Across the 100 largest US metros, the typical home in San Jose, CA sat for 36 days over the past year. In Cape Coral, FL it was 86 days, a gap of 50 days. Homes are sitting longer than a year ago in 83 of the 100 metros.
Stagingmate ResearchAverage of each metro's monthly median days on market for October 2025 to September 2026, compared with the 12 months before.
Realtor.com figures cover listings on Realtor.com and are medians for each month; a metro's median can move when the mix of homes listed changes.
median days on market in San Jose, CA, the fastest of the 100 largest metros.
in Cape Coral, FL, the slowest.
metros where homes take longer to sell than a year earlier.
between the fastest (San Jose, CA) and slowest (Cape Coral, FL) of the 100 largest metros.
| Metro | Days on market | A year earlier | Change | Buyer search YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 36 | 34 | +5% | |
| Rochester, NY | 36 | 41 | −11% | −9% |
| Hartford, CT | 37 | 37 | +2% | −17% |
| Milwaukee, WI | 38 | 35 | +11% | −4% |
| Chicago, IL | 40 | 40 | +0% | −3% |
| San Francisco, CA | 40 | 42 | −5% | −11% |
| Washington, DC | 41 | 36 | +11% | −22% |
| Providence, RI | 41 | 38 | +7% | −7% |
| Worcester, MA | 41 | 34 | +21% | |
| Allentown, PA | 41 | 41 | +0% | |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 42 | 41 | +1% | |
| Akron, OH | 42 | 40 | +5% | |
| New Haven, CT | 42 | 44 | −4% | |
| Boston, MA | 42 | 38 | +11% | −18% |
| Minneapolis, MN | 42 | 42 | +1% | −18% |
| Harrisburg, PA | 42 | 42 | +2% | 0% |
| Baltimore, MD | 42 | 38 | +11% | −18% |
| Omaha, NE | 43 | 44 | −3% | −10% |
| Bridgeport, CT | 43 | 45 | −4% | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 44 | 41 | +7% | −9% |
| Toledo, OH | 45 | 39 | +16% | −8% |
| Richmond, VA | 45 | 45 | −1% | −6% |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 45 | 43 | +5% | −11% |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY | 45 | 43 | +4% | −16% |
| San Diego, CA | 45 | 43 | +4% | −9% |
| Detroit, MI | 45 | 42 | +7% | −13% |
| Dayton, OH | 46 | 42 | +10% | −12% |
| Philadelphia, PA | 47 | 46 | +3% | −12% |
| Cleveland, OH | 47 | 46 | +2% | −12% |
| Columbus, OH | 47 | 43 | +9% | −12% |
| Boise City, ID | 47 | 48 | −1% | −9% |
| Seattle, WA | 47 | 43 | +10% | −8% |
| Buffalo, NY | 47 | 46 | +2% | −3% |
| Spokane, WA | 48 | 47 | +2% | −8% |
| St. Louis, MO | 49 | 47 | +5% | −13% |
| Sacramento, CA | 50 | 48 | +5% | −9% |
| Columbia, SC | 51 | 48 | +7% | −15% |
| Stockton, CA | 51 | 47 | +9% | |
| Kansas City, MO | 52 | 56 | −7% | −8% |
| Little Rock, AR | 52 | 52 | +0% | −14% |
| Oxnard, CA | 53 | 49 | +8% | |
| Madison, WI | 53 | 52 | +2% | −14% |
| Portland, ME | 53 | 54 | −1% | −7% |
| Scranton, PA | 53 | 52 | +2% | −2% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 54 | 51 | +6% | −6% |
| Indianapolis, IN | 54 | 49 | +9% | −11% |
| Syracuse, NY | 54 | 62 | −14% | −4% |
| Houston, TX | 54 | 51 | +6% | −19% |
| Denver, CO | 54 | 52 | +4% | −18% |
| Wichita, KS | 55 | 53 | +3% | +2% |
| Bakersfield, CA | 55 | 50 | +9% | −17% |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 56 | 50 | +10% | −9% |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 56 | 54 | +3% | −15% |
| Charleston, SC | 56 | 53 | +7% | −13% |
| New York, NY | 56 | 57 | −2% | −13% |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | 57 | 58 | −2% | |
| Albany, NY | 57 | 55 | +3% | −11% |
| Fresno, CA | 57 | 54 | +6% | 0% |
| Greensboro, NC | 57 | 52 | +11% | −12% |
| Raleigh, NC | 58 | 54 | +6% | −14% |
| Dallas, TX | 58 | 55 | +5% | −17% |
| Atlanta, GA | 58 | 55 | +5% | −5% |
| Winston, NC | 58 | 52 | +12% | |
| Durham, NC | 58 | 53 | +9% | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 59 | 52 | +12% | −14% |
| Tulsa, OK | 59 | 56 | +5% | −10% |
| Greenville, SC | 59 | 55 | +9% | −13% |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 59 | 55 | +8% | −10% |
| Charlotte, NC | 60 | 53 | +12% | −13% |
| Nashville, TN | 60 | 56 | +6% | −22% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 60 | 59 | +2% | 0% |
| Tucson, AZ | 60 | 57 | +5% | −7% |
| Birmingham, AL | 62 | 60 | +3% | −4% |
| Riverside, CA | 62 | 60 | +3% | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 63 | 61 | +3% | −16% |
| Knoxville, TN | 63 | 57 | +9% | −11% |
| Chattanooga, TN | 63 | 59 | +7% | −16% |
| Portland, OR | 64 | 61 | +4% | −11% |
| Des Moines, IA | 65 | 64 | +3% | −21% |
| Albuquerque, NM | 67 | 63 | +6% | −22% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 68 | 69 | −1% | −16% |
| Memphis, TN | 68 | 64 | +6% | −8% |
| San Antonio, TX | 69 | 68 | +1% | −18% |
| Palm Bay, FL | 71 | 70 | +1% | |
| Augusta, GA | 71 | 66 | +8% | −20% |
| Austin, TX | 71 | 66 | +9% | −10% |
| El Paso, TX | 71 | 66 | +8% | −15% |
| Jackson, MS | 74 | 75 | −2% | −18% |
| Tampa, FL | 74 | 69 | +8% | −15% |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 75 | 78 | −3% | −14% |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 76 | 71 | +6% | −14% |
| Orlando, FL | 76 | 72 | +6% | −10% |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 77 | 77 | +0% | |
| McAllen, TX | 78 | 73 | +6% | 0% |
| New Orleans, LA | 78 | 78 | −0% | 0% |
| Deltona, FL | 80 | 81 | −1% | |
| Lakeland, FL | 81 | 78 | +4% | |
| Miami, FL | 83 | 79 | +5% | −15% |
| North Port, FL | 83 | 80 | +3% | |
| Cape Coral, FL | 86 | 85 | +1% |
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Stagingmate Research (2026). Homes sell 2.4x faster in San Jose than in Cape Coral. https://stagingmate.com/research/days-on-market-leaderboard-fastest-and-slowest-100-cities
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Among the 100 largest metros, San Jose, CA, at a median of 36 days.