The Vermont housing market, by the numbers.
Median sale price, days on market, and what a traditional sale really costs a Vermont seller — every figure on this page comes from the source cited next to it.
- Median sale price: $448,000
- Median days on market: 64
- Typical selling costs: ~6.57% of the price
- Foreclosure timeline: 7 to 12 months
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The headline numbers.
Each figure comes from the source cited under it. Medians describe the middle of the Vermont market, not any specific house.
| Vermont metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $448,000 | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Median days on market | 64 days | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Average agent commission | 5.57% (≈ $24,954) | Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg) |
| Seller closing costs | 1% (≈ $4,480) | Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately) |
| Seller transfer tax | None | VT property transfer tax (up to 1.25-1.75%) is paid by the buyer, not the seller (HomeLight, Jan 2025) |
Data updated: September 2026
Selling the traditional way in Vermont: the math.
The same arithmetic an agent would run at your kitchen table, worked on the Vermont median sale price.
How to read this: on the $448,000 median sale, the traditional route leaves roughly $418,566 before loan payoff, repairs, and the holding costs (effective property tax ~1.90%/yr per the Tax Foundation, plus insurance and utilities) that stack up while you wait about 64 days on market. These are estimates worked on the Vermont median; your actual costs vary by county, property, and buyer.
The cost of waiting: Vermont's effective property-tax rate runs about 1.90% a year (Tax Foundation). Worked on the $448,000 median home, that's roughly $8,512 a year in property tax — call it $1,493 accrued across the 64-day (about 9-week) median wait for a traditional sale, before insurance and utilities, and on top of the selling costs above. The longer a Vermont listing sits past the median, the bigger that carrying cost grows.
The Vermont foreclosure clock.
Vermont uses a judicial foreclosure process, and a typical case runs 7 to 12 months — that window is how much real time an owner has to catch up, refinance, or sell.
How long it really takes: Commonly around 10–14+ months for an owner-occupied home: ~21 days to answer, several months to judgment (longer if mediation or contested), then the 6-month default redemption period, then sale notice (30 days + 3 weeks publication), sale, and confirmation. Uncontested cases with shortened redemption can be faster. (practitioner estimate)
Primary statute: 12 V.S.A. §4941. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the specifics with a local attorney.
If you need to sell fast.
The numbers above describe the traditional route in Vermont: roughly 6.57% of the price in selling costs and about 64 days of waiting before a financed buyer even closes. When time is the real problem — a foreclosure date, back taxes, a move that can't wait — some owners trade part of the headline price for speed and certainty by selling as-is to a cash buyer.
Your cash option: You can request offers on Vermont houses sold as-is — no repairs, no commissions, no fees to you. Requesting offers is free, and you decide what happens next.
See what the Vermont numbers mean for your house.
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