Data Analysis

Marion County sellers cut asking prices 289 times while 174 listings went under contract from October 20 to November 2, 2026, and homes from $500,000 to $749,999 logged 25 cuts against 5 contracts.

Our Stellar MLS feed logged 289 price cuts and 174 new contracts in Marion County in two weeks, about 1.7 cuts per contract. The median cut was 2.44%.

From October 20 through November 2, 2026, our live Stellar MLS feed logged 289 price cuts on active Marion County listings and 174 active listings going under contract, about 1.7 cuts for every new contract. The median cut was 2.44 percent, or $7,080. From $500,000 to $749,999, the feed logged 25 cuts against 5 contracts. New construction cut less: a median 1.64 percent across 93 builder cuts, against 2.87 percent on 196 resale cuts. The feed also logged 310 new listings. All figures are ours, computed from Stellar MLS records; information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

This is a two-week read on price cuts. Our October 28 article on Ocala listings over $500,000 covered live supply by price band, our October 30 Ocala new homes roundup covered builders, and our October 26 piece on the I-75 and 49th Street gateway covered a planned development. Completed-month figures are in our Ocala median price and Ocala days on market articles, and the full series is on the Ocala market data hub.

Where are Marion County sellers cutting prices?

The city of Ocala had most of the activity. By mailing city, the feed logged:

Source: Momentum Research, computed from Stellar MLS records, Marion County, October 20 to November 2, 2026. Contracts count active listings that moved to pending or under contract. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Smaller places not shown.

Recent prices for Dunnellon are on our Dunnellon market page.

Which ZIP codes had the most cuts per contract?

Cuts and contracts ran close to even in ZIP codes 34473 and 34476, and further apart in parts of the city of Ocala.

Source: Momentum Research, computed from Stellar MLS records, Marion County, October 20 to November 2, 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

ZIP 34470 in Ocala logged 15 cuts and 2 contracts, with only 4 new listings. ZIP 32179 in Ocklawaha logged 12 cuts and 3 contracts.

Which price ranges have the most cuts?

Source: Momentum Research, computed from Stellar MLS records, Marion County, October 20 to November 2, 2026. Band uses the price before the cut. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Homes from $200,000 to $299,999 made up 122 of the 289 cuts and 80 of the 174 contracts. The median home that went under contract had a list price of about $261,500, against a median new-listing ask of $290,000. Single-family homes logged 254 cuts and 145 contracts, with a median single-family cut of 2.39 percent.

Are builders cutting prices in Ocala?

Builders cut less often relative to sales. New construction logged 93 cuts against 69 contracts, about 1.3 per contract, with a median cut of 1.64 percent. Resale homes logged 196 cuts against 105 contracts, about 1.9 per contract, with a median of 2.87 percent. New construction took about 40 percent of the window's contracts. Builder supply by community is on our Ocala new construction and Marion County home builders pages.

What does this mean for buyers and sellers?

For resale buyers, a cut of about 3 percent was the typical move, and sellers in the $500,000 to $749,999 band were cutting five times for every contract. Carrying costs belong in the budget: our Ocala home insurance page covers insurance, and the Marion County property tax page covers tax estimates.

For resale sellers, the competition includes builders, who drew contracts at a steadier rate with smaller cuts. Homes from $200,000 to $399,999 took 122 of the 174 contracts in this window. Monthly pace is in our Stellar MLS Market Pulse.

People also ask

Are home prices dropping in Ocala?

Asking prices are being cut. Our feed logged 289 price cuts in Marion County from October 20 to November 2, 2026, with a median cut of 2.44 percent, or $7,080. Closed-sale medians are in our monthly Ocala median price articles.

How many homes went under contract in Ocala?

Our feed logged 174 Marion County listings moving to pending or under contract from October 20 to November 2, 2026, including 132 with an Ocala mailing city.

Do new homes in Ocala get price cuts?

Some do. New construction logged 93 cuts in the two weeks, with a median of 1.64 percent, against a median of 2.87 percent on 196 resale cuts.

Limitations

Counts come from the change log of our live Stellar MLS feed, which records a change when our refresh sees it. The feed logged no Marion County changes on October 22 and almost none on October 25, so some changes from those days may fall on later dates or outside the window. The prior two weeks are not compared because of a feed backfill on October 13 and 14 and a gap from October 16 to 18. A listing that changed more than once in a category within a window is counted once. Contracts count active listings that moved to pending or under contract; listings that entered the feed already in contract are excluded. City follows the listing's mailing city. Builder sales recorded outside the MLS are not counted.

Sources

• Momentum Research, computed from Stellar MLS records, Marion County (listing change log, October 20 to November 2, 2026). Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the MLS to be accurate.
• Momentum Research, Stellar MLS Market Pulse.
• Full monthly series and per-feed attribution: Ocala market data

Disclosure: Jon Brooks is a co-founder of Momentum Realty, a Florida real estate brokerage that owns and funds Florida Housing Intelligence. Momentum has a financial interest in Florida real estate transactions, including in markets named here. See our editorial standards.