People ask us this constantly right now. And the answer is almost never what they expect.

The short version: Midwood’s market is slow by most benchmarks. But slow isn’t unsellable. And waiting has a cost most
people don’t calculate.

Midwood Is Not Like the Rest of Brooklyn

When Williamsburg or Park Slope has a hot quarter, that doesn’t mean Midwood does too. They serve different buyers.

In the trendy northern Brooklyn neighborhoods, you have a lot of young professionals, speculative buyers, short-term
renters becoming owners. Price swings reflect that volatility.

Midwood is different. Buyers here are primarily families — Orthodox Jewish, Syrian Jewish, and other established
Brooklyn communities — who are buying to live, not to flip. They move when they need to, not when the market spikes.
That means Midwood doesn’t have wild swings up, but it also doesn’t crash the same way.

The “bad time” question is largely a Brooklyn-wide narrative that doesn’t fully apply here.

What “Slow” Actually Means Here

Slow means 130+ days on market on average. It does not mean your house won’t sell.

It means homes that are priced wrong sit for a long time. Homes that are priced right, marketed to the right buyers,
and represented by someone who knows the neighborhood — they move.

The headline numbers look scary. The reality is more specific than that.

When Waiting Quietly Costs You

This part doesn’t get talked about enough.

Every month you don’t sell, you’re paying property taxes, maintenance, insurance, and in some cases mortgage interest.
On a $1.2M Midwood home, that carrying cost can run $3,000–$5,000+ a month.

If you wait a year hoping for a better market and the market stays flat, you’ve spent $40,000+ just holding the
property — while your equity sat idle.

Waiting for the right time can absolutely be the right call. But it needs to be a deliberate financial decision, not a
default response to uncertainty.

What We Tell Sellers

Don’t time the market. Position for it.

The sellers who do well in Midwood right now are the ones who price honestly, market specifically, and move
decisively. The ones who sit on inflated prices — hoping for the magical buyer who doesn’t care about value — are the
statistics behind those 130-day averages.

—If you’re on the fence, let’s have a real conversation about your specific situation. No pressure, just honest
numbers — https://thebehfarteam.com or (347) 988-2526.