Seller Timelines
How long does it take to sell, really.
The honest answer from 5,600 local closed sales is not a number, it is a fork: about a third of homes go under contract inside a month, and about a third take more than three. Which side of the fork your home lands on is mostly decided before the sign goes in the yard.
The fork, by market.
Thirteen months of single family closings, first half of 2026 medians shown as ranges across the two quarters. Add 30 to 40 days of escrow after contract for the full listing-to-keys timeline.
What decides the fork is documented on the pricing page: homes priced right at the start went under contract in about a month at 96 to 98 percent of original ask. Homes that had to cut first took three-plus months and kept 85 to 90 percent. Season moves the timeline by a couple of weeks; the list price moves it by months.
How this was put together
- Source. ARMLS closed sales, July 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, pulled 2026-08-15.
- Houses only. Single family residences; attached product trades on its own clock.
- Days on market is list date to contract date as recorded in the MLS, not to closing.
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Anne Sostman · The Brokery · Arizona License SA718853000