Manasquan's single-family market, read in the numbers.
Manasquan continues to behave like a supply-constrained and fast-clearing coastal market. Active inventory is thin and homes are clearing in a medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. of 49 days, so well-priced listings are not sitting. ScarcityscarcityHow tight for-sale supply is relative to the town's housing base. Higher = fewer homes available, more structural pressure under prices. and liquidityliquidityHow quickly homes are clearing — the pace of sales relative to what's listed. Higher = a faster-moving market. — not affordability — are the forces setting price here.
Market structure
Manasquan's recorded transaction base is 82% single-family and 16% condominium (1685 sales on file). This is a detached-house market with a smaller attached segment; the report covers the single-family cohort.
The setting is a supply-constrained coastal town — our ScarcityscarcityHow tight for-sale supply is relative to the town's housing base. Higher = fewer homes available, more structural pressure under prices. Index reads 88/100, consistent with a limited, largely built-out housing base where new supply is hard to add.
We do not yet have enough evidence to characterise seasonality with confidence.
Where build year is recorded (n=495), 17% of the stock dates to 2000 or later — an older, established housing base with limited recent construction.
Direct buyer-profile and primary- vs second-home characterisation are not asserted: the transaction record does not carry occupancy or buyer-intent fields, so any such claim would be inference rather than evidence.
What happened: prices held their ground
Manasquan's single-family medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. has moved higher across the cycle, from $760,000 in 2023 Q4 to $1,750,000 in 2026 Q2. The line is uneven quarter to quarter, and the volume bars beneath it show the reads rest on real transaction counts, not a handful of sales.
Over the trailing twelve months the medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. was $975,000 across 303 sales — up about 8.3% on the prior year. That the median has held and extended through a period of elevated financing costs is the clearest evidence that demand for the town is outweighing affordability pressure.
Decomposing the move: medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. price is +8.3% year-over-year while median $/sqft$/sqftSale price divided by living area. Comparing by the foot strips out size, isolating price from the mix of what sold. is +4.8% and median size +5.4%. The two rose less than the headline median, so part of the move reflects a richer mix of (larger or pricier) homes selling rather than pure price-per-footper-footSale price divided by living area ($/sqft) — strips out home size. appreciation.
The shape beneath the median
A single town medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. hides a wide range. Across 131 eligibility-screened sales, sold $/sqft$/sqftSale price divided by living area. Comparing by the foot strips out size, isolating price from the mix of what sold. centers near $522/sqft, but the distribution runs from modest blocks into a substantial luxury tail. The shape — not just the midpoint — is the read: the town median is a weak anchor for any individual home.
On price, the middle 50% of trailing-12-month single-family sales runs $790,000 to $1,400,000 (medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. $975,000), with the 90th percentile at $1,870,000. The top decile alone accounts for about 22% of dollar volume — a luxury segment that moves the average well above the typical sale.
Why prices are sticky: supply and liquidity
Two of Briarwood's proprietary indices explain why the price line has held. ScarcityscarcityHow tight for-sale supply is relative to the town's housing base. Higher = fewer homes available, more structural pressure under prices. sits at 88/100 and LiquidityliquidityHow quickly homes are clearing — the pace of sales relative to what's listed. Higher = a faster-moving market. at 86/100 — a market that is both structurally short of inventory and quick to clear. Prices in that configuration do not need improving affordability to stay firm; they need only steady demand, and the 49-day medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. absorptionabsorptionThe rate at which available listings are being sold — how fast standing inventory clears. says demand is intact.
The full per-index reads — including how each has moved against the prior release — are in the index panel above.
Liquidity & supply
As of 2026-08-14, Manasquan carries 8 active single-family listings, on the market a medianmedianThe middle value: half of sales were higher, half lower. Less distorted by a few extreme sales than an average. of 49 days.
Price-reduction share is reported as not available: the active-listing source does not carry price-change history, and an absence of recorded cuts is not evidence of sellers holding firm.
