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Nearly 44% of U.S. Homes for Sale Now Carry HOA Fees as Dues Continue to Climb, Realtor.com® Finds
Median HOA fee rose to $135 in 2025 as homeowners' associations become more common across new and existing homesAUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Median HOA fee rose to $135 in 2025 as homeowners' associations become more common across new and existing homesAUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeowners associations (HOAs) continued their steady growth across the U.S. housing market in 2025, with nearly 44% of homes for sale now subject to a monthly HOA fee, according to the newly released Homeowners Association Report from Realtor.com®. That share, which has climbed from 34.3% in 2019 to 43.6% in 2025, underscores how HOA obligations have become an increasingly common part of the total cost of buying a home.\n\"HOAs are no longer confined to condos or brand-new developments,\" said Joel Berner, senior economist at Realtor.com®. \"The HOA-heavy construction boom earlier in the decade is now filtering into the existing-home market, and many of those newer communities were built with shared amenities, private roads and common spaces that require ongoing maintenance. At the same time, rising insurance costs, stricter building safety standards and higher labor and material prices are pushing associations to raise dues, making monthly HOA fees a much more common—and more costly—feature of homeownership than they were even a few years ago.\"It is not just the prevalence of HOAs that is rising. The median HOA fee reached $135 in 2025, up from $125 last year and $108 in 2019, continuing a multiyear upward trend in monthly dues. Last year, Realtor.com® found that HOAs were growing in popularity and cost from 2023 to 2024. The latest data show that both trends persisted through 2025, reflecting how changes in housing construction and inventory are reshaping the resale market.More Home Listings Include HOAs in 2025In 2025, 43.6% of U.S. home listings included a non-zero HOA fee, up from 41.9% last year and well above pre-pandemic levels. HOAs remain far more common among condos and townhomes, with 84.8% of those listings subject to monthly dues, but their reach is expanding across the broader market. Roughly one-third (33.4%) of single-family homes now carry HOA fees, and that share is on the rise.Homes with HOAs also tend to be larger and more expensive. Single-family homes with HOA fees have a median size of 2,306 square feet and a median price per square foot of $216.76, compared with 1,818 square feet and $205.10 for those without HOAs. Condos with HOAs are about the sa...