Market Trends Quarter 4 - 2025
Prepared by: Melissa Hallman
Engel & Völkers Golden Isles
A Word From Us.
Greetings and Happy New Year from St. Simons Island and the Golden Isles. January has been treating us kindly so far, with sunshine and mild temperatures, highs in the 60s and 70s which is always a welcome start to the year.
As we look back at the fourth quarter of 2025, Glynn County experienced a 12.5% decrease in homes sold compared to the third quarter. Average days on market remained steady at 100 days, while the median list to sale price ratio dipped slightly to 97.9%. Although overall sales volume slowed, values continued to hold strong. The median sale price rose nearly 6% this quarter, landing at $402,500.
One of the more telling indicators this quarter was the number of homes that either expired or were withdrawn from the market. In Q4, 262 properties fell into this category, compared to 164 during the same period the year prior. This was a 60% year over year increase. This shift offers a clear and realistic snapshot of market conditions as 2025 came to a close.
That said, I remain optimistic. As we step into 2026, we’re already seeing encouraging signs of renewed activity, and momentum appears to be building. I’m also hopeful that interest rate cuts later this year will provide additional fuel for the market and create new opportunities for both buyers and sellers.
At Engel & Völkers Golden Isles it is our mission to provide unprecedented luxury real estate brokerage services here on Saint Simons Island and throughout the Golden Isles for each of our clients. We hope you enjoy this market report and the in depth look at the many unique and beautiful neighborhoods that make up Glynn County. As always, if you have questions or would like to discuss what these trends mean for you, we’re here to help.
President Engel & Völkers Golden Isles
148 Homes Sold
St Simons Island
$761,250 Median Closed Sales Price
5.12 Months of Inventory
109 Avg. Days on Market
Neighborhoods of St Simons Island, GA
St. Simons Island, or simply St. Simons, is a barrier island and census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia. Part of the Brunswick Metropolitan Area, it had a population of 12,743 according to the 2010 census
Located on the southeast Georgia coast between Savannah and Jacksonville, St Simons is both a seaside resort and residential community It is the largest of Georgia’s Golden Isles, which also include Sea Island, Jekyll Island, and Little St Simons Island Visitors come for its warm climate, beaches, outdoor activities, shops and restaurants, historic sites, and natural beauty
Along with its permanent population, the island attracts many visitors and part-time residents In 2010, 26 8% of housing units were designated for seasonal or recreational use Most development is concentrated on the southern half of the island, while the northern half remains marsh and woodland. In the northeast, Cannon’s Point Preserve offers public access to trails, historic ruins, and undisturbed maritime forest.
Originally inhabited by the Creek Nation, the area was later contested by the Spanish, English, and French. Under English control, rice and cotton plantations were established using enslaved African labor, giving rise to the Gullah culture still present today.
St. Simons is accessible via the F.J. Torras Causeway, and Malcolm McKinnon Airport provides general aviation service.
Source: Wikipedia
7 Homes Sold
$1,875,000
96
5 Homes Sold $955,000 Median Closed Sales Price 5.38 Months of Inventory
143 Avg. Days on Market
4
51
3 Homes Sold $1,615,000 Median Closed Sales Price
61 Avg. Days on Market
2 Homes Sold
$1,387,500
9.09
189
8 Homes Sold $3,625,000 Median Closed Sales Price 2.25 Months of Inventory
152 Avg. Days on Market
Jekyll Island
9 Homes Sold
$845,500 Median Closed Sales Price
21 Months of Inventory
161 Avg. Days on Market
Neighborhoods of Jekyll Island, GA
Jekyll Island is located off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County. It is one of the Sea Islands and one of the Golden Isles of Georgia barrier islands The island is owned by the State of Georgia and run by a self-sustaining, selfgoverning body
Long used seasonally by indigenous peoples of the region, beginning in the colonial era, some of its lands became privately owned A few structures still stand made of tabby, a coastal building material of crushed oyster shells The island was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries It was evacuated during World War II by order of the U S government In 1947 the state of Georgia acquired all the property, for security and preservation
A popular tourist destination, the island has beaches frequented by vacationers Guided tours of the Landmark Historic District are available. Bike trails, walks along the beaches and sandbars, and Summer Waves, a water park, are among the active attractions. The historic district features numerous impressive and ambitious buildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The island is also full of wildlife, consisting of many different mammals, reptiles, and birds living and breeding in the island's inland salt marshes. In 2018, Architectural Digest named Jekyll Island the eleventh most beautiful small town in America.
In 1886, Jekyll Island was purchased by the Jekyll Island Club, which Munsey’s Magazine called “the richest, the most exclusive, the most inaccessible club in the world….” For those who represented 1/6 of the world’s wealth at the turn of the century, the Jekyll Island Club became an exclusive retreat. Families with names like Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt, Pulitzer, and Baker built the elegant Clubhouse and “cottages” in Victorian architectural styles.
