Morning, everyone. Last week I gave you a Monday-morning count of the Bucks homes for sale, with nothing earlier to compare it to. Now we’ve got two Mondays. If your house is about to hit the market, the listings in your town at a similar price are what a buyer would weigh against yours. Here’s what changed.
THIS WEEK IN THE MARKET · BUCKS COUNTY
A little more company for anyone listing this fall
Bright MLS showed 990 Bucks County homes for sale at 1:38 p.m. Monday, October 19, compared with 954 at 9:23 a.m. Monday, October 12. That’s 36 more, a modest rise of about 4%, though the two counts were taken at different times of day.
Here, “for sale” means Active listings only. Homes marked Coming Soon and homes already under contract are counted separately.
Last week I said I’d watch signed contracts next. Those weekly records can change as listings are updated, so I’m leaving the week-to-week comparison out for now.
Trendlines
480 · Bucks closings over four weeks
September 21–October 18, compared with 439 in the matching weeks a year earlier, September 22–October 19, 2025. Closings reflect contracts made earlier.
39 · Bucks homes marked Coming Soon
October 19 at 1:38 p.m., compared with 48 on October 12 at 9:23 a.m.
7.40% · U.S. 30-year fixed average
Freddie Mac, October 15, unchanged from October 8. A national benchmark, not a quote for your loan.
County figures: Bright MLS · Rates: Freddie Mac
Jim’s Read
If I were about to list, I’d take this as a cue to look closer to home. One week’s countywide count can’t tell you much about your street.
So I’d pull up the homes in your price range that came on the market near you over the last couple of weeks. Those are your newest competition. Note how they’re priced, then check back in a week or two to see which ones went under contract and which are still sitting. That tells you a lot about where buyers are drawing the line right now.
What I’d watch next Monday is whether the for-sale count rises again or levels off.
Sales That Tell the Story
One has an oversized garage; the other has a wraparound porch. Both closed October 16. They’re two different kinds of Bucks homes, not comps for each other.
SILVERDALE · BI-LEVEL
A bi-level with an oversized garage sold for $425,000
The garage takes up a good stretch of this home’s front. The 1962 bi-level closed October 16 for $425,000, with three bedrooms and one full bath plus two half baths.
Garage space: The listing describes a two-car garage measuring 21 by 31 feet, with overhead storage.
Inside the split: The bedrooms are on the upper level. Downstairs, a family room has a wood-burning stove.
CHALFONT · NEW BRITAIN WALK
A 2006 home with a wraparound porch sold for $775,000
The white picket fence opens toward a broad front porch on this New Britain Walk home. It closed October 16 for $775,000, with four bedrooms and two full baths plus a half bath.
Porch and patio: The wraparound porch is joined by a two-level paver patio in the backyard.
Room to work with: The listing reports about 2,456 square feet. The basement is unfinished.
This Week’s Question
Which feature would make you take a second look?
Until Next Tuesday
Know someone who’d pick the porch over the garage? Forward them these two sales. And if there’s one feature you’d never give up, hit reply and tell me which one.
Jim
Based on information from Bright MLS for Bucks County: four-week closings September 21–October 18, 2026 and September 22–October 19, 2025, downloaded October 19; listing snapshots taken October 19 at 1:38 p.m. and October 12 at 9:23 a.m. Scope: detached homes, twins, townhomes and condos, excluding manufactured homes. Figures reflect records available at each check and may be revised. Freddie Mac: October 15 national rate survey. Redfin / Bright MLS: the two October 16 sales.
Living in the Philadelphia Suburbs, by Jim Stevenson · Realtor® · Real Broker