{"id":7049,"date":"2026-03-12T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=7049"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:28:05","slug":"pricing-your-home-to-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/pricing-your-home-to-sell\/","title":{"rendered":"Pricing Your Home to Sell: Let Market Trends Guide You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pricing your home to sell is a complex calculation<\/a> that aims to hit the sweet spot: not so high that you dampen buyer interest and sit on the market for months, and not so low that you undersell its value or inadvertently telegraph there\u2019s a structural problem or other reason it\u2019s priced to move.<\/p>\n

That means knowing which features drive value<\/a> and which factors might not<\/a> \u2014 not exactly crunching numbers. According to 66% of agents<\/a> recently surveyed by HomeLight, the single most important thing they can do for their seller clients is to set realistic pricing expectations from day one. Failure to set realistic pricing may result in the biggest seller mistake<\/a>, which is overpricing, according to 77% of surveyed agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Agents say sellers often struggle with whether they\u2019ve set the right price<\/a>, and the housing market\u2019s current state<\/a> only adds to this confusion. That strong seller\u2019s market where homes sold within a week at full asking price is no longer the case for most parts of the country. Conditions have changed, steadily transitioning<\/a> from a seller\u2019s market to a buyer\u2019s market. Existing home sales in February 2025 dropped 1%<\/a> compared to 2024, and sales dropped another 1.4%%<\/a> in February 2026, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).<\/p>\n

That translates to a whole different playing field. In a recent survey of roughly 1,000 top HomeLight network agents, 21% said home sales are falling through<\/a> due to buyer financing, and another 6% says it\u2019s due to the appraisal coming in below the sale price. According to the NAR, inventory is also back on the rise at 3.8 months<\/a>, a 2.4% increase from January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pricing your home to sell is a deceivingly complex calculation. You need to stay competitive with other homes without underselling your value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":46334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,344],"tags":[251],"class_list":["post-7049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-logistics","category-price","tag-how-to-sell-a-house"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPricing Your Home to Sell: Let Market Trends Guide You<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pricing your home to sell is a complex calculation. 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