Housing data
Days on Market in Big U.S. Metros (August 2026)
Days on market is the median number of days listings spent on the market. Here are the large metro areas where listings sat longest in August 2026.
Median days on market, August 2026 (slowest 8 big metros)
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL: 95 days (−10.38% vs. August 2025)
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL: 85 days (−5.56%)
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL: 75 days (−2.60%)
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL: 74 days (−3.90%)
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX: 73 days (+1.39%)
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX: 68 days (no change)
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ: 67 days (−4.29%)
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA: 63 days (−4.55%)
What it means
- The four slowest big metros were all in Florida.
- In six of these eight metros, listings spent fewer days on the market than a year earlier. Austin was slower and San Antonio was unchanged.
- The fastest big metros were Chicago-Naperville-Elgin (36 days), Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington (39) and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn (40).
- We compared 24 metro areas with 8,000+ homes for sale. These are listing data, not sold prices.
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Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, monthly housing inventory data, August 2026 (metro areas with 8,000+ active listings). Listing data, not sold prices.