Days on market
How many days a listing has been active on the MLS. A high number tends to make buyers ask what's wrong with the home, whether that's fair or not.
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See how it worksWhere this comes up in a sale, and what follows
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Part 1 of 4
Why a seller cares
Buyers read a high DOM as a question about the house. The first two weeks are when a listing gets most of its attention, and a price that misses them is expensive to correct later.
Part 2 of 4
A simple example
Your listing is on day 45 in a market where the median is 18. New buyers' agents ask what is wrong with it before they book.
| Days on market | How buyers tend to read it |
|---|---|
| Under the local median | Fresh; offers arrive at or near the ask |
| Twice the median | Something is off; offers arrive under it |
| Months | A discount is expected, whatever the house is like |
DOM is a number buyers use to price the home for you.
Part 3 of 4
What people get wrong
That a long DOM is a sign of a bad house. Most of the time it is a sign of the first price.
Part 4 of 4 · where to read next
Where it appears in the sale
What a definition is, and what it isn't
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