Not a pep talk and not a scare piece: the recorded closings, days-on-market, price direction, and failed-listing counts for Florida’s largest counties, updated from MLS records — and the honest framework for a decision no forecast can make for you.
Florida is a buyer-leaning market in most large counties right now: median community prices fell over the last year in 13 of the 14 largest counties in our data, typical market time is 46–72 days, and 201,552 listings statewide failed to sell in 12 months. That is not a “don’t sell” verdict — the same counties recorded well over 100,000 closings. It means sellers who price to the current market sell; sellers who price to 2022 join the failed-listing count. Whether to sell now versus waiting is personal math this page helps you do, not a prediction it pretends to make.
| County | Recorded closings | Median community DOM | Median community 1-yr price change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | 27,160 | 70 days | -7.1% |
| Miami-Dade | 16,814 | 57 days | -2.9% |
| Palm Beach | 15,791 | 57 days | -2.2% |
| Duval | 13,001 | 49 days | -3.0% |
| Orange | 12,911 | 56 days | -4.9% |
| Brevard | 11,296 | 46 days | -2.8% |
| Pinellas | 10,957 | 57 days | -5.1% |
| Broward | 10,820 | 61 days | -3.4% |
| Hillsborough | 10,547 | 48 days | -6.5% |
| Collier | 9,529 | 72 days | -5.5% |
| St. Johns | 8,008 | 60 days | -2.7% |
| St. Lucie | 7,687 | 70 days | -4.4% |
| Lake | 6,800 | 64 days | -1.3% |
| Pasco | 6,693 | 51 days | -5.3% |
Community-level MLS statistics aggregated per county (median across communities; closings as recorded). Individual communities within a county vary widely — check your community’s own page for its numbers.
Homes are transacting in volume at 46–72 day market times — this is a functioning market, not a frozen one. Prices in most counties drifted down over the past year, which means waiting has not been paid; a seller who waited from last August to this August in Lee County saw the median community price fall 7.1% while paying another year of taxes, insurance, and upkeep. And if your next move is also a Florida purchase, you buy your replacement home with the same buyer-side leverage you’re granting your buyer.
If you don’t need to move, have low carrying costs, hold a mortgage rate you’d surrender, or sit in one of the communities still appreciating (they exist — county medians hide wide spreads), waiting can be rational. What the data does not support is waiting specifically because a better 2027 is assumed: this page makes no forecast, and anyone who promises one is selling something.
The 201,552 failed listings are the tuition other sellers already paid: 71.6% cut price and still failed — late corrections rarely catch a declining market — and the median failure was pulled at day 92. Price against the last 90 days of closed sales, correct early and decisively if showings stall, and get your true payoff picture first with our seller net-proceeds tool. The deeper dive: why listings fail in Florida.
Already listed and sitting? See why Florida listings fail to sell — county-by-county failure data.
No 2027 forecast, no “guaranteed sale,” and no algorithmic estimate of your home’s value. If you want a number, we prepare a records-based valuation by hand from your community’s actual closings — start here — and a personalized seller report with your community’s own DOM, price direction, and failed-ask data.
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Methodology: "failed listings" are MLS records that ended Canceled, Expired, or Withdrawn without a recorded closing, deduplicated to one record per listing, across the MLS feeds Momentum Realty licenses statewide, for the 12 months ending August 15, 2026. County market figures aggregate per-community MLS statistics (median community days-on-market and median community 1-year price change, weighted view; closings counts as recorded). Compiled from MLS records; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This page is general information, not advice about any specific property, and figures change as new records post.
The recorded data for the 12 months ending August 2026 shows a buyer-leaning market in most large Florida counties: median community price changes are negative in 13 of the 14 largest counties tracked (from -1.3% in Lake County to -7.1% in Lee County), median community days-on-market runs 46 to 72 days, and 201,552 listings failed to sell statewide. Homes are selling in volume — well over 100,000 closings across those counties — but pricing power sits with buyers in most markets.
No one can promise what 2027 brings, and this page doesn't try. The recorded facts to weigh: prices in most large counties fell over the last year; waiting carries known costs (taxes, insurance, CDD/HOA, maintenance) against an unknown future price; and selling in a soft market matters less if you're also buying in one, since the discount applies on both sides. The decision is personal math, not market timing.
Median community days-on-market in the largest counties ranges from about 46 days (Brevard) to 72 days (Collier), per MLS community statistics for the current window. Listings that fail typically get pulled around day 92.
Median community-level 1-year price changes are negative in 13 of the 14 largest counties in this data: for example Lee -7.1%, Hillsborough -6.5%, Collier -5.5%, Pinellas -5.1%, Orange -4.9%, Duval -3.0%, St. Johns -2.7%, Lake -1.3%. Individual communities vary widely.
