How long it takes to sell a house, by metro

Every one of the 100 largest US metro markets, ranked by how long a house actually takes to go under contract. The national average is 53 days, but that average hides a spread of more than 113 days between the slowest market and the fastest.

Zillow Research data covering August 2026. Days to contract is measured. The closing window of 30 to 45 days is an estimate, because no public dataset reports it.

Slowest market: 130 days
Median of the 100: 46 days
Fastest market: 17 days

How long to sell a house by metro: all 100 largest US metro areas ranked by mean days from listing to contract — Every market in the table below, drawn. Source: Zillow Research.

Every market, slowest first

Days to contract is the time from listing until an offer is accepted, not until the money arrives. The total column adds the 30 to 45 days a financed buyer needs to close, and still excludes whatever time goes into getting the house ready to list.

Market	To contract	Realistic total	Months of supply	Cutting price
McAllen, TX	130 days	160 to 175	13.4	18.1%
Cape Coral, FL	119 days	149 to 164	7.5	21.2%
Miami, FL	98 days	128 to 143	7.0	18.9%
North Port, FL	91 days	121 to 136	5.4	24.9%
Deltona, FL	89 days	119 to 134	5.0	27.2%
New Orleans, LA	87 days	117 to 132	5.7	25.4%
San Antonio, TX	82 days	112 to 127	8.2	30.5%
Austin, TX	82 days	112 to 127	7.7	30.2%
Jacksonville, FL	80 days	110 to 125	5.0	28.4%
Lakeland, FL	80 days	110 to 125	6.2	26.8%
Charleston, SC	79 days	109 to 124	5.2	27.3%
Houston, TX	74 days	104 to 119	7.1	29.5%
El Paso, TX	73 days	103 to 118	5.6	16.6%
Baton Rouge, LA	71 days	101 to 116	4.6	27.0%
Tampa, FL	70 days	100 to 115	5.2	31.2%
Orlando, FL	70 days	100 to 115	5.9	28.0%
Honolulu, HI	70 days	100 to 115	5.4	19.4%
Atlanta, GA	69 days	99 to 114	5.0	30.5%
Tucson, AZ	67 days	97 to 112	4.7	27.6%
Little Rock, AR	67 days	97 to 112	5.1	24.3%
Palm Bay, FL	67 days	97 to 112	4.3	28.8%
Phoenix, AZ	63 days	93 to 108	4.7	31.8%
Las Vegas, NV	63 days	93 to 108	5.7	29.7%
Dallas, TX	61 days	91 to 106	6.0	34.3%
Memphis, TN	61 days	91 to 106	4.3	29.8%
Chattanooga, TN	61 days	91 to 106	4.3	33.1%
Nashville, TN	60 days	90 to 105	4.4	33.7%
Oklahoma City, OK	59 days	89 to 104	4.6	29.7%
Augusta, GA	59 days	89 to 104	4.2	28.0%
Riverside, CA	58 days	88 to 103	4.8	23.5%
Charlotte, NC	58 days	88 to 103	4.6	29.5%
Greenville, SC	57 days	87 to 102	3.8	32.1%
Jackson, MS	57 days	87 to 102	5.7	24.4%
New York, NY	55 days	85 to 100	3.3	16.0%
Tulsa, OK	54 days	84 to 99	3.6	29.2%
Durham, NC	54 days	84 to 99	3.9	33.1%
Bakersfield, CA	53 days	83 to 98	4.8	23.6%
Columbia, SC	53 days	83 to 98	3.8	33.0%
Des Moines, IA	52 days	82 to 97	4.2	31.9%
Provo, UT	52 days	82 to 97	5.0	36.1%
Raleigh, NC	51 days	81 to 96	3.9	36.3%
Knoxville, TN	51 days	81 to 96	3.7	31.6%
Colorado Springs, CO	50 days	80 to 95	5.6	37.9%
Spokane, WA	50 days	80 to 95	4.5	29.6%
Birmingham, AL	49 days	79 to 94	3.6	25.1%
Los Angeles, CA	48 days	78 to 93	4.2	23.5%
Denver, CO	48 days	78 to 93	4.9	36.0%
Winston-Salem, NC	47 days	77 to 92	3.3	31.0%
Virginia Beach, VA	46 days	76 to 91	3.1	24.7%