Months-of-supply and absorptionabsorptionThe rate at which available listings are being sold — how fast standing inventory clears. cannot be computed from the current feed: the active snapshot carries no recent closed-sale pace, so we report it as not available rather than derive it from an incomplete denominator.
New-listing flow and expired/withdrawn counts are not captured in the current active feed; those liquidityliquidityHow quickly homes are clearing — the pace of sales relative to what's listed. Higher = a faster-moving market. signals are flagged as not yet available.
| Active-market metric | Reading |
|---|---|
| Active listings | 8 |
| Median days on market | 49 days |
| Median days to sell (recent closings) | 12 days |
| Median asking price | not available |
| Median asking $/sqft | not available |
| Price-cut share | not available |
| Stale (90+ day) share | 10% |
| Months of supply | not available |
Redevelopment & builder demand
New-construction turnover is minimal: among single-family sales with a recorded build year (n=495), 1 were built within three years of sale.
Lot-level teardown and redevelopment signals are not asserted: lot-size is sparsely and unreliably recorded in the current comp set, so a redevelopment-intensity read would be fabricated. This is a priority data gap — redevelopment economics are where Briarwood intends to differentiate, and the signal is defined but not yet evidenced for this town.
Builder Demand and Renovation Spread are tracked as proprietary indices but are not yet scored for this town (they require inputs the current evidence base does not carry); they are monitored, not reported as values.
Property typology
Where bedroom count is recorded (43% of single-family sales), the market tiers cleanly by size. The table reads the price and $/sqft$/sqftSale price divided by living area. Comparing by the foot strips out size, isolating price from the mix of what sold. of each tier; note that larger homes carry a higher absolute price but the $/sqft gradient is what isolates location and quality from sheer size.
Segmentation by architectural style (ranch / cape / colonial) and by renovated-vs-dated condition is not available — those fields are essentially unpopulated in the current record, so we do not assert a style- or condition-based breakdown.
| By bedrooms | Sales | Median price | Median $/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 bed or fewer | 100 | $747,000 | $448/sqft |
| 3 bed | 148 | $879,000 | $499/sqft |
| 4 bed | 261 | $989,900 | $354/sqft |
| 5+ bed | 87 | $1,375,000 | $355/sqft |
Neighbourhood & micro-market
Named micro-markets (beach blocks, east/west of key roads, waterfront vs non-waterfront, larger-lot redevelopment pockets) are not segmented in this edition: the subtown, location-tag, and micro-location fields are essentially unpopulated in the current comp record, so any neighbourhood-level claim would be invented.
Renovation economics
A renovated-vs-dated premium cannot be measured: the comp record does not carry a reliable condition or renovation field, and Renovation Spread is not yet scored for this town. Rather than infer a premium from price alone — which would confound size, location, and condition — we report this as insufficient evidence.
What's moving right now.
Scarcity Index moved +1.49. From 2026-06-12 to 2026-07-27, observed value changed from 88.07 to 89.56.
Active listings moved -2. From 2026-07-20 to 2026-08-14, observed value changed from 9 to 7.
Liquidity Index moved +4.08. Liquidity Index had the largest current-vs-prior move.
Based on 303 trailing-12-month single-family sales (131 with recorded size for $/sqft), recent data vintage. Town-level aggregate, so conviction is capped below 'High'.
Data through 2026-08-03 · a descriptive read from public record and recorded sales — not an appraisal or investment advice.
LimitsWhat this page cannot support (6)
- This public report is a town and segment baseline, not a property-specific recommendation.
- The current (partial) quarter is excluded from the price trend; medians cover complete quarters only.
- Aggregate medians blend block, condition, and size; a specific home can sit far from the town median.
- Active inventory is thin (8 listings as of 2026-08-14); on-market reads carry wide error.
- The Affordability Stress reading rests on an explicit mortgage-rate assumption and town median household income; it frames financing stretch, not a forecast.
- Index movements are measured against the prior published release; the public baseline is still building (few observed points), so treat the deltas as directional, not trend.