Citrus County, FL housing market

The median sale price in Citrus County, FL was $280K in May 2026, up 0.9% year over year, measured across homes that actually closed that month (Redfin). The three months through May 2026 averaged $283K, holding steady against $280K across the three months before that. That puts prices 1.8% below the strongest three-month stretch on record here, which ended in Aug 2025 at $288K. Zillow's home value index, which models the entire housing stock rather than only the homes that changed hands, reads $274K for Jun 2026, down 2.3% year over year.

Buyers had 1,570 homes to choose from in May 2026, down 18.1% year over year (Redfin). At the current sales pace that standing inventory works out to 3.8 months of supply; convention treats four to six months as a balanced market, which puts Citrus County, FL on the sellers' side of that line. 419 homes came to market in May 2026, down 9.5% year over year, against 408 closings, up 24.0% year over year. Homes that sold in May 2026 took a median of 68 days to go under contract, 11 days faster than this market's usual May pace.

Sellers were asking a median of $299K in Jul 2026, down 4.5% year over year (Realtor.com via FRED). Asking prices and closing prices never describe the same homes, so the gap between them reads as seller expectation rather than a discount available to buyers: in May 2026 the list median ran 7.1% above the closing median. Competition is measurable in the closings themselves: 8% settled above asking, and the average sale landed at 97% of its final list price. 36% of listings carried a price cut in May 2026.

This page tracks 18 monthly housing series for Citrus County, FL — median sale price, median list price, ZHVI home value, inventory (active), active listings, median days on market, and more — sourced from Realtor.com via FRED, Redfin, Zillow ZHVI, running from Aug 2016 through Jul 2026. Chart any of them below, switch between levels and year-over-year change, or add nearby Florida markets to compare side by side.