When Do Homes Sell Fastest in South Lyon, MI? 48178 Sales Data, 2023 to 2026
When Do Homes Sell Fastest in South Lyon, MI? 48178 Sales Data, 2023 to 2026
How 1,179 listings of detached resale homes at $300,000 and above performed month by month across the City of South Lyon, Lyon Township, Green Oak Township, Salem Township and Northfield Township
Data: January 1, 2023 through September 20, 2026. Month and season comparisons use homes listed from 2023 through 2025, the three years with complete results. Homes listed in 2026 appear separately in the year-by-year table, because many had not yet sold or left the market by September 20, 2026.
Across 881 completed listings of detached resale homes listed at $300,000 and above in ZIP code 48178 from January 2023 through December 2025, homes listed in spring (March through May) went under contract in a median of 8 days, while homes listed in fall (September through November) took a median of 17 days. Among fall listings that sold, 21.4% spent 60 or more days on the market before going under contract, compared with 12.4% of spring listings. Of the fall listings that sold, 59.0% closed below their original list price, compared with 43.8% of spring listings. The share of homes that eventually sold changed little by season, ranging from 92.9% to 96.5%. The widest seasonal gap in the data appears above $800,000. The sections below break these figures down by month, season, year and price range.
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Which Month Had the Fastest Home Sales in South Lyon?
The charts below cover homes listed from 2023 through 2025, grouped by the month they were listed. Each bar is the share of homes listed in that month, all three years combined. Fall months, September through November, are shown in gold.
Went under contract within 7 days of listing
Share of homes that sold, by the month they were listed
Homes listed in March went under contract within 7 days 61% of the time; homes listed from September through December did so 25% to 32% of the time.
Sold at or above original list price
Share of homes that sold, by the month they were listed
Homes listed in February and March sold at or above their original list price 59% to 61% of the time; homes listed in September did so 36% of the time.
Took 30 or more days to go under contract
Share of homes that sold, by the month they were listed. Lower is faster.
18% of homes listed in March took 30 or more days to go under contract, compared with 38% of September listings and 41% of October listings.
Had at least one price reduction
Share of all listings that sold or left the market, by the month they were listed. Lower means fewer reductions.
21% of March listings had at least one price reduction, compared with 41% of September and October listings and 44% of December listings. May, July and August listings ran from 35% to 36%.
Homes that sold, by month listed: January 47, February 28, March 71, April 104, May 124, June 99, July 95, August 84, September 69, October 54, November 50, December 16. December has the fewest sales, so its figures move the most with a single home. The price reduction chart also counts homes that left the market without selling: January 48, February 32, March 73, April 109, May 128, June 100, July 103, August 89, September 70, October 59, November 52, December 18.
March listings went under contract within 7 days more often than May listings in all three years: 80% against 60% in 2023, 52% against 30% in 2024, and 54% against 43% in 2025. Over the same months, the number of homes coming onto the market climbed, from 73 listings in March to 109 in April and 128 in May across the three years.
Homes on the market by month
Detached resale homes at $300,000 and above actively on the market on the 15th of each month, average of 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The number of homes on the market built from 23 in mid-January to 45 in mid-August, held near 40 through mid-November, then fell to 30 in mid-December.
The monthly charts above group homes by the month they were listed, so a home listed in September and withdrawn in December counts under September. December had the most homes leave the market without selling, 30 across 2023 through 2025, and 16 of them stayed off the market for more than 30 days, more than any other month. In November, 2 homes left the market and stayed off for more than 30 days.
Time to closing followed the same seasonal order at the median. Homes listed in spring closed a median of 40 days after listing, compared with 42 days in summer and 49 days in both fall and winter. The averages ran longer, 63.4 days for spring listings, 68.9 for summer, 69 for fall and 64.4 for winter, because a smaller group of homes that stayed on the market for months pulls the average above the median.
