Nobody, not me, not a national forecaster, not the Federal Reserve, can tell you the month rates will drop or home values will climb again. Waiting for the economy to get better is waiting for a date nobody actually knows.

What waiting actually costs

The 30-year fixed sits at 6.76 percent as of early August 2026, the highest level in over a year, and Grants Pass home values are essentially flat year over year, up 0.1 percent per Zillow. Price growth has stalled here already. A market that is not falling but also is not climbing is not a reason to wait. It is closer to a floor than a warning sign. If values were falling month over month, waiting would make sense. They are not.

What selling now actually looks like

Sellers today are not cutting prices as much as they are offering concessions: repair credits, closing cost help, terms that make a deal work for a buyer without eroding the headline number. That is a different negotiation than a price cut, and it is one I run for my sellers regularly in this market. Nationally, buyers hold more leverage in 38 major metro areas than they did a year ago. Locally, homes are taking longer to sell, a median of 20 days on market in June versus 16 a year earlier, which means preparation and pricing carry more weight than they did when everything moved in a week.

The question actually worth answering

The economy is not a lever you or I can pull. Your home’s value today is a number I can find. That is what a Seller’s CMA gets you: the comps, the adjustments, a price range built for your property as it sits right now, not a guess about where the broader economy goes next year.

Book your Seller’s CMA and find out what your home is worth in today’s market, not a hypothetical one six months from now.

More questions: Is it a buyer’s or seller’s market right now? · How much is my house worth right now? · What repairs should I make before I sell?