It was in October last year that I was lining up new listings for January, 2025. Today, I’m already pushing sellers to next year – and specifically to hit the market in January, 2026, rather than now. I’m not the only one:
NSDCC Cancelled, Expired, & Withdrawn Listings in July
2023: 67
2024: 93
2025: 138
It will become a very popular choice for unsuccessful sellers to cancel their listing now, and “wait until the market gets better” – rather than adjust their price. It might keep the door open for the remaining sellers to get lucky over the next month or two, but generally the focus for most sellers and agents will be on next spring.
If you thought there was a surge of listings in 2025, wait until next year!
Glennda is an active agent in Atlanta, and she posed the question yesterday on her Insta account. Do you have sellers who want to cancel their listing now and wait until next year? Here are responses from around the country:
If you’re already on the market, you might as well stick it out and hope the current inventory thins out quickly – you can always cancel in the 4th quarter and try again next year. But if you’re not on the market and want to wait until the spring selling season, don’t be surprised if A LOT of other sellers are thinking the same thing!
It’s a coin flip situation.
If interest rates go down this fall which seems very likely. Being the only one on the market might be the way to go.