The Board of Realtors Site Went Down. Here Is the SCV Market Read Anyway.

Good day everybody. June 22, 2026, Connor MacIvor, SellersOnlyAgent.com. The Board of Realtors website is down, ladies and gentlemen, so I could not pull the live numbers this morning. But yesterday there were 737 total active listings on the market for sale across all Santa Clarita Valley cities. I broke the whole thing down in the video above, and here is the written version with the seller moves spelled out.

Rates, Affordability, and the Buyer Squeeze

We are watching buyers slow down just a little because of interest rates. Rates are starting to creep up. A lot of people had hoped rates would come down, and I think that was a bit of a crying-wolf scenario, people propagating the story that rates were going to drop. Now I think most have settled in. We might be in this realm for a while. I do not know if we are going to see the 2 and 3 percent rates again, but people are digging in and accepting where we are.

Understand that whenever rates go up, the affordability factor is the biggest impact point for buyers. A buyer who could purchase at a previous rate gets priced out at a higher one. So one of two things happens. Either more buyers come out with better purchasing ability and keep prices nice and high, or the buyers already in place wait. And if they wait without those stronger buyers coming in to pay more, prices eventually start to soften. It depends on buyer drive, and we have a pretty substantial buyer drive here, but I do not know if it is enough to sustain the prices we are seeing. Not that prices are too high. High prices would mean the values are not there, and in real estate value corresponds to supply and demand. The same affordability math from the Fed side is in what Wednesday's Fed meeting means if you are selling.

Two and a Half Months of Inventory

We do not have a lot of supply right now. We are anywhere from two to two and a half months of properties actually exhausting themselves, no longer being for sale. That is called the absorption rate. Right now it would take about two to two and a half months to get to zero inventory at the pace properties are selling each and every week here in the Santa Clarita Valley.

A healthy market, the one the experts say is healthiest, is about six months of inventory. Imagine that. We are so spoiled. When I first started in real estate in the late 90s, it took that long, around six months, to sell residential real estate. Now it takes a month, maybe two, and people freak out when it does. That is just the way of the world. We want instant gratification right now.

The Data Portal Every Seller Should Demand

For you sellers out there, one of the biggest pain points is when you get the property listed after listening to an agent who fed you a little bit of a story. Human beings do that. That is why it is on you to verify the data. When somebody comes and tells you what your house is worth, have them send you, link you, or build you a website portal you can actually explore.

That is what I do. I build an entire web page for my clients, for sellers I am talking to who are entertaining my services. A totally functional page where they can see all the data: all the sold comps I am using to place a listing price on their residence. I do not think anybody else is doing that. When they see it, it makes sense. They see what they will save using me, the costs they will incur, the price I believe their home is worth this month given the way the market is trending, the types of buyers they are most likely to get, and the type of loan that buyer probably uses.

Buyer Types and Financing

The data tells you who your buyer probably is: a first-time buyer, a move-up buyer, a contingent buyer. And the financing: FHA, VA, or conventional. For example, a market like San Diego runs heavy VA because of the naval and Marine presence. Here in Santa Clarita we see our fair share of VA buyers too, because Santa Clarita is a bedroom community for Los Angeles, a lot of LA cops, and a lot of cops were in the military. Not a flood of it, but it happens. The point is, the data shows you the financing that is available and the typical days on market for properties like yours. Everything is displayed so you can see it for yourself.

Then when another agent comes in and says, Connor said how much, really, that does not make sense, you have the receipts. This is why I can sell your property for more money than you might think, and I am not shitting you, because I do not bullshit. I have been bullshitted plenty. We do not have to call that the end of the world. The same get-it-in-writing discipline is in make the other agent put it in writing.

Why Summer Is the Window

Right now properties are starting to take just a little bit longer to sell. But we are in the sweet spot of the summer, and this is when more properties sell historically than any other time during the year. So if you are considering it, you might want to get that valuation. I will put it together for you. It just takes a phone call, and more than likely I would love to see your house. Smells matter, the way it looks matters, but the paper side works too if you want to start there. I am happy to help.

Sellers Only, 100 Percent

If you are a buyer out there, understand I do not represent buyers. That is a whole other story. Some sellers love that, and I think most do, because there is no dual-agency issue. I am on the seller side 100 percent. If you need an agent I am more than happy to refer you to my network, but not if it pertains to a listing I am selling for a seller. I completely stay off it. I have no favors to pay back, no agents to make happy, nothing. I am on the seller side, 100 percent. It works out. I cover the wider market and the daily AI breakdowns over on the Daily Download, and you can watch this full market read on YouTube here.

None of this protection should cost you a percentage that balloons with your home's value, because the work does not balloon. Selling a 500,000 dollar home and a 1.5 million dollar home takes the same marketing, the same negotiation, the same problem-solving. So the fee is the same: a flat 17,000 dollars, with every other cost that touches your equity, escrow, title, vendor charges, examined and negotiated. 28 years in this valley, representing sellers only, no dual-agency conflict.