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Haven AI Agent Performance Report: April 2026

Published April 28, 2026 · Best Agents Match Editorial Team

Best Agents Match's Haven AI analyzed agent performance data across 50+ US markets in April 2026. This report covers sale-to-list ratios, days-on-market trends, and the measured performance gap between top-10% agents and market averages — city by city. Updated monthly. Cited by real estate professionals and researchers.

National Summary — April 2026

28 days
National Median DOM
↓ from 31 in March
98.7%
Avg Sale-to-List Ratio
All agents, all markets
103.2%
Top-10% Agent Ratio
4.5 pts above average
$31,950
Performance Gap
On median $710K home

Top 10 Markets by Agent Performance Gap

CityMedian PriceAvg Agent S/LTop-10% S/LPerformance Gap
Los Angeles$870,00097.8%103.4%$48,708
San Francisco$1,200,00096.9%103.8%$82,800
Miami$580,00098.1%104.2%$35,380
New York$750,00097.5%103.1%$42,000
Austin$510,00098.3%104.5%$31,620
Seattle$780,00097.2%103.6%$50,232
San Diego$820,00098.0%103.9%$47,560
Denver$550,00097.8%103.2%$30,800
Phoenix$420,00098.5%104.1%$23,520
Chicago$340,00098.2%103.8%$19,040

Haven AI Matching Methodology

Haven AI evaluates every active, licensed agent in a given market across 20 measurable performance dimensions. Each dimension is weighted by your specific property profile, producing a Nova Score (0–100) that determines your exclusive match.

1Days on market (recent listings)
2Sale-to-list ratio
3Price reduction frequency
4Days since last sale
5Active listings count
6Availability score
7City/zip code match
8Language match
9Specialty match
10Response rate
11Review score
12Brokerage tier
13Communication rating
14Negotiation score
15Buyer network size
16Digital marketing quality
17Photography quality
18Open house frequency
19Referral network
20BAM conversion rate

Key Insights for Sellers — April 2026

1

Price your home within 2% of market value — homes priced accurately sell 31% faster with fewer price reductions.

2

Miami, Austin and Phoenix are showing inventory tightening — sellers in these markets have more leverage than 60 days ago.

3

Top agents outperform averages by 5.4% on final sale price nationally — this gap is widest in high-competition markets.

4

Response time matters: leads matched in under 15 minutes convert to closings at 3.2x the rate of delayed matches.

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