Some homes certainly are staying on the market longer these days than they have been over the past few years. 

We haven't seen a noticeable shift in the "median days on market" statistic that I track on a monthly basis, but it is no longer the case that nearly all homes that are listed for sale go under contract within a week.

For example...

1.  There are (22) resale homes currently on the market with a "Harrisonburg" or "Rockingham" mailing address (ignoring towns or far flung properties) that are priced under $400K and have been on the market for at least a week.

2.  Of those (22) homes, there are (18) that have been on the market for at least two weeks.

3.  Of the (133) resales homes that have sold in that same geographic area over the past three months, only (76) had a "days on market" of a week or less, and (44) of them took longer than two weeks to go under contract.

So, when we list your home for sale, will it be "off to the races" with an offer being received (and a contract signed) within days?

Maybe -- but maybe not. 

Plenty of homes are taking longer than a week to sell -- and no, that does not necessarily mean that nobody will ever want to buy your house.  :-)