Brookfield, told straight. By the numbers.
Brookfield single-family in May 2026: high-end activity is up sharply, days on market has lengthened, and the $650K+ tier is the strongest band in the city. Here's the data.
Where the market sits, may 2026.
Brookfield median sale price hit $688,034 in May — by far the highest of any city in the tri-county area. Top-tier Waukesha County in one number.
Sale-to-list ratio at 101.3%. Buyers are paying slightly over asking on the typical close — but not the runaway premiums of 2022.
Median CDOM at 33 days. The highest-end of the Waukesha market doesn't move at the West Allis pace — buyers take time to compare comps.
Absorption at 1.3 months. Still a seller's market but not a starved one. There are about six weeks of inventory at the current sales pace.
Source: MLS (FlexMLS via GMAR), single-family, pulled May 17, 2026. Filtered to Brookfield, Waukesha County. Numbers reflect what closed in May 2026 and the 2026 year-to-date period.
The premium band is moving — the mid is softening.
Brookfield is the rare market where the high-end is doing the heavy lifting. The $650K–$800K band closed 9 homes in May and is up 76.9% YTD. The $800K+ band did 12 May closings — that's nearly $14M in monthly volume from a single segment. Buyers stretching out of Wauwatosa and the Milwaukee East Side are landing here.
Meanwhile, the $500K–$650K band — historically Brookfield's bread-and-butter — is down 12.2% YTD. Not because demand is gone, but because inventory has compressed. Sellers in that range who upgraded are now feeding the $700K+ pool.
Total YTD volume is +4.5%. That's the cleanest 'normal-market' read of any city I cover. Brookfield isn't booming and isn't softening — it's the only one of nine I'd call a balanced market right now.
CDOM at 33 days deserves context: this is the highest-tier market in southeastern Wisconsin. Buyers comparing $700K homes are not rushing; they're touring three or four times, reading inspection reports carefully, and writing offers with substantial earnest money. That's a healthier dynamic than the manic 8-day window of the 2022 peak.
For sellers in Brookfield's premium tier ($650K+), the market is in your favor. For sellers in the $400K–$650K range, the buyer pool is thinner than it was — pricing accuracy matters more than presentation here. For buyers, the high-end has more selection than at any point in the last 24 months. There's actually room to negotiate inspection credits.
May 2026 sales, by price tier.
Brookfield's May activity concentrated firmly in the $500K+ bands — 34 of 44 closings were $500K or higher. The $650K–$800K band is the standout YTD gainer (+77%), with the $800K+ tier matching it on volume.
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