The market itself also shifted over these years. Completed listings at $300,000 and above in 48178 rose from 249 in 2023 to 298 in 2024 and 334 in 2025, and the number of these homes actively on the market on August 31 went from 39 in 2023 to 45 in 2024, 44 in 2025 and 59 in 2026. Over the same three complete years, the share of sales closing below original list rose from 44.4% to 50.0%, and the share of listings that sold eased from 96.0% to 94.0%. Rising prices may also have moved some homes above the $300,000 threshold, which may account for part of the increase in listings. Realcomp's August 2026 Housing Market Report shows the same direction at the county level: on-market inventory of homes and condos in August rose from 2,443 in 2023 to 3,903 in 2026 in Oakland County, from 447 to 540 in Livingston County, and from 941 to 1,085 in Washtenaw County. In Derek's view, inventory in 48178 may continue to rise, though that is his professional opinion rather than something this data can show.
Seasons at a Glance, 2023 Through 2025
Fall listings, September through November, recorded the longest median time on market, the largest share of sales needing 60 or more days, the most price cuts and the largest share of sales below original list of the four seasons. The Fall column is outlined in gold below. On the two remaining measures, fall was close to or better than the other seasons: its average days on market was within half a day of summer, and its share of listings that sold, 95.6%, was second only to spring.
This summary combines all three complete years. Each figure counts listings that sold or left the market without selling; homes still on the market are not counted. The bars compare the four seasons within each row.
| 2023 to 2025 listings | Winter Dec to Feb | Spring Mar to May | Summer Jun to Aug | Fall Sep to Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listings counted | 98 | 310 | 292 | 181 |
| Share of listings that sold | 92.9% | 96.5% | 95.2% | 95.6% |
| Median days on market | 12 days | 8 days | 9 days | 17 days |
| Average days on market | 27 days | 26.2 days | 33.5 days | 34 days |
| Sold after 60+ days | 14.3% | 12.4% | 16.5% | 21.4% |
| At least one price cut | 28.6% | 30.0% | 32.5% | 37.0% |
| Sold below original list | 45.1% | 43.8% | 47.5% | 59.0% |
Winter here combines January and February listings with December listings of the same calendar year, 2023 through 2025.
In each season, 2023 through 2025:
- Winter: homes went under contract in a median of 12 days, 28.6% took at least one price cut, and 45.1% of sales closed below original list. 92.9% of listings sold, the lowest share of the four seasons.
- Spring: homes went under contract in a median of 8 days, 12.4% of sales needed 60 or more days, and 43.8% of sales closed below original list. 96.5% of listings sold, the highest share of the four seasons.
- Summer: homes went under contract in a median of 9 days, 32.5% took at least one price cut, and 47.5% of sales closed below original list, with an average of 33.5 days on market.
- Fall: homes went under contract in a median of 17 days, 21.4% of sales needed 60 or more days, 37.0% took at least one price cut, and 59.0% of sales closed below original list. Each of those four figures is the highest of the four seasons.
Sale price compared with original list price: spring listings that sold averaged 99.2% of their original list price, against 98.0% for fall and 98.1% for both winter and summer. The larger spring difference was how often homes sold above list: 44.1% of spring sales did, against 30.6% of fall sales, while the average amount over list among those homes was similar, 5.3% in spring and 5.2% in fall. The order did not hold every year: in 2024, fall listings averaged 99.4% of original list, above spring's 98.6%. The gap was widest from $450,000 to $600,000, at 100.1% in spring against 97.5% in fall, and at $800,000 and above, at 95.0% against 91.0% from 16 fall sales. Median sale prices ran higher for spring listings mostly because larger homes tended to list in spring, so they are not a measure of what the same home sold for.
