The pace at which homes sell in the U.S. tends to ebb and flow over the calendar year, with homes selling fastest in the summer and slowest in the winter. But high home prices and mortgage interest rates are keeping many potential buyers on the sidelines.
The median number of days a home spent on the market in March was 48, five days faster than the year before.
Slowing home sales can indicate a given market is more buyer friendly. It can also signal a mismatch between purchasing power and market conditions.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where homes took the longest to sell in March, using data from Redfin. Metros, which include the main city as well as its surrounding towns and suburbs, are ranked by the median number of days a home was listed before it sold. In the case of ties, metros with the most home sales overall were ranked higher. Metros with more than 300 home sales were included.
- Median days on market: 50
- Median sale price: $286,000
- Total homes sold: 876
- Median days on market: 50
- Median sale price: $339,000
- Total homes sold: 5,864
- Median days on market: 51
- Median sale price: $284,500
- Total homes sold: 330
- Median days on market: 52
- Median sale price: $251,990
- Total homes sold: 385
- Median days on market: 52
- Median sale price: $277,995
- Total homes sold: 890
- Median days on market: 52
- Median sale price: $320,000
- Total homes sold: 1,367
- Median days on market: 53
- Median sale price: $399,512
- Total homes sold: 362
- Median days on market: 53
- Median sale price: $425,000
- Total homes sold: 1,398
- Median days on market: 54
- Median sale price: $274,700
- Total homes sold: 526
- Median days on market: 55
- Median sale price: $559,713
- Total homes sold: 443
- Median days on market: 55
- Median sale price: $445,000
- Total homes sold: 2,281
- Median days on market: 56
- Median sale price: $290,000
- Total homes sold: 381
- Median days on market: 56
- Median sale price: $230,000
- Total homes sold: 393
- Median days on market: 56
- Median sale price: $479,992
- Total homes sold: 1,054
- Median days on market: 56
- Median sale price: $375,000
- Total homes sold: 1,220
- Median days on market: 57
- Median sale price: $231,756
- Total homes sold: 390
- Median days on market: 57
- Median sale price: $459,000
- Total homes sold: 2,724
- Median days on market: 58
- Median sale price: $260,000
- Total homes sold: 781
- Median days on market: 58
- Median sale price: $222,750
- Total homes sold: 1,825
- Median days on market: 58
- Median sale price: $450,000
- Total homes sold: 2,671
- Median days on market: 59
- Median sale price: $250,160
- Total homes sold: 313
- Median days on market: 59
- Median sale price: $680,000
- Total homes sold: 989
- Median days on market: 59
- Median sale price: $375,485
- Total homes sold: 2,502
- Median days on market: 60
- Median sale price: $370,000
- Total homes sold: 1,085
- Median days on market: 61
- Median sale price: $405,450
- Total homes sold: 1,992
- Median days on market: 62
- Median sale price: $220,600
- Total homes sold: 341
- Median days on market: 62
- Median sale price: $356,090
- Total homes sold: 1,349
- Median days on market: 63
- Median sale price: $361,750
- Total homes sold: 1,099
- Median days on market: 64
- Median sale price: $450,000
- Total homes sold: 2,404
- Median days on market: 65
- Median sale price: $560,000
- Total homes sold: 2,320
- Median days on market: 65
- Median sale price: $710,000
- Total homes sold: 3,688
- Median days on market: 66
- Median sale price: $284,900
- Total homes sold: 494
- Median days on market: 68
- Median sale price: $280,000
- Total homes sold: 767
- Median days on market: 69
- Median sale price: $240,000
- Total homes sold: 364
- Median days on market: 69
- Median sale price: $360,000
- Total homes sold: 570
- Median days on market: 69
- Median sale price: $396,000
- Total homes sold: 961
- Median days on market: 69
- Median sale price: $310,000
- Total homes sold: 2,893
- Median days on market: 70
- Median sale price: $420,000
- Total homes sold: 328
- Median days on market: 70
- Median sale price: $515,000
- Total homes sold: 2,289
- Median days on market: 71
- Median sale price: $439,932
- Total homes sold: 504
- Median days on market: 72
- Median sale price: $315,000
- Total homes sold: 705
- Median days on market: 74
- Median sale price: $539,000
- Total homes sold: 301
- Median days on market: 74
- Median sale price: $355,000
- Total homes sold: 656
- Median days on market: 75
- Median sale price: $400,000
- Total homes sold: 692
- Median days on market: 77
- Median sale price: $350,000
- Total homes sold: 400
- Median days on market: 77
- Median sale price: $739,000
- Total homes sold: 591
- Median days on market: 78
- Median sale price: $305,450
- Total homes sold: 465
- Median days on market: 78
- Median sale price: $319,428
- Total homes sold: 800
- Median days on market: 81
- Median sale price: $285,000
- Total homes sold: 941
- Median days on market: 96
- Median sale price: $340,000
- Total homes sold: 1,763