More sellers are changing their minds about putting their residences up for sale, as 5.8% of all home listings were taken off the market in April.
According to a new report from Redfin, April’s level of delistings tied with December 2025 for the highest share since March 2020, when pandemic paralyzed the housing market.
Delistings rose 3.8% month-over-month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the second straight month with an increase. However, Redfin also observed that 2.5% of homes that were on the market in April belonged to sellers who had pulled their listing in the previous 12 months, then relisted. That’s tied with the prior two months for the highest share since mid-2020, when many homeowners were putting their homes back on the market after delisting at the start of the pandemic.
Among the 50 largest metro areas, Atlanta led the nation with one in 10 (10.7%) homes delisted in April. Next came San Jose (9.3%), Los Angeles (7.8%), Dallas (7.8%) and Seattle (7.7%). Delistings were least common in Pittsburgh, where 3.5% of April’s listings were pulled off the market. Next came Columbus, Ohio (3.6%), Chicago (3.6%), Cincinnati (3.7%) and New Brunswick, New Jersey (4.4%).
The most homes that were relisted after being delisted in the prior 12 months were in San Francisco (4.2%) and San Jose (4.1%), which Redfin attributed to the booming AI sector.
“Sellers are still getting used to the post-pandemic normal,” said Patricia Ammann, a Redfin Premier agent in Arlington, Virginia. “Prices aren’t soaring like they were five years ago—high gas prices and the rising cost of living overall is trickling down to the housing market, making buyers much less likely to bid prices up. Buyers know they have negotiating power, often offering under the asking price and completing inspections, but some sellers just won’t budge.”
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