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Layton, Utah real estate market report.
Monthly sold prices, days on market, sale-to-list ratio, and absorption rate. Updated nightly from UtahRealEstate.com and the Washington County Board of Realtors.
Updated · Sources: UtahRealEstate.com & Washington County Board of Realtors
June 2026 · Market Analysis
Layton listings keep arriving faster than buyers can close them.
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The story in Layton this June is fewer buyers closing, not fewer homes for sale. Just 58 homes sold, down from 70 in May and a steep 28% drop from the 81 that closed in June 2025, even as active listings kept climbing to 297 — up from 258 in May and more than 50% above where inventory sat at the start of the year. Sellers are still meeting the market close to asking, with a 98.58% sale-to-list ratio, but the math behind that number is shifting.
Market pulse
Active inventory has climbed every single month since December's 157, reaching 185 in January, 231 in April, 258 in May, and 297 in June. Closings, by contrast, peaked at 77 in April and have fallen for two straight months to 70 in May and 58 in June. Days on market compressed hard this spring — the median dropped from 58 in January to just 5 or 6 for three straight months — but the top quarter of June closings still took 31 days, and price cuts touched 22 of the month's 58 sales, the most of any month this year. Put together, homes that move fast are still moving fast, but the middle of the market is thinning out.
Mortgage context
The 30-year rate has climbed in five of the last six months, from 6.19% in February to 6.66% in June and 6.75% now, adding real cost to the monthly payment on a typical Layton home. That climb is doing more to slow closings than any change in local demand — buyers who could afford June's median list price in February are increasingly priced to the edge of qualifying today. With the rate holding flat over the past 30 days, at least the ground has stopped shifting for buyers mid-search.
Payment math
A $464,000 median-priced Layton home with 20% down runs $2,408 a month in principal and interest at today's 6.75% rate, no different from where it stood 30 days ago at that same rate — but $136 more than the $2,272 payment buyers locked in back in February, when rates averaged 6.19%.
If you're buying
With 297 homes active against just 58 closings, you have real selection for the first time in a year — use it to negotiate on the 26 homes that sold below list this month rather than chasing the fastest-moving listings. Look at the under-$400k band specifically, where median days on market ran 29 versus 5 in the $400-700k range, meaning less competition and more room to ask for concessions. Twenty-two of June's closings carried a prior price cut, so a listing that's already been reduced once is often reducible again.
If you're selling
Closings fell to 58 in June from 70 in May and 77 in April even as active inventory kept climbing to 297, so pricing at or near recent comparable sales is no longer optional — 22 of last month's sellers already cut price once before closing. List at what similar homes in the $400-700k band actually sold for (median $480,000) rather than testing the market 5-10% above, because homes priced too high are the ones adding to that 297-home count instead of closing.
Outlook
Expect inventory to keep building through the warm-weather selling window — Davis County's June conditions (75-95°F) typically bring listings, not just buyers, off the sidelines. With rates near 6.75% and no relief visible in the six-month trend, closings are more likely to soften further than rebound before fall, especially in the under-$400k band where days on market already stretch to 29. Sellers in subdivisions like North Park Village and Kaycreek Estates that moved in single-digit days this month remain the exception, not the new normal.
Watch for
If new listings keep outpacing closings the way they did in June — 102 new against just 58 sold — active inventory likely pushes past 320 by August, tilting negotiating leverage further toward buyers even without further rate moves.
"Layton's supply finally outran its buyers."
Common questions about Layton this month
Is Layton a buyer's market or a seller's market right now? ▾
Inventory has climbed every month since December to 297 active listings in June, while closings dropped to 58 from 70 in May — that combination favors buyers more than it has all year. Sellers are still getting close to asking on quick sales, with a 98.58% sale-to-list ratio, but 22 of June's 58 closings involved a price cut first, the highest share of any month this year.
Why did homes sell so fast in June if the market is slowing? ▾
Median days on market held at 5, extending the trend from May's 6-day median, but that number only tells part of the story. The top quarter of June's closings took 31 days or more, and closings overall fell to 58 from April's 77-sale peak, meaning the fast movers are getting faster while the rest of the market slows behind them.
How much has the rising mortgage rate changed the monthly payment on a typical Layton home? ▾
At today's 6.75% rate, financing the $464,000 median home with 20% down runs $2,408 a month in principal and interest, up $136 from the $2,272 payment available in February when rates averaged 6.19%. Rates have been flat over the last 30 days, so today's buyers aren't facing a moving target, just a higher starting point than earlier this year.
Should I expect more price cuts on Layton listings this summer? ▾
June already saw 22 of 58 closings carry a prior price reduction, up sharply from single digits earlier in the year, and that comes as active inventory keeps outpacing monthly sales. With 102 new listings against only 58 closings in June, sellers who don't price near recent comparable sales risk needing a cut to compete with the growing supply.
Which Layton price bands are moving slowest right now? ▾
Homes under $400,000 took a median 29 days to sell in June, well behind the 5-day median in the $400,000-$700,000 range and the 2-day median above $700,000. That's a reversal from earlier in the year when entry-level homes moved reasonably fast, and it suggests buyers at that price point have more room to negotiate.
Number of Listings
Active inventory · new listings · sold per month
Listing Prices
Active median list · new median list · sold median sale
Absorption Rate
Months of supply — active inventory ÷ monthly sold rate
Sale-to-List Ratio
Close price ÷ list price — buyer/seller leverage
Days on Market
Median days from listing to under contract
Price Volume
Total dollar volume — active · new · sold per month
June 2026 cohort breakdown
Distribution of what closed last month — by price band, sale-vs-list outcome, and top subdivisions.
How sales priced vs asking
60 sold homes that had a list price recorded
Days on market spread
Quartile distribution
Median 27 · 25th percentile 7 · 75th percentile 71
Needed a price change
Sold listings that had a recorded price change before close
23 of 60 sold homes had at least one price change while listed. Lower = sellers are pricing right the first time.
Sales by price band
Closed-price bucket → sold count and median days to contract
Top subdivisions this month
Ranked by closed count
- 1. North Park Village 2 sold · $525K · 8d
- 2. Kayscreek Estates 2 sold · $519K
- 3. Park West Estates 2 sold · $409K · 6d
- 4. Rolling Hills 2 sold · $60K · 30d
- 5. Amber Fields 1 sold · $1,624K
June 2026 by property type
How each housing type performed last month — 60 closings total across subtypes.
Summary Statistics
| Metric | Jun-26 | Jun-25 | % Chg | 2026 YTD | 2025 YTD | % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold Count | 60 | 81 | -25.93% | 365 | 388 | -5.93% |
| Median Sale Price | $464,092 | $495,000 | -6.24% | $496,491 | $503,837 | -1.46% |
| Median DOM | 27 | 25 | +8.00% | 29 | 27 | +7.41% |
| Sale-to-List Ratio | 98.53% | 99.76% | -1.23% | 99.11% | 99.20% | -0.09% |
Past months
Browse historical Layton reports — each month's snapshot stays at its own permanent URL.
Sources: UtahRealEstate.com and the Washington County Board of Realtors, aggregated by Best Utah Real Estate. Sale-to-list ratio compares closing price to the final list price (post-reduction). Absorption rate = active inventory ÷ monthly sold rate.