Smith Region (Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott and Sebastian counties, and areas of eastern Oklahoma)
January-August 2025
Homes sold: 2,179
Value of home sales: $550.887 million
Average price: $252,817
January-August 2024
Homes sold: 2,377
Value of home sales: $567.602 million
Average price: $238,789
• Sebastian County
January-August 2025
Homes sold: 915
Value of home sales: $240.772 million
Average price: $263,140
January-August 2024
Homes sold: 1,052
Value of home sales: $265.818 million
Average price: $252,679
• Crawford County
January-August 2025
Homes sold: 446
Value of home sales: $107.154 million
Average price: $240,258
January-August 2024
Homes sold: 485
Value of home sales: $113.953 million
Average price: $234,955
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References
- ^ Ashlee Milton (homes.chuckfawcettrealty.com)