Oxnard, CA	46 days	76 to 91	3.6	27.8%
Ogden, UT	46 days	76 to 91	4.1	36.2%
Portland, OR	45 days	75 to 90	4.2	30.8%
Salt Lake City, UT	45 days	75 to 90	3.6	36.3%
Greensboro, NC	44 days	74 to 89	3.4	29.3%
Stockton, CA	44 days	74 to 89	3.3	28.3%
Fresno, CA	43 days	73 to 88	3.5	24.0%
San Diego, CA	42 days	72 to 87	3.8	27.8%
Wichita, KS	42 days	72 to 87	3.0	22.3%
Sacramento, CA	41 days	71 to 86	3.4	29.0%
Seattle, WA	39 days	69 to 84	4.2	32.7%
Minneapolis, MN	39 days	69 to 84	2.8	27.4%
San Francisco, CA	38 days	68 to 83	2.9	20.7%
Albuquerque, NM	38 days	68 to 83	3.9	30.8%
Pittsburgh, PA	37 days	67 to 82	2.9	29.1%
Indianapolis, IN	37 days	67 to 82	3.3	34.5%
San Jose, CA	37 days	67 to 82	2.9	22.4%
Louisville, KY	37 days	67 to 82	3.2	32.1%
Scranton, PA	37 days	67 to 82	2.4	24.1%
Modesto, CA	37 days	67 to 82	3.0	24.9%
Washington, DC	35 days	65 to 80	3.2	28.2%
Madison, WI	35 days	65 to 80	2.7	25.2%
Boise, ID	34 days	64 to 79	2.8	31.5%
Milwaukee, WI	33 days	63 to 78	2.8	18.1%
Detroit, MI	32 days	62 to 77	2.8	27.8%
Baltimore, MD	32 days	62 to 77	2.9	28.7%
Philadelphia, PA	31 days	61 to 76	2.5	25.0%
Bridgeport, CT	30 days	60 to 75	2.6	18.8%
Chicago, IL	29 days	59 to 74	2.5	25.4%
Boston, MA	29 days	59 to 74	2.7	22.9%
Providence, RI	29 days	59 to 74	2.7	22.1%
Worcester, MA	29 days	59 to 74	2.5	25.6%
Omaha, NE	29 days	59 to 74	2.8	30.2%
Cincinnati, OH	27 days	57 to 72	2.4	31.0%
Kansas City, MO	27 days	57 to 72	2.7	29.8%
Columbus, OH	27 days	57 to 72	2.9	33.9%
St. Louis, MO	26 days	56 to 71	2.4	27.1%
Cleveland, OH	26 days	56 to 71	2.7	24.5%
Richmond, VA	26 days	56 to 71	2.5	28.4%
Springfield, MA	26 days	56 to 71	2.3	22.5%
Toledo, OH	26 days	56 to 71	2.4	22.4%
New Haven, CT	25 days	55 to 70	2.5	23.0%
Akron, OH	24 days	54 to 69	2.5	23.3%
Harrisburg, PA	24 days	54 to 69	2.0	26.9%
Buffalo, NY	23 days	53 to 68	2.3	21.6%
Allentown, PA	23 days	53 to 68	2.2	21.1%
Grand Rapids, MI	22 days	52 to 67	2.0	28.7%
Albany, NY	21 days	51 to 66	2.5	23.0%
Syracuse, NY	20 days	50 to 65	2.1	18.8%
Hartford, CT	17 days	47 to 62	1.9	17.8%
Rochester, NY	17 days	47 to 62	1.8	14.9%

Each market links to a full breakdown of its timeline. To see how we buy in a given market, follow through to its location page.

Why the spread is this wide

A house in Rochester goes under contract in about 17 days. The same house in McAllen takes about 130 days. That gap is not about the houses. It is about how much choice buyers have, and how much of the standing inventory a month of sales actually clears.

That is why a national average is close to useless for planning a sale. If you are deciding whether to list or take a cash offer, the only timeline that matters is the one in your own market, applied to a house in your own condition. A property needing visible work sits well past these averages in any market, because it is the first thing a buyer with options passes over.

We buy houses for cash in all 100 of these markets and in every US state. Where listing would clearly net you more, we say so: the comparison against listing with an agent keeps its losing row on purpose.

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