Season by Season, Year by Year
The table below keeps each year separate so the seasonal pattern can be checked against every year in the data rather than averaged across all of them.
| Season listed | Listings counted | Share that sold | At least one price cut | Median days on market | Average days on market | Sold after 60+ days | Sold below original list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | |||||||
| Winter | 29 | 86.2% | 37.9% | 16 | 31 | 24.0% | 60.0% |
| Spring | 83 | 96.4% | 18.1% | 6 | 17.5 | 8.8% | 30.0% |
| Summer | 86 | 97.7% | 30.2% | 8 | 34.4 | 16.7% | 41.7% |
| Fall | 51 | 98.0% | 39.2% | 21 | 28 | 16.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024 | |||||||
| Winter | 32 | 100.0% | 21.9% | 11 | 17.3 | 3.1% | 37.5% |
| Spring | 104 | 98.1% | 37.5% | 9.5 | 31.4 | 14.7% | 48.0% |
| Summer | 100 | 94.0% | 38.0% | 13 | 38.5 | 21.3% | 55.3% |
| Fall | 62 | 96.8% | 29.0% | 13 | 30.2 | 21.7% | 50.0% |
| 2025 | |||||||
| Winter | 37 | 91.9% | 27.0% | 8 | 33.3 | 17.6% | 41.2% |
| Spring | 123 | 95.1% | 31.7% | 10 | 27.6 | 12.8% | 49.6% |
| Summer | 106 | 94.3% | 29.2% | 8 | 28.1 | 12.0% | 45.0% |
| Fall | 68 | 92.6% | 42.6% | 18 | 42.2 | 25.4% | 63.5% |
| 2026 (incomplete, see notes below) | |||||||
| Winter | 25 | 96.0% | 32.0% | 21 | 29.9 | 12.5% | 54.2% |
| Spring * | 104 | 92.3% | 25.0% | 7 | 18.1 | 7.3% | 38.5% |
| Summer ** | 84 | 84.5% | 15.5% | 6 | 12 | 1.4% | 32.4% |
* 8 of the 112 homes listed in spring 2026 were still on the market or under contract on September 20, 2026 and are not counted. ** 55 of the 139 homes listed in summer 2026 were still on the market or under contract and are not counted, which leaves mostly the fastest sales in that row. Only 2 of the 19 homes listed in fall 2026 had sold or left the market, so fall 2026 is not shown.
What repeats in all three complete years:
- Fall listings took longer to go under contract than spring listings every year. The median was 21 days against 6 in 2023, 13 against 9.5 in 2024, and 18 against 10 in 2025.
- A larger share of fall listings needed 60 or more days: 16.0% against 8.8% in 2023, 21.7% against 14.7% in 2024, and 25.4% against 12.8% in 2025.
- A larger share of fall sales closed below original list: 64.0% against 30.0% in 2023, 50.0% against 48.0% in 2024, and 63.5% against 49.6% in 2025. The 2024 gap was narrow.
What does not repeat every year:
- Price cuts were more common in fall than in spring in 2023 (39.2% against 18.1%) and in 2025 (42.6% against 31.7%). In 2024 the order reversed: 37.5% of spring listings had a price cut, compared with 29.0% of fall listings.
- In 2024, summer rather than fall showed the highest share of sales below original list, at 55.3%, and the longest average time on market, at 38.5 days.
- Winter moved the most from year to year. In winter 2023, 86.2% of listings sold and 60.0% of sales closed below original list. In winter 2024, 100.0% sold and only 3.1% of sales needed 60 or more days.
The single fastest season in the data is spring 2023: a median of 6 days to go under contract, 18.1% of listings with a price cut, and 30.0% of sales below original list. The slowest is fall 2025, with an average of 42.2 days, 42.6% of listings with a price cut, 63.5% of sales below original list, and 92.6% of listings selling.
So far in 2026, the 104 completed spring listings went under contract in a median of 7 days, with 25.0% taking a price cut. The summer 2026 figures look faster still, but with 55 of 139 homes still on the market or under contract they describe mostly the homes that sold quickly, and they may change as the remaining listings reach an outcome.
Seasonal Results by Price Range
The seasonal pattern was not the same at every price. The charts and table below split the 2023 through 2025 listings into four ranges by original list price: 208 listings from $300,000 to $450,000, 331 from $450,000 to $600,000, 215 from $600,000 to $800,000, and 127 at $800,000 and above. Fall bars are shown in gold.
Sold at or above original list price
Share of homes that sold, by price range and season listed
From $300,000 to $450,000, 60% of fall sales closed at or above original list, against 71% in spring. At $800,000 and above, none of the 16 fall sales did, against 28% in spring.
