Published October 1, 2026

September 2026: Orlando resort-area market

The Orlando resort area recorded 302 closings in September, compared with 308 in August and 283 in September 2025. The median sale price was $380,000, unchanged from August and down from $389,000 a year earlier. Homes that closed in September achieved an average of 97.6% of their final asking price, up from 97.1% in August but below 98.1% in September 2025.

Active inventory rose from 3,355 listings in August to 3,410 in September, although it remained below the 3,519 recorded a year earlier. Pending sales rose to 537, up from 522 in August and 533 in September 2025. Another 338 homes were withdrawn after they did not attract a buyer while listed.

Homes spent an average of 102 days on the market in September, compared with 110 days a year earlier. The average time from listing to closing was 145 days. At September's sales pace, current inventory represents approximately 11.3 months of supply, up from 10.9 months in August but below the 12.4 months recorded in September 2025.

Orlando

The latest available report on the broader Orlando residential market covers August 2026. Its median home price was $400,676, down 2.4% from $410,494 in July. Sales fell 8.9% month over month to 2,478, while new listings declined 7.7% to 3,439. Active inventory edged up to 12,144 homes, representing 4.9 months of supply. Homes spent an average of 64 days on the market, unchanged from July.

Single-family homes accounted for 1,929 closings at a median price of $436,456. Condos and townhouses accounted for 549 closings at a median of $301,071. The interest rate cited in the Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association's August report averaged 6.7%, up from 6.5% in July.

Florida

Florida's latest available statewide report also covers August 2026. The median price of an existing single-family home was $415,000, up 1.2% from August 2025, while the condo and townhouse median rose 2.8% to $298,000. Closed sales slipped year over year: 21,497 single-family sales were down 1.4%, and 7,291 condo and townhouse sales were down 1.8%. The declines ended an 11-month run of annual closed-sales gains in both categories.

Active inventory fell approximately 13% year over year for single-family homes and 11.5% for condos and townhouses. Supply stood at 4.3 months for single-family homes and 7.7 months for condos and townhouses. These statewide figures provide context; conditions in an individual resort community can differ substantially.

United States

National existing-home sales fell 2.0% from July and 1.2% from a year earlier, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million in August 2026. The median sale price rose 1.6% year over year to $429,100. Inventory increased to 1.62 million homes, equivalent to 4.9 months of supply, up from 4.6 months in July. Homes spent a median of 31 days on the market, compared with 29 days in July.

In Freddie Mac's most recent weekly survey available for this draft, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.03% as of September 24, up from 6.95% the previous week and 6.30% a year earlier. This is a weekly reading, not a September monthly average.

Bank prime loan rate: 7.00% as of September 25, 2026

Team Donovan publishes its resort-area market report on the first of each month for Orlando resort-area property owners. We update our individual community reports on the 15th of each month.