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Is the housing market slowing down in Craighead County, AR?
126 homes sold in Craighead County, AR during May 2026, against 200 in the same months a year earlier. We do not compare those two figures, because this county's sales count steps abruptly partway through the record in a way its neighbours do not — the mark of a change in what the area covers rather than a change in the market.
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.
We are not calling a direction for Craighead County, AR, and the reason is worth stating. This county's sales count steps up or down abruptly partway through the record and then holds at the new level, while neighbouring county areas move normally. That pattern is what it looks like when the source changes which areas the county covers, not what it looks like when a market changes. The counts are reported as published; the year-over-year comparison across that step would not mean anything.
The longer view, all measured over the May window so the season is held constant: 177 homes sold two years ago, 200 last year, 126 now. We report those three counts as published and draw no trend through them, for the reason above.
What is on the shelf next to what is selling: 432 homes were on the market in Craighead County, AR, and 126 sold. At that pace it would take about 3.4 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 Craighead County, AR area, through May 2026.
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Figures come from Redfin's published market data for the Craighead County, AR 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.