How long is too long on the market?

Longer than the average days to go under contract for your segment in your city, which the market reports show. Past that, buyers begin to assume something is wrong and offer less.

Should I cut the price a little at a time?

Usually no. Buyers watch price history and read small repeated cuts as a slide. One correction to the price the recent sales support draws more showings than several small ones.

Should I switch agents?

Ask your agent for the showings, the feedback and the sales since you listed, and for a written plan. If the plan is another small cut and nothing else, a second opinion is reasonable.

Why Is My House Not Selling?

Reviewed by Tyson E. Sam, Founder and Broker of Record, BreakThru Realty, Florida License 3565210

Published October 9, 2026

The Short Answer

A home that is getting showings but no offers is priced above what buyers see as its value; a home that is not getting showings is priced out of the searches buyers run, or presented so poorly online that they never book. In a market where comparable homes are going under contract in weeks, the problem is almost always price against condition, and the fix is a pricing correction based on what has sold since you listed, not another small cut. Insurance, an old roof or association issues can also stop financed buyers cold, and those have their own fixes.

Read the Signals

Count the showings and the online views against the homes that have sold near you since you listed. No views means the photos or the price band are wrong. Views but no showings means the price is above what the photos promise. Showings but no offers means buyers walk in, compare the home with what else they saw at that price and choose the other one. Second showings without an offer usually mean a specific objection, and your agent should ask what it was. The city market pages show what the competition is doing today.

Price Against What Has Sold Since You Listed

The comparable sales that set your price are older now, and the homes that sold while yours sat set the new ones. A correction to the price the recent closings support, in one move, works better than a series of small cuts that buyers read as a slow slide. If the home is in a price band where buyers search in round numbers, a price just above the band hides it from them.

Condition and the Insurance Question

In South Florida a roof near the end of its life, old electrical, plumbing or windows can make the home hard to insure, and a buyer who cannot get a policy cannot get a mortgage. Ask what feedback inspectors and insurers have given. Sometimes a four-point and wind-mitigation report, a repair, or a credit disclosed up front turns a home financed buyers avoid into one they can buy.

Presentation

Buyers choose which homes to see from the photos. Dark, cluttered or out-of-date photos, no floor plan and no video cost showings before anyone sets foot in the home. Relisting with new photography, staging or virtual staging and a floor plan changes what buyers see first. Access matters too: a home that is hard to show on short notice loses the buyers who are in town for a weekend.

Condo and Association Issues

If the home is a condo, the building may be the problem: a pending special assessment, a milestone inspection finding, low reserves or litigation can make the unit hard to finance, and buyers' lenders will find them. The condo guides on this site explain how to disclose and price around them.

Relist, Hold or Rent

If the home has been on the market for months, a fresh listing with a corrected price, new photos and a clear disclosure package often does what another cut cannot. If the market has turned against your segment, compare the net from selling now with renting the home for a year, using the sell-or-rent guide. A BreakThru agent reviews the listing history, the showings and the sales since you listed and tells you plainly which of these it is.

Talk It Through With a Broker

Every sale is its own set of numbers. Request a free valuation built from the closed sales that match your home, or read the market figures for your county on BreakThru Realty Research.