Published September 28, 2026 in Market Update

61% of Clermont Sellers Already Dropped Their Price

By Marlon Persaud

Real estate, Clermont MLS Clean No55 NoNewConstruction

Do Clermont sellers who hold their price actually get more money? I pulled every listing through September 28, 2026, and the answer is not what most people expect.

Does holding your price really get you more money in Clermont?

Right now, 278 of the 456 homes for sale in Clermont are already priced lower than they started. That is 61% of everything on the market. The typical seller has trimmed $24,450 off what they first asked. And across all active listings, the total cut so far is $13,108,942. The single biggest cut is $1,004,999, on a home on Laws Rd.

So sellers are clearly moving. The question is whether the ones who hold firm do better in the end.

Look at the homes that already sold. The typical home that found a buyer in the first month got 98.8% of what it first asked. The typical home that took over six months got only 88.9%. The longer a home sat, the more the seller gave up, not less. Holding a price that buyers will not meet does not protect the number. It erodes it, slowly, over months.

The price range tells a similar story. Homes that first asked under $400K gave back 2.7% of their first price. Homes that first asked $650K and up gave back 5.9%. Higher prices take longer to sell, 62 days at the top range versus 33 days under $400K, and longer on the market means more given back.

There is one thing worth noting: every price range, fast or slow, still got 100% of the last price the seller set before closing. Buyers are not grinding sellers below the final list price. They are waiting for sellers to come to them. That is a real difference.

What this means if you are selling or buying right now

If you are selling, the data makes one thing plain: price it right from the start. The typical home that sold in month one got 98.8% of what it first asked. The typical home that took over six months got 88.9%. That is a 9.9 percentage point difference, and it grows the longer the home sits. With 4.3 months of supply on the market right now, buyers have choices. They can wait. The 30-year fixed mortgage averaged 7.03% as of September 24, 2026, up from 6.30% a year ago, according to Freddie Mac's weekly rate survey. At that rate, buyers are already stretching. A price that makes them stretch further just sends them to the next listing.

If you are buying, the current market gives you something real to work with. 61% of homes for sale have already come down from where they started. The typical cut is $24,450. Homes priced $650K and up gave back 5.9% of their first asking price on average when they sold, and 6.5% of that group never found a buyer at all. If you are looking at a home that has been sitting, the seller has almost certainly already moved once. There may be room to move again.