Trenton home values continue to rise as real estate market shows strength
Trenton’s residential real estate market continues to show strength in 2026, with new year-to-date Multiple Listing Service data showing the average sale price of a Trenton home rising 5.8 percent, from approximately $226,000 in 2025 to $239,000 in 2026.
The latest figures continue a dramatic turnaround in Trenton’s housing market over the past eight years. Historical MLS data provided to the City shows that the average home sale price in 2018 was just $63,000.
“People are investing in Trenton, buying homes and putting down roots in our neighborhoods,” said Mayor W. Reed Gusciora. “For years, many people doubted the value of investing in a home in Trenton. These numbers tell a very different story today. Buyers see value here, and that represents growing confidence in the Capital City.”
That change has occurred alongside a major reduction in City-owned abandoned properties. In 2018, the City’s inventory included more than 3,000 abandoned properties. Today, that inventory has been reduced to fewer than 100 houses and approximately 800 vacant lots, through a combination of demolition and the sale of properties to local investors and first-time homebuyers. Last year alone, City Council approved the transfer of 176 City-owned properties, a pace the City expects to match this year.
“Abandoned properties cannot sit indefinitely as liabilities to their neighborhoods,” said Mayor Gusciora. “We took action to assess these properties and determine if they should be moved toward demolition, or if they could be saved. These efforts have cleaned up our neighborhoods and attracted greater interest in redevelopment and new construction throughout our City, in turn growing Trenton’s real estate appeal.”
The Mayor emphasized that rising values are particularly important for longtime residents who remained invested in the city through more difficult years.
“Homeownership is one of the most important ways for families to build wealth,” the Mayor noted. “In Trenton, working families and first-time buyers still have the opportunity to own a home, and can trust the value of that investment to grow.”
