Published September 28, 2026 in Market Update

Clermont Sellers Who Priced Right Sold in 12 Days and Kept Nearly Every Dollar

By Marlon Persaud

Real estate, Clermont MLS Clean

The common advice goes like this: start high, leave room to come down, and see what happens. I pulled every listing in the Clermont MLS through September 28, 2026, and the numbers tell a different story.

What the wait actually costs

Homes that found a buyer in the first month got 98.6% of what they first asked. That is nearly the full price, and they were done in 12 days.

Homes that took three months got 94% of their first price. Homes that took five or six months got 91.1%. Homes that took more than six months got 88.8%.

The gap between selling in month one and selling after six months is 9.8 points off the first price. Every month a home sits, the seller gives up more of what they first asked.

The homes that gave up entirely, meaning they came off the market with no sale and never came back, first asked a typical $490,000. The homes that sold first asked a typical $469,900. That $20,100 gap at the start is what kept them from selling at all.

Look at the homes for sale right now. There are 572 of them. Already, 56.8% have dropped their price. The typical drop is $24,500. That is money sellers gave up after the fact, because the first price did not work.

There is also a pattern by price range. Homes priced at $650,000 and up gave up at a rate of 6.5%, more than any other range. Under $400,000, that rate was 1.9%. Pricing above where buyers are shopping does not just slow a sale. It ends it.

The Summit Greens neighborhood shows this in a single comparison. A home on Highland View Cir was on the market 2 days and sold for $525,000, its full first price. A home on Prairie Dunes sat for 416 days. It first asked $495,000 and sold for $390,000. Same neighborhood, very similar size, $135,000 apart at the end.

Across the whole market, the typical home that sold got 100% of its last asking price. That means buyers are paying what sellers ask. The problem is not buyers pushing back on the final number. The problem is sellers starting at a number buyers never respond to, then spending months chasing the market down.

The data by bedroom count adds another layer. Homes with 6 or more bedrooms got only 93.9% of their first price and took a typical 73 days. Three-bedroom homes got 95.9% and sold in 40 days. Larger, harder-to-price homes carry more risk from an aggressive first number, not less.

Three things I would do differently

First, I would price to sell in month one. Homes that did kept 98.6% of their first price and were done in 12 days. That beats every group that waited.

Second, I would not treat a price drop as a plan. The typical drop on homes still sitting right now is $24,500. That is the cost of starting too high. A sharp first price avoids it entirely.

Third, I would watch the $650,000 threshold closely. That is where the give-up rate jumps to 6.5%. If a home is near that line, the first price matters more, not less.

What this means for you right now

If you are selling, the market is not the problem. At 3.8 months of supply, Clermont still leans toward sellers. The homes that are sitting are sitting because of price, not because buyers are gone. The typical home that sold got 100% of its last asking price, which means buyers are paying what sellers ask. They just need the first ask to be the right one.

If you are buying, the 56.8% of current listings that have already dropped their price are worth a close look. The typical drop is $24,500, and those sellers have already shown they will move. Rates are not helping either side: the 30-year fixed averaged 7.03% as of September 24, 2026, up from 6.95% the week before and well above the 6.30% recorded a year ago, according to Freddie Mac's weekly rate survey.