Took 30 or more days to go under contract
Share of homes that sold, by price range and season listed. Lower is faster.
From $450,000 to $600,000, 41% of fall sales took 30 or more days, nearly twice the 22% for spring. At $800,000 and above, 81% of fall sales took 30 or more days, against 38% in spring.
| Season listed | Listings counted | Share that sold | Under contract within 7 days | Took 30+ days | At least one price cut | Sold below original list | Median days, listing to closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original list price $300,000 to $450,000 | |||||||
| Winter | 32 | 93.8% | 36.7% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 48.5 |
| Spring | 64 | 96.9% | 54.8% | 11.3% | 20.3% | 29.0% | 35.5 |
| Summer | 63 | 95.2% | 60.0% | 18.3% | 22.2% | 31.7% | 38 |
| Fall | 49 | 98.0% | 47.9% | 16.7% | 20.4% | 39.6% | 38.5 |
| Original list price $450,000 to $600,000 | |||||||
| Winter | 29 | 89.7% | 42.3% | 19.2% | 31.0% | 46.2% | 39.5 |
| Spring | 115 | 99.1% | 52.6% | 21.9% | 26.1% | 35.1% | 39 |
| Summer | 110 | 96.4% | 42.5% | 16.0% | 28.2% | 44.3% | 41 |
| Fall | 77 | 96.1% | 21.6% | 40.5% | 37.7% | 60.8% | 46 |
| Original list price $600,000 to $800,000 | |||||||
| Winter | 21 | 90.5% | 42.1% | 31.6% | 23.8% | 42.1% | 47 |
| Spring | 87 | 96.6% | 45.2% | 29.8% | 35.6% | 53.6% | 42.5 |
| Summer | 70 | 92.9% | 36.9% | 32.3% | 40.0% | 52.3% | 43 |
| Fall | 37 | 94.6% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 37.8% | 62.9% | 54 |
| Original list price $800,000 and above | |||||||
| Winter | 16 | 100.0% | 31.3% | 43.8% | 37.5% | 68.8% | 58.5 |
| Spring | 44 | 88.6% | 38.5% | 38.5% | 43.2% | 71.8% | 58 |
| Summer | 49 | 95.9% | 31.9% | 46.8% | 44.9% | 68.1% | 65 |
| Fall | 18 | 88.9% | 6.3% | 81.3% | 77.8% | 100.0% | 89 |
Listings counted includes homes that sold and homes that left the market without selling. At $800,000 and above, only 18 fall listings and 16 fall sales stand behind the figures, so a single home moves them by several points.
What each price range shows, 2023 through 2025:
- $300,000 to $450,000: the smallest fall gap of the four ranges. 47.9% of fall sales went under contract within 7 days, against 54.8% in spring. Price cuts ran from 20.3% to 25.0% in every season, and fall had the highest share of listings that sold, at 98.0%. The clearest fall difference was price: 39.6% of fall sales closed below original list, against 29.0% in spring.
- $450,000 to $600,000: the largest seasonal shift in the middle of the market. 21.6% of fall sales went under contract within 7 days, against 52.6% in spring, and 60.8% of fall sales closed below original list, against 35.1% in spring.
- $600,000 to $800,000: fall and summer ran behind spring on speed, with 34.3% and 36.9% of sales under contract within 7 days, against 45.2% in spring. Fall had the highest share of sales below original list, at 62.9%, and the longest median time from listing to closing, at 54 days. Summer had the most price cuts, at 40.0%.
- $800,000 and above: the widest seasonal gap in the data. Of 18 fall listings, 16 sold, all 16 below their original list price, and 13 of the 16 took 30 or more days to go under contract. 77.8% of fall listings took a price cut, against 43.2% in spring, while the share of listings that sold was similar, 88.9% in fall and 88.6% in spring.
Across every season, higher prices came with longer timelines. The share of sales under contract within 7 days fell from 52.0% for homes listed from $300,000 to $450,000 to 30.5% at $800,000 and above, and the share closing below original list rose from 33.0% to 73.7%.
