Prices eased a touch, the count edged up, and the shelf stayed deep. July's read was calmer than June's but still produced more closings than last July at a slightly softer price line. The Washington County MLS, the honest read.
Every figure below is St. George single-family residential for July 2025, set against the same period one year prior. Same window, one year apart.
Scope and source
St. George single-family residential. July 2025 compared to July 2024. Closed transactions only.
Based on information from the Washington County Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service for the period 7/1/2025 through 7/31/2025.
Median sale price
$580,000 -3% YoY
Down from $600,000 last July. The median pulled back modestly against last July; the count edged higher.
Closed sales
138 +4% YoY
Single-family homes closed in July, up from 132 last July.
Active inventory
722 +18% YoY
Homes available, up from 607 last July. The shelf is deeper this year.
Days on market
58 +3 days
Average days from list to under contract, up from 55 last July. Slower pace this year.
New listings
200 -3% YoY
New single-family listings hit the market in July, vs 208 last July. Fewer sellers chose to list.
Percent of list price
98% Flat YoY
Sellers closed at about 98 percent of list, a touch softer than last July. Across all residential, the average St. George home traded about - $10,695 relative to list.
Average sale price
$632,889 -12% YoY
Down from $725,879 last July. Average eased against last year.
Under contract
140 +21% YoY
Single-family homes under contract at period end, up from 115 last July.
Sold dollar volume
$87.3M -8% YoY
Total single-family dollar volume closed in July, vs $95.8M last July.
The full picture
Every metric, Jul 2025 vs Jul 2024
Metric
Jul 2024
Jul 2025
Change
Median sale price
$600,000
$580,000
down 3%
Average sale price
$725,879
$632,889
down 12%
Closed sales
132
138
up 4%
Sold dollar volume
$95.8M
$87.3M
down 8%
Active inventory
607
722
up 18%
New listings
208
200
down 3%
Under contract
115
140
up 21%
Days on market (sold)
55
58
up 3 days
Days to close
97
96
down 1 days
Avg days active listings sit
128
142
up 14 days
Percent of list price
99%
98%
down 1 point
The picture
St. George, at a glance
Median sale price trend
Median single-family sale price by month. Each line is a year; the current year is highlighted in sky blue. Watch how prices move with the seasons and where this year sits against prior years.
Median price, year over year
July 2025 against the same period one year prior, single-family median sale price.
Market at a glance
A quieter July with the shelf still deep.
July produced a calmer read than June's rebound. The median pulled back slightly against last July while the count edged higher. The active shelf remained well above last July, the pace clock held nearly steady, and the percent-of-list ratio kept its strong level. Volume by dollars eased a touch on the slight price softness.
The pipeline going into August ran a little soft of last July's. The supply side continues to do its job, with new listings arriving comfortably above last year's pace. For the short read on where your home would price into this slower midsummer rhythm, my what is my St. George home worth page is the fastest place to start.
What changed since last year
Slight price ease, count steady, shelf still real.
The median's three-percent ease is the loudest line in this report, but it is not a dramatic break, it is a modest mix shift. Entry and mid-tier homes did proportionally more of the closing this July than they did last July, which pulled the median line down a touch. The percent-of-list ratio firmed by a point, so closing discipline did not loosen.
Days on market for sold homes ticked up slightly against last July. The active-listing days line lengthened a bit more, which is the structural signal of a shelf that has been deep for several months running. New listings continue arriving above last year, and the buyer side absorbs them at a measured pace.
If you are selling
Honest pricing, longer carrying clock.
For St. George sellers, July reinforces what the spring already taught: the shelf is deeper than last year, so the price has to be right at launch. Buyers continue to have meaningful selection. The first two weeks of a listing are the attention window; the next four are the patience window. To see exactly how I take a St. George home to market, my sell your St. George home page lays it out. The net sheet calculator translates headline price into real net at your specific point.
St. George buyers in July faced a calmer market than the early summer. The shelf stayed real, the pace eased slightly, and the median pulled back a touch. The right posture this month was patience with readiness; the well-priced homes still moved, but there was less of the chase pressure that defined June.
High summer, real heat, real transactions still moving.
July in St. George is the deepest summer month and the highest day-temperatures of the year. Closing activity historically stays strong with the relocation push and the second-home buyer crowd. This July ran that arc, with a slightly softer median and a slightly longer carry clock that reflect the deepening shelf more than any change in demand.
Looking ahead
August watches whether new listings ease into back-to-school.
August traditionally sees a small dip in new listings as families finalize back-to-school. If that dip happens this year, the shelf could start to compress and the median could firm back up. If new listings continue arriving at the same clip, the late-summer pace clock will likely lengthen further. The pipeline at July's end ran a bit softer than last July's.
A no-obligation valuation is the calibrated read on what your specific home is worth right now.
Pricing your home
The city number is not your number.
St. George is the deepest market in the county, which also means it is the most internally varied. A red rock view lot in The Ledges, a 1970s rambler on Bloomington Circle, and a Desert Color townhouse all show up under the same citywide median, and that median fits none of them. Real pricing starts from current comparable sales on your exact street and inside your exact subdivision, then adjusts for view orientation, microclimate, lot, and the share of nearby inventory that is brand-new with builder incentives attached. The fastest read on where your home likely lands is the what is my home worth in St. George page, then a full home valuation turns the band into a calibrated number.
Timing is the other lever. If you are torn between listing now and waiting, the should I sell now or wait calculator runs the math on carry cost against likely appreciation. The seller net sheet shows what you would truly pocket after the costs you cannot avoid, which matters more in a city where buyers are routinely cross-shopping your resale against a builder home with a rate buydown. Get the price right in week one. In St. George the buyer pool is deep, the comp set is wider than any other city in the county, and a high opening number gets benchmarked against alternatives within hours, not weeks.
St. George neighborhoods
Stone Cliff is not Sun River. Don't price like it is.
St. George is a sprawling city stitched together from neighborhoods that share an address and almost nothing else. A view home in The Ledges or Divario trades on a completely different curve than a 1970s ranch on Bloomington Circle, a patio home in Sun River, or a townhouse in Desert Color. An automated online estimate treats them as comparable. They are not, and a citywide average averages them into a number that fits almost no individual home.
That is why the neighborhood lens is the starting point here, not an afterthought. Microclimate, view premium, HOA structure, builder competition, and short-term-rental zoning can shift price by 20 to 40 percent before you ever start the comp work, and none of that lives in a national tool. My full breakdown of every St. George area, what it offers, who buys there, and how it tends to price, lives on the St. George neighborhoods guide. Start there before you anchor to a single listing.
Your next move
The sale is one half of a two-part move.
Most St. George sellers are landing somewhere next, and the two halves go far smoother planned as one. If you are trading up for more space or a better view, my moving up in St. George guide covers the sequencing so you are never stuck owning two homes or scrambling with none. If you are tapping equity and going the other way toward a Sun River patio home or a low-maintenance Desert Color townhouse, the right-sizing in St. George page walks through doing it without leaving money on the table or paying capital gains you did not have to.
New construction is worth a serious look in either direction, since Divario, Desert Color, Stucki Farms, and Little Valley are running production inventory with real builder incentives that compete directly with resale. My new construction in St. George guide breaks down the active communities and the builders behind them, so you walk in knowing the rate-buydown and design-allowance picture. When you are ready to list, the full story of how I take a St. George home to market lives on my sell your St. George home page. Whichever direction you are headed, I can help you line up the sale and the next move so the timing works as one.
What is your St. George home worth in this midsummer market?
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