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$1,950,000
1
0
2
1 Homes Sold $610,000
2 Homes Sold $805,500 Median Closed Sales Price
1.51 Months of Inventory
169 Avg. Days on Market
1 Homes Sold $845,500 Median Closed Sales Price 3.03 Months of Inventory
189 Avg. Days on Market
1 Homes Sold $1,600,000 Median Closed Sales Price
Sea Island
7 Homes Sold $5,400,000 Median Closed Sales Price 11.15 Months of Inventory 110 Avg. Days on Market
Neighborhoods of Sea Island, GA
Sea Island is a privately owned, unincorporated area of Glynn County, Georgia, and is part of the Golden Isles of Georgia, which include St Simons Island, Jekyll Island, Little St Simons Island, and the mainland city of Brunswick The well-visited seaside resort island is located along the Atlantic Coast just east of St Simons Island It lies about 60 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida, and about 60 miles south of Savannah, Georgia, and is reachable via a causeway from St Simons Island The Anschutz family of Denver, Colorado, owns two resorts with limited public access and maintains a gated community for around 500 single-family residences.
The resorts, Sea Island Beach Club and The Cloister, are located a short distance from one another, connected by a roundabout in the middle of Sea Island Drive, the island’s main connecting road. The oceanfront Beach Club contains restaurants, a game room, a bowling alley, an ice cream shop, a bar, and three pools. Sea Island’s main hotel, The Cloister, is located on its southwestern side along the Black Banks River. It includes restaurants, 200 rooms, a spa, tennis and squash courts, an exercise facility, and is home to the only Forbes Five-Star restaurant in the state of Georgia, The Georgian Room. It is the only resort in the world to have received four Forbes Five-Star awards for ten consecutive years.
Georgia’s Sea Island is part of a long chain of barrier islands, also known as “sea islands,” located along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida between the Santee and St. Johns rivers.
Source: Wikipedia
1 Homes Sold
$1,200,000
15.15
55 Avg. Days on Market
2 Homes Sold $6,650,000 Median Closed Sales Price
12.12 Months of Inventory
103 Avg. Days on Market
1 Homes Sold
1 Homes Sold $3,700,000 Median Closed Sales PriceMonths of Inventory 51 Avg. Days on Market
Brunswick
28 Homes Sold
$200,000 Median Closed Sales Price
3.96 Months of Inventory
85 Avg. Days on Market
Neighborhoods of Brunswick, GA
Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, United States. As the main urban and economic center of the state's lower southeast, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coast after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
British colonists settled the peninsula in 1738 as a buffer to Spanish Florida It came under provincial control in 1771 and was founded as "Brunswick" after the German duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the ancestral home of the House of Hanover It was incorporated as a city in 1856 Throughout its history, Brunswick has served as an important port city: in World War II, it served as a strategic military location with an operational base for escort blimps and a shipbuilding facility for the U S Maritime Commission
Brunswick supports a progressive economy largely based on tourism and logistics, with a metropolitan GDP of $3.9 billion. The Port of Brunswick handles approximately 10 percent of all U.S. roll-on/roll-off trade third in the U.S., behind the ports of Los Angeles and Newark. The headquarters of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is located 5 miles north of the central business district of the city and is adjacent to Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, which provides commercial air service to the area. In the 2010 U.S. census, the population of the city proper was 15,383; the urban area, 51,024; and the metropolitan area, 112,370.
Brunswick is located on a harbor of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 40 mi north of Florida and 80 mi south of South Carolina. Brunswick is bordered on the west by Oglethorpe Bay, the East River, and the Turtle River. It is bordered on the south by the Brunswick River and on the east by the Atlantic Intra coastal Waterway in the Mackay River, which separates it from the Golden Isles.
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1.51
2 Homes Sold $322,500 Median Closed Sales PriceMonths of Inventory
80 Avg. Days on Market
3
2
69
13 Homes Sold $434,900 Median Closed Sales Price 2.07 Months of Inventory
108 Avg. Days on Market
10
56
2 Homes Sold $475,250 Median Closed Sales Price 16.66 Months of Inventory
166 Avg. Days on Market
4 Homes Sold $345,000 Median Closed Sales Price
3 Homes Sold $240,000 Median Closed Sales Price
4 Months of Inventory
81 Avg. Days on Market
1 Homes Sold $899,700
3.03
149
2 Homes Sold $367,500 Median Closed Sales Price 3.03 Months of Inventory
29 Avg. Days on Market
4 Homes Sold $437,500
93
6 Homes Sold $625,000 Median Closed Sales Price
8.5 Months of Inventory
110 Avg. Days on Market
1 Homes Sold $217,000
125
2 Homes Sold $517,500 Median Closed Sales Price 4.54 Months of Inventory
64 Avg. Days on Market
1
154
3 Homes Sold $370,000 Median Closed Sales Price
1 Months of Inventory
69 Avg. Days on Market
The Journey of a Listing
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