These figures describe 48178 as a whole, not any one home. Derek's pricing process, called the Bauer Pricing Strategy, combines a full Realcomp MLS read - active competition, recent closed sales, pending sales, and failed-to-sell listings - with the primary pricing anchor on live active inventory rather than older closed sales alone. He prepares a pre-listing Bauer Pricing Strategy review for a specific home on request.
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Homes That Did Not Sell or Fell Through
Of 881 completed listings from 2023 through 2025, 40 ended without a sale, 4.5% of the total. The rest sold, although many took longer or sold for less than their original list price, as the sections above show.
Listings that did not sell, 2023 through 2025:
- By season listed: 7 of 98 winter listings (7.1%), 11 of 310 spring listings (3.5%), 14 of 292 summer listings (4.8%) and 8 of 181 fall listings (4.4%). Fall listings mostly did sell; the fall difference shows up in time on market and in price rather than in homes left unsold.
- By price: 9 of 127 listings at $800,000 and above (7.1%), against 8 of 208 from $300,000 to $450,000 (3.8%).
Deals that fell apart: the export shows a contract ending without closing in 8 of the 2023 through 2025 listings, and 6 of those homes later sold. A contract that fell apart and was replaced by a new buyer on the same listing leaves no trace in the export, so the real number may be higher.
What This Analysis Covers
Every home in this analysis carries the 48178 ZIP code. That single ZIP code spans five jurisdictions in three counties: the City of South Lyon and Lyon Township in Oakland County, Green Oak Township in Livingston County, and Salem Township and Northfield Township in Washtenaw County.
What is included:
- Detached resale homes. Listings coded as new construction were removed before the data was exported, and 30 more were removed because the home was built in or after the year it was listed, or the listing described a home not yet built.
- Homes with an original list price of $300,000 or more. 21 listings below that price were excluded.
- Homes first listed between January 1, 2023 and September 20, 2026. 67 homes first listed before 2023 were excluded, even where they sold later.
- Every outcome: homes that sold, homes that left the market without selling, and homes still on the market or under contract as of September 20, 2026.
How the Figures Were Measured
When a home was withdrawn or expired and then listed again within 365 days, every listing is combined and counted as one attempt to sell that home. Listings are matched by street address and by parcel number, so a relist entered with a different address spelling is still joined to the earlier listing. The export held 1,560 MLS records after 14 duplicate records were removed. Combined into attempts and filtered as described above, they become the 1,179 listings analyzed here, and 154 of those involved more than one MLS listing.
Definitions used throughout this page:
- Season is set by the month a home first went on the market: winter is December through February, spring is March through May, summer is June through August, and fall is September through November.
- Days on market are added across every listing in an attempt and counted to the date the home went under contract, not to closing. For example, a home listed for 30 days, withdrawn, and then under contract 10 days into a second listing counts as 40 days.
- A price cut means the home's list price dropped below its original list price at least once, including a relist at a lower price. The data shows whether a cut happened, not how many or when.
- Sold below original list means the final sale price was lower than the first list price the home carried in that attempt. A home can sell below its original list price through negotiation without ever taking a formal price cut, so this share can be higher than the price cut share.
- Median and average are both shown for days on market. A large share of homes went under contract within a week while a smaller share took months, so either figure alone gives an incomplete picture.
Source: Derek Bauer's export of Realcomp MLS listing records for ZIP code 48178, pulled September 2026. Figures were compiled by Derek Bauer from that export and describe past listings only.
For current conditions, see the South Lyon, MI market report, which carries live market data powered by Altos Research.
More South Lyon Resources
- South Lyon, MI market report, with live 48178 market data powered by Altos Research.
- Selling a home in South Lyon, MI.
- Choosing a real estate agent in South Lyon, MI.
- Derek Bauer, Associate Broker serving South Lyon and Brighton.
- Ranch homes in South Lyon and Brighton.
- Homes for sale in South Lyon.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a best month to sell a home in South Lyon, MI?
