Ever scroll past a listing because it's been sitting for 60+ days and assume something must be wrong with it? That number is doing less work than people think. Days on market simply counts from the day a home is listed to the day an offer is accepted — it doesn't know if the seller intentionally started high to leave room to negotiate, if it's a slower season, or if the house sat empty over a holiday week with no showings scheduled at all. Right now in Manatee County, homes are averaging 78 days on market, up from 69 days a year ago (per Redfin) — which says a lot more about pricing and inventory across the whole market than it does about any one house. A well-priced, well-presented home in a slower market can still take longer than a mediocre one did during a hot one. Have you ever ruled out a house because of how long it had been listed, only to find out later the reason had nothing to do with the home itself?

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