Home sales in the region saw a modest uptick in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers Association of Realtors, which recently released its fourth quarter home sales report. According to the report, there were 270 sales regionwide during the months of October, November and December in the CBRAR service footprint, which includes Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties, the Buena Vista District of King and Queen County and the Town of West Point, nine more than the fourth quarter of 2024, a 3 percent gain. At the same time, the median price for a home in the area dipped in the fourth quarter. The regionwide median price was $361,750 in the fourth quarter, about $2,750 or 1 percent lower than a year ago. Inventory continues to expand in the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers housing market. There were 351 active listings in the area at the end of the fourth quarter, a 13 percent increase from last year. Sales activity grew 15 percent in Mathews County in the four...