When is the best month to sell a house?

The best month to sell a house, metro by metro

Across the 764 metro areas where we have enough history to say, June is the month homes sell for the most in 229 of them — about 30%. Widen it to the top three months (May, June, July) and you cover 56% of the country.

June

Most common best month

229 of 764 metros

764

Metros measured

with 3 years of history

17%

Typical gap, best to worst month

of a normal year's price

There is no single answer that holds everywhere, which is why "spring" is the answer you usually get. In 229 of 764 metro areas the highest sale prices land in June. In the other 535 they do not.

Those are closing months. A sale usually closes a month or two after the home goes under contract, so listing a few weeks ahead of the peak month is what actually catches it.

How much the calendar is worth also varies. In a typical metro the gap between the best month and the worst is about 17% of a normal year's price. In the metros at the top of the table below it is several times that, and in the flattest markets it is close to nothing — there, timing the calendar is not where the money is.

Method: for each metro we group three years of sales by the month the window closes, compare each month to that same year's average, then average those ratios across years. Comparing each year to itself cancels out the underlying price trend and leaves the seasonal shape. A month counts only if we saw it at least twice, and a metro counts only if at least eight months of the year are covered.

Source: Redfin's published market data, through May 2026. Neighborhood Numbers is an independent data publisher and is not affiliated with Redfin.

Month	Metros where prices peak
January	24
February	15
March	29
April	35
May	95
June	229
July	103
August	77
September	62
October	49
November	28
December	18

How many of the metros we measured peak in each month.

Where the calendar matters most

The metros with the widest gap between their best and worst month. If you are selling in one of these, a few weeks of timing is worth real money.

Metro area	Best month	Softest month	Gap
Hailey, ID	February	June	86%
Mineral Wells, TX	March	April	64%
Coffeyville, KS	June	March	64%
Roanoke Rapids, NC	December	April	60%
Easton, MD	January	February	58%
McAlester, OK	June	February	56%
Lewistown, PA	June	January	56%
Brenham, TX	May	April	55%
Glenwood Springs, CO	January	July	52%
Van Wert, OH	May	January	51%
Terre Haute, IN	September	January	51%
Ada, OK	June	March	51%
Galesburg, IL	June	March	50%
Houghton, MI	June	January	49%
Parkersburg, WV	May	March	48%
Jackson, WY	November	May	48%
Blytheville, AR	April	June	48%
Johnstown, PA	June	January	47%
Athens, OH	November	January	47%
Pine Bluff, AR	June	February	47%
Albany, GA	October	April	47%
Kirksville, MO	January	February	47%
Freeport, IL	May	February	47%
Borger, TX	December	February	45%
Grand Rapids, MN	August	February	45%
Milledgeville, GA	August	December	45%
Alexander City, AL	August	December	44%
Great Bend, KS	April	May	44%
Ogdensburg, NY	July	February	44%
Norfolk, NE	September	January	44%

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Every metro area we answer this for

764 metro areas, each with its own answer and its own numbers.

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Source: Redfin's published market data, through May 2026. Neighborhood Numbers is an independent data publisher and is not affiliated with Redfin.