Last summer, when the market got quiet, sellers pulled their homes off the MLS in record numbers. This summer they are doing the opposite — and that single change tells you almost everything about who you are competing with in Fresno this fall.
Realtor.com’s August report shows delistings down 12.6% from a year ago, the third straight month of declines after drops of 8.3% in June and 4.7% in July. Demand did not improve. Buyers are still sitting out, the 30-year mortgage is parked at 6.89%, and the national median list price has fallen for ten consecutive months to $424,500. Sellers simply stopped treating “withdraw and wait” as a strategy.
What they are doing instead is cutting. Price reductions hit 20.4% of active listings nationally — the first month all year to match last year’s pace — and 22.0% across the West, the highest rate in the country. In other words, the seller down the street from you is not going anywhere, and they are willing to keep dropping their number until something moves.
What this means for Fresno homeowners
- Your competition got more stubborn. Fewer homes leaving the market means the Fresno inventory you are listed against in October is largely the same inventory that was there in July — already price-cut and already seasoned.
- Days on market are the real cost. Every month you hold a listing while trimming the price is another mortgage payment, another insurance bill, another round of utilities and yard care on a house you have already decided to sell.
- Cash removes the waiting game entirely. A cash sale skips the price-cut cycle, the appraisal, the lender timeline, and the repair requests. You know the number and the closing date up front instead of discovering them 90 days in.
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