Is the housing market slowing down in Alachua County, FL?
Yes — sales activity in Alachua County, FL is down. 305 homes sold during May 2026, against 372 in the same months a year earlier, a drop of 18%.
This page is about how many homes changed hands, not what they cost. The two move separately: prices are set by the homes that did sell, and volume tells you how many people managed to transact at all. A market can hold its prices while activity quietly drains out of it.
The change clears both tests we require before naming a direction: it is more than 3% in relative terms, and it is larger than the ordinary month-to-month variation you would expect on a market that sells 305 homes at a time.
The longer view, all measured over the May window so the season is held constant: 398 homes sold two years ago, 372 last year, 305 now. Activity is meaningfully below where it was two years ago.
What is on the shelf next to what is selling: 1,167 homes were on the market in Alachua County, FL, and 305 sold. At that pace it would take about 3.8 months to clear them all. Buyers and sellers are about evenly matched right now.
Every comparison on this page is to the SAME calendar months a year earlier, never to last month. Home sales roughly double between January and May in most of the country, so a month-over-month reading would tell you about the season and nothing about the market.
Source: Redfin's published market data for the Alachua County, FL area, through May 2026.
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Figures come from Redfin's published market data for the Alachua County, FL area, through May 2026. Neighborhood Numbers is an independent data publisher and is not affiliated with Redfin. We update these pages when Redfin publishes, once a month.