With a median home price of $500,000, the Bucks County housing market continues to pose challenges for middle-class homebuyers trying to enter the market, writes JD Mullane for the Bucks County Courier Times.
As most East Coast housing markets begin to ease for first-time buyers, Bucks County remains stuck.
“If I had one word to describe it, it would be ‘challenging,’” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for BrightMLS.
She added that buying a modest home in the county would require an annual income of $75,000, and at today’s 6.1 percent interest rate, that income would support only about a $250,000 loan under a 30-year mortgage. That price is barely represented in the available inventory.
As of Feb. 19, the county had 603 homes on the market, but only about 155 were listed below $400,000, and approximately one-third of those were mobile homes.
Just 47 homes were listed at or below $250,000, a price point that was once common in middle- and working-class communities before the pandemic, including Levittown, Bristol Borough, and Morrisville.
On the brighter side, median-priced homes saw a two percent decline from December 2025 to January 2026.
Read more about how Bucks County’s housing market is posing challenges for middle-class buyers in the Bucks County Courier Times.
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