Ocean County NJ Real Estate Market Update | June 2026

📅 Free 1 on 1 Call with Steve → https://bit.ly/4sUC0Q9 🏡 What's Your Home Worth? Find Out Free → https://bit.ly/3O6Rem4 🔍 Search Homes for Sale in Ocean County → https://bit.ly/3QuudKn 📱 Call or Text: 908-907-4049 📨 Email: [email protected] The May 2026 numbers for Ocean County, New Jersey are in — and there's a lot to unpack. The median sale price just hit $505,000, the highest reading of the year. Pending contracts surged nearly 8% year over year. And Kevin Warsh just wrapped up his very first Federal Reserve meeting as Chair, with projections that have serious implications for anyone buying or selling at the Jersey Shore right now. In this video, I break down everything you need to know about the Ocean County housing market this month — home prices, closed sales, pending contracts, active inventory, days on market, absorption rate, and what the Fed's updated dot plot means for mortgage rates in 2026. 📍 What's covered: ▸ Median sale price: $505,000 — up $45K from April ▸ Closed sales: 680 (down YOY, but here's why that doesn't tell the whole story) ▸ Pending contracts: 917 — up 8% from May 2025 ▸ Pending contracts $500K+: UP 24.2% year over year ▸ Active listings: 2,542 — up 9.8% from last year ▸ Median days on market: 19 days ▸ Absorption rate: 3.45 months — still firmly a seller's market ▸ Fed June 16-17 meeting recap — what Warsh's first meeting means for rates ▸ What buyers and sellers should do right now Whether you're relocating to Ocean County, buying your first home at the Jersey Shore, upsizing, downsizing, or just keeping an eye on the market — this is the most complete monthly breakdown you'll find. 🏡 Thinking about buying or selling in Ocean County NJ? 0:00 Introduction 1:12 Ocean County NJ Prices 2:11 Ocean County Home Sales 3:18 Ocean County NJ Pending Sales 4:24 Ocean County NJ Inventory 5:51 Days on Market 6:28 Absorption Rate 7:27 Federal Reserve June Meeting 10:00 Ocean County NJ Market Outlook ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ▶Subscribe 👉    / @liveincentralnewjersey   This channel is all about living in Central New Jersey, moving to Central New Jersey, and relocating to Central New Jersey. We also cover living in the Central NJ suburbs, moving to the Central NJ suburbs, and relocating to the Central NJ Suburbs. If you want to know everything about eating, sleeping, working, playing, the good, and the bad of living in Central New Jersey, then subscribe and tap the bell for notifications so you can be the first to know about the current market in Central NJ. We get calls and emails everyday of people just like you, looking for help on making their move to Central New Jersey and we absolutely love it. Whether you are moving in 9 days or 90 days, give us a call, shoot us a text, or send us an email so we can help you make a smooth move to Central NJ Call or Text us: 908-907-4049 Email: [email protected] Steven McCutcheon Central NJ Real Estate Agent 1865382