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Best time to sell

These bars are closed US existing-home sales, not seasonally adjusted, from September 2025 through September 2026. FRED publishes that span for this series. It is one year of closed sales, not a long-run seasonal index, and it does not say what your home will sell for.

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Existing-home sales, number of units. Source: National Association of Realtors, via FRED series EXHOSLUSM495N. Table last updated October 13, 2026.
MonthSales
Sep 2025355,000
Oct 2025359,000
Nov 2025295,000
Dec 2025346,000
Jan 2026228,000
Feb 2026259,000
Mar 2026329,000
Apr 2026356,000
May 2026391,000
Jun 2026424,000
Jul 2026401,000
Aug 2026358,000
Sep 2026341,000

A buyer who closes in June went under contract earlier. Use the chart as context, then price this house from comps you can check.