The data describes past results rather than a best month for any one home. From 2023 through 2025, detached resale homes at $300,000 and above in ZIP code 48178 that were listed in March had the highest share under contract within 7 days (61%), the lowest share taking 30 or more days (18%) and the fewest price reductions (21%) of any month. February listings had the highest share selling at or above original list price (61%). September and October listings had the lowest share selling at or above original list and the highest share taking 30 or more days. Price, condition and competing inventory also shape how a home sells, and the result for any single home may differ widely. Equal Housing Opportunity.
How long does it take to sell a house in South Lyon, MI?
From 2023 through 2025, detached resale homes at $300,000 and above in 48178 that sold went under contract in a median of 10 days, with an average of 30.3 days. 42.1% went under contract within 7 days, while 1 in 10 took 85 days or more. From listing to closing, the median was 42 days and the average was 66.5 days. Homes listed in fall took a median of 17 days to go under contract, against 8 days for spring listings. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Do South Lyon homes sell for less in the fall?
Fall listings sold below their original list price more often. From 2023 through 2025, 59.0% of 48178 homes listed in September through November that sold closed below their original list price, against 43.8% of homes listed in March through May. 37.0% of fall listings took at least one price cut, against 30.0% of spring listings. The share of listings that eventually sold was similar, 95.6% for fall and 96.5% for spring. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Do South Lyon homes sell for more in the spring?
Measured against each home's own original list price, the difference was small. From 2023 through 2025, spring listings of detached resale homes at $300,000 and above in 48178 that sold averaged 99.2% of their original list price, against 98.0% for fall listings and 98.1% for winter and summer listings. 44.1% of spring sales closed above original list, against 30.6% of fall sales. The pattern did not hold every year: in 2024, fall listings averaged 99.4% of original list and spring listings 98.6%. The result for any single home may differ widely. Equal Housing Opportunity.
How many South Lyon homes sell at or above asking price?
From 2023 through 2025, 51.7% of detached resale homes at $300,000 and above in 48178 that sold closed at or above their original list price. By the month the home was listed, the share ranged from 61% for February listings to 36% for September listings. By price range, it ran from 67.0% for homes listed from $300,000 to $450,000 to 26.3% at $800,000 and above. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Does price range change how the seasons compare in South Lyon?
Yes. The fall gap grew with price. From $300,000 to $450,000, 47.9% of fall sales went under contract within 7 days, against 54.8% of spring sales. From $450,000 to $600,000, the figures were 21.6% and 52.6%. At $800,000 and above, all 16 fall sales from 2023 through 2025 closed below their original list price, and 81% took 30 or more days to go under contract. Equal Housing Opportunity.
How many South Lyon listings do not sell?
Of 881 completed listings of detached resale homes at $300,000 and above in 48178 from 2023 through 2025, 40 ended without a sale, 4.5% of the total. 75.0% of those homes had taken at least one price cut, and they spent a median of 73 days on the market before coming off. Winter listings had the highest share that did not sell, 7.1%, and spring listings the lowest, 3.5%. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Connect With Derek
Whether you are weighing when to list a South Lyon home or comparing a home already on the market against these figures, Derek welcomes a direct, confidential conversation. Derek lived in South Lyon for nearly 20 years and has worked in the community throughout his 24+ year career. Since late 2024 he has served South Lyon from the Real Estate One office in neighboring Brighton. He brings 1,100+ closed transactions and a 99.08% lifetime list-to-sale price ratio to every Bauer Pricing Strategy review.
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Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
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Broker compensation is not set by law and is fully negotiable. All compensation is determined through negotiation between the parties. The information on this page is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional real estate, legal, financial, or tax advice. Figures on this page were compiled by Derek Bauer from Realcomp MLS listing records for ZIP code 48178, January 1, 2023 through September 20, 2026. Source data: Realcomp II Ltd. Data deemed reliable but not guaranteed. They describe past listings only and are not an appraisal or a prediction of any home's result. Market conditions vary and individual results may differ. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Individual transaction outcomes vary. Derek Bauer is a licensed Michigan Associate Broker (License #6506038159) operating under Real Estate One, 565 E. Grand River Ave., Brighton, MI 48116. Equal Housing Opportunity.
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